You know when Georgia was really dry, then really wet? That was your fault

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With funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Duke University, Li and her collaborators set out to examine seemingly confusing trends in the region's rainfall in recent years. A severe drought in 2007 -- the worst in Georgia in a century -- famously led that state's then-governor, Sonny Perdue (R), to hold a prayer service for rain. But two years later, Georgia faced unusual late-summer flooding.