Sooo, politicians can call anything a drought?-----Why isn’t Michigan in drought since it hasn’t rained in forever?

Why isn’t Michigan in drought since it hasn’t rained in forever? - By Mark Torregrossa | mtorregr@mlive.com

"...First, we should figure out what a drought actually is. 

• Drought is an imbalance of water supply to water demand. When the supply of moisture is much less than the demand for water, a drought can develop. 

There are several levels of drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. 

• The first level is called meteorological drought. This is simply when rainfall is lacking. 
• Next is an agricultural drought, then a hydrological drought. Hydrological drought means the water table is going down and affecting water wells. 
• Next comes what Heim called a socioeconomic drought, which is when cities restrict water usage.

Heim points out that ranking an area in some level of drought takes a lot of objective factors and then become a subjective task...