extreme drought in volusia

So, a couple of days ago, I was griping about how our weather  has been unseasonably warm this year.

It appears our part of the country had it particularly bad compared to the rest. Florida had been running the whole gamut, from "Abnormally Dry" to "Exceptional Drought":

Volusia County, where Orange City is situated, is in Extreme Drought.

The drought outlook for the next three months predict some improvements--there's still drought, but not so much as now. (What, rain teasers but no downpours? We get cloudy days but whatever precipitation these overcast skies deliver doesn't even touch the ground.)

screencap from National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center

Not something our firefighters in Florida would love to know, eh?

Time to do the rain dance?

Nah. I'll stick to the Rosary--I'll ask Mama Mary to get us some much-needed rain...without the floods. Just enough so it'll be Mother Nature watering the gardens daily (or even every other day), instead of me, heh.