Farhad Manjoo: Can California start taking droughts seriously, please?

Droughts are the Rodney Dangerfield of natural disasters. Drought has felled entire civilizations, but still gets no respect.

(Danielle Jester/Siskiyou Daily News via AP) In this photo taken Thursday, July 5, 2018, the Klamathon Fire burns near Copco Road in Hornbrook, Calif.