<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>Granite Geek: When is a drought not a drought?
Right now in Concord, we are living in a meteorological puzzle: The National Weather Service says this is the wettest August since records began being kept 150 years ago, yet<wm> our last 100 years have produced less rainfall. However, in our household, a more subjective determination of the real situation: I claim it's not a drought.
Therefore, the real question now is not whether it's a rare event or the normal amount for our region but whether we should have the latest rainfall. We are left to decide when to reduce our own habits of over-watering plants. We should have water restrictions, water-saving efforts being initiated in our household.
To give you another angle</wm>, the US Senate voted to increase funding for clean water and rural infrastructure, in conjunction with the Congressional