California’s flood-drought paradox

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🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The drought in California is by no means over, but the recent winter storms made a big difference. We’ll discuss what it all means for the state’s residents, reservoirs and wildflowers! Then we’ll unpack a sobering statistic about gun violence in the United States. And Kai Ryssdal geeks out over SpaceX’s new Starship rocket.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

- “California to get major boost in water supplies following January storms” from the Los Angeles Times

- “More mass shootings in U.S. than days in 2023 so far” from Axios

- “NYSE Mayhem Traced to a Staffer Who Left a Backup System Running” from Bloomberg

- “SpaceX completes fueling test, will now work toward massive engine firing test” from Ars Technica

- “Chipotle Beefs Up Hiring Ahead of ‘Burrito Season’” from The New York Times

Join us tomorrow for Economics on Tap. The YouTube livestream starts at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time/6:30 p.m. Eastern. We’ll have news, drinks, a game and more.

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0:00.0	Yeah, it's it Amy ready?
0:02.0	Mm-hmm.
0:04.0	Yeah, that I've swallowed my teeth.
0:06.0	Ha-ha-ha-ha.
0:08.0	Mm-hmm.
0:10.0	Sure I'm ready.
0:11.0	Hey everybody, I'm Kyle Rizzo.
0:12.0	Welcome back to Make Me Smart.
0:13.0	Where we make today makes sense.
0:16.0	And I made me Scott in for Kimberly Adams.
0:19.0	Thank you for joining us on this Thursday,
0:21.0	which by my count is NewsFix and Make Me Smile Day.
0:26.0	Yay.
0:27.0	Yeah.
0:28.0	So let's get to it.
0:29.0	Yay.
0:30.0	Oh my goodness, all right.
0:32.0	Go ahead, you go first.
0:34.0	All right, so I'm going to talk about your home state of California.
0:38.0	Those storms you all had out there have made a big difference for the water supply.
0:43.0	I don't know if you saw that today, but state officials today announced that local water agencies that serve 27 million people
0:50.0	will see an increased allocation of water because of those storms that increased reservoir levels and snowpack.
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