we've had some rain here, nothing like what's happening on that side, but enough to bring soil moisture levels back up to good useful levels.
coastal areas here as usual get more rain and here in the inland less.
Paradox introduced this in the climate change forum, the sky is falling...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-uoc062507.php
an increase in glacial melt in some areas on top of the warmer climate melting might mean reservoirs will have to get larger to hold more of each years precipitation.