Extreme Weather Watch: March 2015

http://sandiegofreepress.org/2015/04/extreme-weather-watch-march-2015/

The 25% cut in usage amounts to roughly 1.5 million acre-feet of water (an acre foot of water equals about 325,000 gallons) over the next nine months, state officials said.
“This historic drought demands unprecedented action,” Brown told reporters, standing on a patch of dry, brown grass in the Sierra Nevada mountains that is usually blanketed by up to 5 feet of snow.
The traditional snow season ended April 1 with what appears to be the most dismal Sierra Nevada mountain snowpack on record, cementing 2015’s status as the fourth drought year in a row and setting the stage for a difficult summer in California and nearby states.