Originally Posted by Sly

I remember reading that article when it first came out.

When I lived in San Diego it really only rained for one month a year, February-March. Some years it barely rained at all. Other years were decent, but outside of that one month stretch it simply did not rain. Yet everyone on my street had nice green yards. I always thought it was the most bizarre thing. I had my sprinklers turned down because I thought it was stupid to be wasting that much water in the desert.