Dire Drought Causes Historic Shift in California Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email During a particularly dry summer, many of the Salt Flats in Silicon Valley, California were either drained or dried up, leaving a dry-lake bed underneath. ( Aaron Meyers / Getty ) Produced by Mythili Rao and Jillian Weinberger Produced by PRI and WNYC