11.   And Saturday, on the final day, there was drought.

12.   And the scenery is too green, the soil too red, for there to be catastrophic drought.

13.   And then, there is drought.

14.   Another drought has been broken, but this time the shoe was on the other foot, so to speak.

15.   BEECH FINALLY WINS -- The drought is over for Matt Beech.

16.   Both droughts were much more intense than the six-year dry spells that afflict modern California from time to time.

17.   A drought can be disastrous, pests problematic.

18.   A drought is a thief who sneaks into the land to lap up the water and the commerce while occasionally taunting the earth with stingy rains here and there.

19.   A drought that summer was so severe that he said the city urged conservation for shaving and showering.