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Politicians and spokespeople linking the California drought with climate change has damaged the credibility of these reports. I'm inclined to believe MIT researchers' climate models but I think this should have been addressed in this press release.

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This story is about extreme storms. The example storm mentioned from 2014 occurred in the worst of the drought, caused all kinds of issues, but it didn't fix anything. Both future droughts and more extreme and frequent pineapple expresses can co-exist because of climate change. MIT et al. shouldn't have to explain that in every press release made involving the climate.

Thanks for this context. I and others in these comments were under the misapprehension that this meant the drought was gone. See what I mean?

I feel you made the case for explaining it to the audience even stronger.

Here is a link to the drought map for the West Coast.

Comparing December 27, 2016 to December 29, 2015.

Drought is significantly improved over that time period, but still quite severe in Southern California.

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/MapsAndData/WeeklyComparison.a...

How so? There is some scientific evidence to suggest that the cause of the drought is more likely to occur in warmer climates. It isn't universally accepted, but it is convincing enough to look at closely.

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