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Praying for Rain Didn’t Work for Utah

A sign warning of low water at the Great Salt Lake Marina.
A sign warning of low water at the Great Salt Lake Marina. Photo: Rick Bowmer (AP)

Last month, Utah’s Gov. Spencer Cox declared a “Weekend of Prayer,” encouraging all Utahns to pray for rain “to relieve our state from this drought.” Shockingly, it doesn’t look like God listened: At the end of June, 100% of the state was in drought, with more than 98% in extreme or exceptional drought, the two worst categories included in the Drought Monitor. That means there’s a lack of water not just for the lake, but just about everything in the state.