 Take a screwdriver in the ground and pull it out. If there's still soil sticking to it, you can tell if there's still some moisture in there. But if you pull it out and it's as dry as it was when it went in, there's probably not a lot of moisture in the ground. And he says come fall, consider renovating your lawn with more drought-resistant grasses. Lynn Bowie, WTOP News. Scammers are posing as PEPCO workers. WTOP's Shana Estulin spoke to the utility about red flags we should watch for.