Both actually – if the climate prophets are to be believed.

In 2022 the Western states experienced a drought that brought Lake Powell to its lowest level of water in decades. Climate change was said to be the culprit.

Then this year we see this headline:

Here is how the California Department of Water Resources explains this paradox:

Climate change is expected to result in more variable weather patterns throughout California. More variability can lead to longer and more severe droughts and floods, which present significant challenges to California water supply. Atmospheric river delivering water to California.

https://resources.ca.gov/Home/Programs/All-Programs/Climate-Change-Program/Climate-Change-and-Water

We find ourselves in utter amazement that anyone takes these people seriously.

And if they are the antidote to yesterday’s drought with empty reservoirs, then aren’t these high-water marks brought on by climate change a blessing, not a curse?