SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA - JANUARY 17: The mountains, trees and meadows surrounding this famous high-elevation lake, usually covered in several feet of snow this time of year, are suffering from the effects of an extended drought as viewed on January 17, 2014, in South Lake Tahoe, California. With 2013 the driest year in recoreded history. Governor Jerry "Edmund" Brown has declared a water "State of Emergency" for all of California. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)
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