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Re:U.S. Pacific Northwest heat wave bakes wheat, fruit crops by jeffbee on Monday July 12, 2021 @01:43PM (#27812961)
Yeah, but it's true. The period during which white settlers arrived in the American west was ridiculously wet. This presentation is a little irritating, but if you scroll about 80% of the way down you'll see the chart of tree ring data that shows tree growth was at a 1000-year exceptional peak during the 20th century.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2021/jun/...

Edit: Here's a more accessible version of the graph: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6488/314/tab-figu...

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Re:U.S. Pacific Northwest heat wave bakes wheat, fruit crops by gilbetron on Monday July 12, 2021 @02:16PM (#27813318)
"The only reason this drought is lagging behind that 1500s drought is because it's so young," Williams said.

Both of your links show how bad the current drought is. If the current drought miraculously reverses itself in the next several years, than what you're arguing could be true. However, it doesn't look like that will be happening - time will tell.

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Re:U.S. Pacific Northwest heat wave bakes wheat, fruit crops by jeffbee on Monday July 12, 2021 @03:06PM (#27813799)
Current drought is ridiculously bad, but is exacerbated by the ridiculously wet period that preceded it.
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