Unless one is under a rock, the fact that most of the U.S. is in one form of drought or another can hardly escape one’s notice.  Technically this bit of Connecticut is only unusually dry, which classification it has held since sometime in the winter, with periodic hiccups into moderate drought.  I have my doubts about this, and suspect that (like the rest of the Massachusetts’ Berkshires) it is probably a moderate drought.*

This suspicion was confirmed today.  Julie’s pond may have some seepage still from the spring (but the main pond water level is now dropping fast), however the old reservoir supply is, for all practical purposes, no longer flowing.  If we were relying on the reservoir for drinking water, it would be the first time since the 1930’s that the springs have stopped. 

Maybe the scientists don’t call it a drought, but I think I will.

*For good economic reasons, drought monitoring in the Northeast is hardly as comprehensive as elsewhere: the combination of highly localized, complex watersheds and relatively minor agricultural business and ample urban water supplies makes it less necessary and prohibitively expensive.