(Jan. 14, 2009, Jared Simpson, WaterBlogged.Info)

The handy, if not especially dandy, U.S. Drought Monitor–provided by the wonderful water wonks at the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln–graphically drives home the dire drought situation in California and elsewhere in the U.S. (Click on the map image atop our right-hand menu.) What looks to be about 35 percent of the Golden State is experiencing severe drought conditions while the rest is dealing with moderate dryness. A  rather large swath of territory that abuts northern Nevada is in extreme drought. An alarmingly large portion of what  is approximately south-central Texas finds itself in extreme to exceptional dry conditions. (These categorizations, extreme and moderate, etc., are not impressionistic; they’re precisely defined descriptive terms of a specific drought index. For a rousing read on drought indices, go to this page, also provided by NDMC.)…

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