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		mrharrison on March 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California declared drought free for first time in... Being a bit cynical here, but could we just call it the California rain cycle, instead of being amazed every 7-10 years when droughts come and go.

dataflow on March 15, 2019 [–]

> instead of being amazed every 7-10 years when droughts come and go.

Was there a drought 10 years ago though? I don't recall.

drdeadringer on March 16, 2019 | [–]

Yes. When I first moved to the Bay Area I could not turn on NPR without hearing about the poor delta smelt suffering from the drought for what seemed like every 5 minutes.

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