It’s not just an urban legend: the rat in the toilet. How to keep your home rodent free from the City’s abundant rat population: CityStream premiers Thursday at 7 p.m.

With Seattle’s mild winter this year, it will most likely mean a boom in the City’s already abundant rat population. Follow along with Don Pace and Carol Coombs, rat hunters for Public Health Seattle/King County as they fight the City’s rat population both on the streets and in the sewers.

Then, meet a woman who’s lived to tell the tale of the rat in the toilet – not once, but twice! Find out what to do if this ever happens to you. Plus more tips on keeping your home rodent free.

Watch CityStream: Rats in Seattle now: http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=3071018

Then tune in Thursday, May 4 at 7 p.m. to catch an all new CityStream. Join host Lowell Deo from the Center for Wooden Boats on Lake Union as boating season gears up. Prepare to hop on board and hoist a sail for the Duck Dodge. And it’s the weekend, so why are some kids so excited to go to school? Find out on this episode of

CityStream, Thursday May 4 at 7:00 p.m., SEATTLE CHANNEL, Cable 21 or watch it online at www.seattlechannel.org.