The other drought monitor

The website droughtmonitor.unl.edu is one way to tell if the local area is in drought mode. Another is to check the local spring about fifty yards from my house.  The flow rate varies widely and has been known to dry up completely. This morning I went to fill a jug for my container plants. The flow rate was under a half gallon a minute, less than a quarter of the normal flow rate. This confirms our severe drought status.