Los Angeles - 2007 Water Year Driest To Date Since Records Began In 1870s - AFP

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Los Angeles is in the grip of the driest year since record-keeping began in the 1870s, official figures showed Tuesday.

Despite recent rain in April, so far only 3.21 inches of rain has fallen on the city, the National Weather Service revealed in its latest figures.

Average rainfall in Los Angeles is nearly 15 inches per year.

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http://www.terradaily.com/2007/070501164542.qu6o7ax5.html

[kestrel91316]

1. And NOT ONE WORD about conservation or getting rid of lawns and

water-hogging tropical vegetation in the media. Our water is cheap enough, there's no incentive to conserve, either.

Morons.

[NNadir]

2. Bad environmental news day for LA.

Time to start flushing toilets with the dishwater or washing the dishes with toilet water or something like that.

Of course they could always use a brazillion solar roofs for the energy to desalinate water out there.