Uh no? A few days/weeks of rain aren't enough to recover from years of not having any.
A long drought means that even when rain does subsequently fall it just runs back into the ocean - the ground is too dry and there aren't sufficient catchment areas to slow it down.
CA needs months of the rain that we had for a single signle day. First to get the ground absorbing water again, and only then will aquifers and the like start seeing any recovery.
A long drought means that even when rain does subsequently fall it just runs back into the ocean - the ground is too dry and there aren't sufficient catchment areas to slow it down.
CA needs months of the rain that we had for a single signle day. First to get the ground absorbing water again, and only then will aquifers and the like start seeing any recovery.
This is all drought recovery 101 :-/