Meteorologists have tracked the total annual rainfall in the town of Spring Valley year after year, and found that it follows a normal distribution. The average annual rainfall is 30 inches, with a standard deviation of 8 inches. In one particular year, only 18 inches of rain fell.

Based on your understanding of the underlying statistics (especially the normal curve), do you agree with your editor's sensationalist take of the situation?

Explain the statistical facts ,include a comment on whether you agree that the situation is very abnormal. Make sure you use what you are learning about the normal distribution.Do not burden your reader with detailed mathematics.It is a reporter's job to grasp the situation well enough to explain it in language that the average person can understand. This is an important part of the assignment.