Summary: In This Episode: Hurricane Irma is a major disaster, so how does Florida handle the aftermath? With typical Floridiocy, of course. Plus, another segment of No Longer Weird, and the story of an everyday hero.<br><br> <br> Jump To…<br> <br> * <a href="#notes">Show Notes</a><br> * <a href="#subscribe">How to Subscribe</a><br> * <a href="#feedback">How to Comment</a><br> * <a href="#transcript">Episode Transcript</a><br> * <a href="https://thisistrue.com/category/podcasts/">List of All Episodes</a><br> <br> <a name="notes"></a><br> Show Notes<br> <br> * Yeah, I know I messed up explaining the pool fence issue. Pool fences are safety issues for two main reasons: to keep wandering toddlers away, and to counter the “attractive nuisance” of a place that may be attractive to older kids who want to go swim, but there is no one there to supervise. I find it difficult to believe that any parent is going to let their toddler wander around to fall in accidentally when pretty much everything is dangerous outside in the days after such a storm, and there is no “attraction” to a totally trashed pool — what I was alluding to in the episode. Thus the fence being down is an immediate threat to live that must be fixed within an hour? Hardly. So those are my thoughts, which Clare immediately grasped, but on listening to it later, I see I did a poor job of making my thoughts clear.<br> * The No Longer Weird story: <a href="http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2017/08/carjacking_robbery_foiled_afte.html">Armed Carjacking Foiled When Teen Didn’t Know How to Drive Manual Transmission, Authorities Say</a> (Birmingham News).<br> * The Arby’s visit was in Elko, Nevada, on September 26. I’d love to know who the shift manager was!<br> <br> <a name="subscribe"></a><br> How to Subscribe<br> Search for Uncommon Sense in your podcast app or on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast/id1259380128">iTunes</a>, or manually enter this feed URL into your app: https://thisistrue.com/feed/podcast<br> Also available via <a href="https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Ixj6haluiswf4e5wiw4qksmlzni?t%3DUncommon_Sense:_the_This_is_True_Podcast%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16">Google Play</a>, <a href="https://player.fm/series/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast-1496500">PlayerFM</a>, <a href="https://beta.tunein.com/radio/Uncommon-Sense-the-This-is-True-Podcast-p1015540/">TuneIn</a>, <a href="https://podfanatic.com/podcast/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast">Podfanatic</a>, <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/channels/4508232/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast//">ListenNotes</a>, <a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1259380128/uncommon-sense-the-this-is-true-podcast">Overcast</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=147364&refid=stpr">Stitcher</a> — and, presumably, more to come.<br><br> <a name="feedback"></a><br> Comments and Questions?<br> Your comments on this episode are welcome below. Questions can be added there, sent via this site’s <a href="https://thisistrue.com/contact/">Contact Page</a>, or tweeted to <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisIsTrue">@ThisIsTrue</a>.<br> <a name="transcript"></a><br> Transcript<br> Randy: Welcome to Uncommon Sense, the podcast where we delve a little more deeply into the stories and issues discussed in the thisistrue.com newsletter. I’m Randy Cassingham.<br> Clare: And I’m Clare Angelica.<br> Randy: This week we’re discussing a story from Issue 1215 of the newsletter, which will be included on the Show Page at thisistrue.com/podcast12. So this story has to do with Hurricane Irma whacking Florida.<br> …I thought I’d pause to see if you wanted to add anything….<br> Clare: Whacking! It did,
