is a post-drought dry spell still a drought?

went out to procure a flash drive to share some photos with and my route conveniently took me past an industrial field i have been photographing all season and i thought a look was in order...the palmer drought indices say that short term we are in a a neutral area regarding precipitation but long term we are still in a moderate drought...it hasn't rained in a while and the rows are bone dry and the leaves are curling in protest...the field is still chock full of weeds that seem to be all doing so well that they've gone to seed...not good news for farmer brown ( unless he can unload the field to a developer...there are "improvements" such as storm sewers, curbs, and paved streets all around this field so there may not be another crop if the economy ever really picks up...but that's another blog ) who will be dealing with them later...threw in a photo that shows that thirty inch rows actually leave a lot of bare ground in a field...something you don't get to see from your car as you drive by...you might think that a verdant corn field is well covered and that there's not a lot of erosion going on...but a dry windy day probably does as much , if not more, damage than water