This summer certainly feels a bit different. There is no running though the sprinklers, no doggie pool being filled up, flowers dying and lawns losing their green. It can get a lot worse, in fact New Jersey is seeing such bad drought conditions we may have to resort to something we haven't had to do in almost 20 years.
Let's talk about how drought is measured and monitored, which parts of New Jersey are most vulnerable, and how long the abnormally dry streak has been going on?
Back on October 21st, The state Department of Environmental Protection declared a drought warning for 14 New Jersey counties including Monmouth, and Ocean County.
Officials say this drought in NJ is the worst we have seen in fourteen years...