Ding-dong the wicked drought isn’t quite dead, but after the latest series of storms it’s buried for the time being. Reservoirs in Orange County and throughout Southern California have finally gotten the injection needed to get through a year without the millions of gallons of water that was being bought over the last half-decade. Irvine Lake off Santiago Canyon Road, for example, in the past seven days rose 6 feet. Barbara’s Lake, Orange County’s only natural lake – dry for the past year – is suddenly full.