Allegedly the drought here has been going on for some time...but Id bet its nowhere near as severe as its been made out to be.
Let it rain!
Correct. It's been going on for some time. The politicians started jumping on it for political gain. It is bad, as there is very little snowpack on the mountains, as compared to a couple years ago. That snowpack is relied upon for water runoff in the summer. About ten years ago we had a drought that severely lowered local lakes and rivers. So bad then that joggers were using streambeds in San Jose as jogging trails, that were previously flowing rivers. Not as bad right now this year.