I had no idea Lemmy even had avatars until I read this post. So I went into my profile out of curiosity - even though I already had "Show Avatars" checked, I've never seen a user's avatar on here before. I did upload one for my own profile though for the hell of it.
That makes total sense in the West, but in DC, and in the Eastern US more generally, droughts are not nearly as much of a concern.