, Columnist
Government Money Is No Answer to California Drought
Unlike hurricanes, blizzards and tsunamis, a drought has no obvious response -- no rescue, no cleanup, no rebuilding.
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The drought in California is one of the state's worst weather-related disasters in decades, despite some recent rainstorms. The images are dramatic: Folsom Lake in the north is so dry that receding waters have revealed a Gold Rush ghost town. Farmland is bare and parched, which will lead to increases in food prices nationwide. In Sacramento, agents have been seen snooping around neighborhoods looking for improper water use.
Yet unlike hurricanes, blizzards and tsunamis, a drought has no obvious response -- no rescue, no cleanup, no rebuilding.