The past two days have felt like summer in California, as unseasonable warmth sweeps the state -- possibly presaging a third straight year of drought, a worrisome possibility for a state already hit hard by the economic downturn.
About the photo: Fisherman's Wharf these past two days has been more like a Southern California locale.
Another dry year could mean water rationing for businesses and individuals. It could also slow business expansion and affect the agricultural industry, ski resorts and efforts to keep firefighting costs down, after a year in which state and federal officials spent $1 billion combating wildfires.
Temperatures jumped to 90 degrees in parts of California on Monday and Tuesday. With no rain forecast for the next week, the state is on track for one of its driest Januarys ever, said state climatologist Michael Anderson.
Read the rest of the story by Stu Woo, a talented young San Francisco writer who wrote this piece for The Washington Post. The story was syndicated by Environmental News Network (ENN).
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