Those aren't bad underpants, are they? :-)

At first glance you had me thinking that could be a painted scene from your garden, perhaps the one you had here in California. Had. :-(

Thanks all, for adding necessary context to this post. Much appreciated.

I wasn't aware of those allegations about the author. But what about the sources cited in that article?

Thanks for your question. The HCN story could've done more to elaborate and give better citations. There is direct and indirect water usage, as documented in this peer-reviewed scientific journal: www.cell.com/cell-reports...

I think it's a little careless of them to post something like this publicly without including an "about" page to give more detail about how the forecast model tool works (I recall hearing something about satellite observations) and a "contact us" link for those seeking more information.