Part of it is fear mongering. News reports on doom and gloom, exaggerating the situation, then it rains a bit and it’s fine until next year. It’s a ‘boy who cried wolf’ thing. People still water their lawns, agriculture survives, and golf courses stay green. So even though there was a shortage of water that season, it didn’t affect anyone meaningfully even though the media said it’s the worst drought in history with record breaking heat and blah blah blah. I feel like some objective honesty would go a long way to keep people mindful of things like this but new outlets need clicks so we get exaggeration and fear mongering. When the water company shuts our water off, or they start banning grass lawns, then I’ll start to worry; maybe even move somewhere else.