August has been a huge disappoint after July had but 43% of average rainfall. In fact, this is the FIRST August in which the first 14 days have not had measurable rain in Catalina! Yikes. The desert looks awful, especially in those areas subject to brush removal and runoff enhancement projects hereabouts by the fire department last year. Poor critters like our free range cattle are eating dead prickly pear cactus since there was no spring greening, and now virtually no summer greening either. Here’s the bad news for our 2o24-25 water year through July. Our best hope for some “juice” is the last ten days of August, according to recent model projections, and maybe, a dying hurricane remnant barging into the state in September. Fingers crossed.
