Runoff, Rivers and Rodents

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

You may have noticed that it has rained a LOT so far this year. All that water got us thinking about some of your water-related questions over the years. Where does all the rain water go? Are there really underground rivers in San Francisco? What happens to the ground squirrels when it rains? Do they… drown? This week on the show, it's a three-question lightning round with producer Amanda Font. Additional Reading: Rodents, Rivers and Runoff: Why Parts of the Bay Area Flood, Where the Water Goes and How Animals Adapt Read a transcript of this episode Submit your squirrel questions to Olivia on Instagram or Twitter Sign up for our newsletter These stories were reported by Amanda Font. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Amanda Font and Brendan Willard. Additional support from Paul Lancour, Christopher Beale, Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Jenny Pritchett and Holly Kernan. Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:05.0	Rain and lots of it.
0:10.0	Northern California has been inundated with storm after storm since the new year.
0:15.0	While yes, we've been in drought and desperately need that water,
0:19.0	so much of it at one time causes problems.
0:22.0	The last round of New Year's Eve storm's sat down. at one time causes problems.
0:22.8	The last round of New Year's Eve storms saturated the soil in many areas.
0:27.0	Now there are down trees and power lines all across the Bay Area and neighborhoods.
0:31.5	The latest in a growing series of rough weather
0:33.6	systems to pass through the Bay Area brought not only strong winds and rain, but
0:38.3	thunderstorms and even hailed early.
0:40.9	A view of Saturday Storm that brought historic rain to San Francisco and turned streets
0:45.6	into rushing rivers.
0:52.1	Lots of cities were dealing with heavy flooding during the storms, including San Francisco.
0:56.7	Now all that water got us thinking about some of your water questions from over the years.
1:02.3	Where does all the water go when it rains? Are there
1:05.6	really underground rivers in San Francisco? What happens to the ground
1:09.9	squirrels when it rains? Do they die? I'm Olivia Allen
1:14.4	Price. We'll dive into those answers just ahead on Bay Curious
1:25.6	Bekirious is brought to you by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, still family-owned,
1:29.8	operated and argued over.
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