Western North Carolina has experienced recent heavy rainfall, but experts attribute the region's weather volatility to climate change rather than a permanent end to drought conditions. The blurb indicates that extreme weather swings are becoming increasingly common and may persist as the new baseline for the area.
Recap by left917 · read the full story at the source
Rain feels like relief when you've been watching the creeks run low, but one wet spell doesn't undo what climate wobble has set in motion.
The mountains are getting hammered and parched in turns now, and that's the new normal we're living in. Worth listening to what the folks who study this stuff actually say, not just what the sky does this week.
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