[RockinRight]

BTW a question...all the articles refer to “several months of drought and below normal rainfall” as a primary cause...

But it’s NORMAL to not rain in most of central and southern California from April through November, isn’t it? So what is below normal if normal is zero? How do you have a “drought” when it doesn’t rain anyway?

I’m not being a smart aleck, I’m actually curious.

[lainie]

Southern CA got very little rain last rainy season (winter).

[justa-hairyape]

Our rainy season is actually Feb to April. When we have an El Nino it rains from November until May. Right now the Pacific Ocean is Cold. We have a La Nina. Means very little rain. We are truly in the middle of the horse latitudes then. During El Nino we are more Tropical and get the tropics rain.

[pbear8]

Normally it rains about 10 inches per season, last year it was about three inches.

[Argus]

We’ve been in an extended drought down here and last winter was exceptionally dry - some of these areas didn’t get even one inch of rainfall total. The brush is so dry it just explodes and when you add hurricane force winds, it’s a miracle more homes and lives haven’t been lost. The firefighters are truly amazing and heroic.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

A few winters ago we had areas around LA that had 60 to 90 inches.....this year just a few inches....