No. It is the other way around.
When you sell a product to another country, you are exporting your product. The country buying your product is the importer as they are bringing the product into the country by buying it.
What do you call the lines on a topographic map that indicate the elevation of the land forms?
topographic lines
Water restrictions are put in place, so less water is to be used. Fires are more likely to happen. You can get arrested for waste of water. Also, people where masks and other devices to keep blowing dirt out of their nose mouth and eyes.
Trust me I lived in Amarillo Texas for a while and we were drier than the dust bowl.