Rainfall Deficits in Feet! [1]
Weather.com - Jon Erdman, 5/09/13
Contrast in water levels at Falcon Reservoir near Zapata, Texas in 2012 (top) and early 2013 (bottom). (Photo credit: iWitnessWeather/Mel Wishman)
If you're alarmed by the size of our national debt, there's another massive deficit that may boggle your mind.
In meteorology, we often discuss precipitation deficits and surpluses in terms of inches.
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