After two years of below-average rainfall and a scourge of wildfires last October, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a statewide drought. This proclamation will allow water officials to ration supplies and to shift water around the state more rapidly in an attempt to curb the situation.

“We must recognize the severity of the crisis that we face,” the Republican governor said Wednesday at a news conference. “For the areas in Northern California that supply most of our water, this March, April and May have been the driest ever in our recorded history.”

California’s six-year drought that ended in 1991 was declared the worst ever at the time. It was followed by heavy rains, massive flooding, and heavy growth of grass, shrubbery and weeds. This heavy undergrowth fueled the flames of dangerous and devastating wildfires later that year.

Now Schwarzenegger is saying that areas of northern California have experienced their driest spring in recorded history.

Whether droughts, wildfires, earthquakes, race riots, or budget deficits, California keeps getting hit by disasters; and these disasters keep getting described as the “worst ever.” Many have wondered and are wondering if the state is under a curse.

California’s current situation vividly illustrates the penalty God said would come upon those who turn away from His law. Only God can prevent such disasters. His words in Amos 4:7 are, “… I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.” California has been alternating between “worst ever” droughts and massive floods. For more specific information on exactly what California is being punished for, read “Is California Under a Curse?” by Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry.