<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Real Science]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[stevengoddard]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/author/stevengoddard/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[US Government Says That &#8220;Saturated Flooded Ground&#8221; Is &#8220;Exceptional Drought&#8221;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The Washington DC based US Drought Monitor is out for the week, and shows northeastern New Mexico as &#8220;<em>Exceptional Drought</em>.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/screenhunter_71-aug-08-06-52.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="87849" data-permalink="https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/us-government-says-that-saturated-flooded-ground-is-exceptional-drought/screenhunter_71-aug-08-06-52/" data-orig-file="https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/screenhunter_71-aug-08-06-52.jpg" data-orig-size="831,550" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="ScreenHunter_71 Aug. 08 06.52" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/screenhunter_71-aug-08-06-52.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/screenhunter_71-aug-08-06-52.jpg?w=831" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-87849" alt="ScreenHunter_71 Aug. 08 06.52" src="https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/screenhunter_71-aug-08-06-52.jpg?w=640&#038;h=423" width="640" height="423" srcset="https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/screenhunter_71-aug-08-06-52.jpg?w=640&amp;h=423 640w, https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/screenhunter_71-aug-08-06-52.jpg?w=150&amp;h=99 150w, https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/screenhunter_71-aug-08-06-52.jpg?w=300&amp;h=199 300w, https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/screenhunter_71-aug-08-06-52.jpg?w=768&amp;h=508 768w, https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/screenhunter_71-aug-08-06-52.jpg 831w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/DM_west.htm">Regional Drought Monitor: West</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Yesterday, the National Weather Service said that the ground in northeastern New Mexico was saturated, and issued a flash flood watch .</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/US/NM/511.html#WAT">Warnings for Jemez Mountains, New Mexico | Weather Underground</a></p></blockquote>
<p>As far as I can tell, there is never any reason to trust anything the US Government says about climate.</p>
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