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California is soaking wet. But drought looms if we don t get more rain a lot more
Sacramento Bee
1/29/2021
Ryan Sabalow and Dale Kasler, The Sacramento Bee
Jan. 29 Six years ago, in the middle of a crippling drought, Californians were ordered to let their lawns turn yellow.
They put buckets in their showers to conserve. Scofflaws had to attend drought school. Meanwhile, farmers throughout the Central Valley had to idle many of their fields.
This week s deluge left many Californians shoveling snow and splashing through puddles as an atmospheric river swept the state. More precipitation is in the forecast for next week. But experts worry that without repeated downpours over the next two months, the painful memories of the last drought could become reality again. ....

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