Maybe things have changed in the world such that you will be getting a more normal ration of rain each year?
When Connie and I first moved where we are living now, there was an extended drought situation, and all of the streams and rivers around here were nearly non-existent. Swamps were dry enough to walk through, which was kind of cool with all the cypress knees sticking out of the sand. Lakes and ponds were down to bathtub sized or gone completely, which had fish piled up in the center and easy pickings for cottonmouths and other predators.
So we go through cycles, apparently. Of course, the crazies will start claiming that the sky is falling, but the world is just like that. The universe is not in a static state that NEVER changes.