Related:<p>“Editorial: There is no drought”
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-05-06/editorial-there-is-no-drought" rel="nofollow">https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-05-06/editorial-t...</a><p>Spoiler: this is because a drought is temporary whereas this may be the new baseline.<p>Discussion on it: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27068716" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27068716</a>