Save Your Water!

Recently, California has been experiencing wet weather, which is a major change from the drought we have been in for the past decades. Droughts may occur in cycles, and can last from a few years to many decades. This wet weather is absolutely important to our state because California accounts for nearly half of America's fruits, nuts, and vegetables.

The rain is drastic in some areas, causing mudslides, potholes, and flooded streets - and even in the Springs Burn area of Ventura County, causing the evacuation of 124 homes.

Extreme levels of rain in Healdsburg, CA 

Although it seems to be a huge event, in reality, all of this rain has barely replenished water supply and has put a minuscule dent in our drought ridden state. According to Julia Lurie of  Mother Jones, the recent rain has only filled Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville, California's biggest dams, three percent higher. In order to end our drought, at least 75 inches of rain are mandatory by next fall, but historically, California has seen 50 inches on average.

Reservoirs in California