It’s going to take about 15 to 20 inches of rain to quell the ongoing drought that’s gripped the Big Bend area and lower portions of Georgia since November.
According to Don Van Dyke, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service – Tallahassee, that amount of rain would need to happen over the course of about a month or so to “really get us completely out” of the drought.
Amid fire weather watches and burn bans, Leon County and neighboring areas were graced with some rain, but it’s a drop in the bucket in terms of the exceptional drought…