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Drought Assignment

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Q Module 1- Drought Assignment Read Chapter 1 from Carle and answer the following questions. 1. What does the book mean by “There is no average”? 2. When was the largest flood disaster in California’s history? 3. What does the “100 year flood” concept really mean? 4. Answer the following questions using Figure 17 from your book: a. What is the minimum and maximum amount of precipitation California has experienced? b. Does there appear to be a regular, repeatable pattern of precipitation? c. Could you use the 11-year running mean to predict the precipitation for any given year?

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“There is no average” means that a drought cannot be defined by a single criterion. When there is insufficient supply to satisfy demand, water companies in California may declare a drought emergency (Carle, 2016). Depending on local storage capacity, alternate supply sources, and regional population, various places may experience a given year's rainfall totals differently.The January 1997 event is defined as the largest flood disaster in California’s history (Carle, 2016).