Drought
The drought conditions here are actually starting to get frightening. I don't know the exact calculations, but I think we have had less than 3" of rain here since mid June or so. We had one day of rain (on a Friday) several weeks ago, and that was the only significant rainfall we have seen here in a long time. The lake level is down 5-6 feet as you can see in this photo I made this afternoon. The place I stood to make this photograph would normally be about 3 feet deep in water. You would not normally be able to see any dry land in this scene short of the tree line. We have been on water restrictions for several weeks now, and they are probably going to tighten those up even more before it's over. There is a chance of rain in the forecast for this coming Thursday and Friday. We have been so dry here that it would take several inches of rain every week between now and the end of the year to bring us back to normal...