re: 1-in-100-year drought
La Nina could be the problem.
I don't know about "1 in 100 years." I see an awful lot of "100 year weather events," and I'm not that old. Here's a similar news item from seven years ago. That drought ended in 2002, and all kinds of ideas were floated for "next time," a lot of them pretty good ones. I'd be interested to know what kind of progess has been made since then.
LS mentioned global warming, not you.