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On Friday, May 27, the prospective Republican candidate for president Donald Trump went to the city of Fresno, the capital of California’s farming community, and declared: “there is no drought!” This seemingly brash statement was met with ridicule and scorn across the blogosphere -- how could anyone make such a so-called “stupid” statement when everyone knows that California has experienced a historically high dry spell since 2013? But was Trump right? Arguably yes. Here’s why. Historically, California has a mega Wet Year once about every ten years with mini Wet Years in between. So four out of five years, or...

JIJIGA, Ethiopia (NNS) -- Members of the water well drilling unit of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 from Gulfport, Miss., are making a difference in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia by drilling wells that will produce clean drinking water for residents, as well as water for crops and livestock. The Seabees have been in the remote region since February drilling into known aquifers, or underground lakes, from which to draw the water. Their goal is to drill as many wells as possible and provide as much water as possible. “For the most part, the people of the region depended...