Of course, we sympathise with the Iowans here, but we have the opposite problem. The island is running out of water: 3 under-watered rainy seasons in a row (I measured 159.2 mm for the last one, where the average is about 420 mm). The desalination plants are working 25/8. The reservoir feeding Limassol has 5 days water left in it and the wildlife round it and the aquatic life are dying. Everywhere is brown and dusty; this year's wheat crop is a disaster with <20% of normal. Little hay, too. The nomadic sheep and goats look skinny and the herders have cut their flock size. The price of fresh produce has gone through the roof, typically 3-5 times 3 years ago. Believe it or not, we are having to import millions of tonnes of water from Greece by tanker, just in a desperate attempt to pull us through. (I won't mention that this problem could have been averted with a rational water plan, but successive governments have always believed that God will provide).
On the personal level, we are lucky as we get piped water three times per week for a couple of hours. Some don't. Some rural places don't have piped water and their wells have dried up.
It would seem that to them that hath (in Iowa), shall it be given; to them that hath not (us), shall it be taken away.
