Anyone Can Play, Anyone Can Win (Cornholing with Michelle Hastie Thompson)

This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human. Pushkin. In Northern California, fires are fairly common. This is psychology PhD student Michelle Hasty Thompson.

And so when I heard that there was a fire. It didn't seem that close, and so was nothing that caused me any concern. It's like oh okay, another fire, whatever, that's what we do here. But Michelle's calm attitude on that fateful November morning in 2018 wouldn't last. She was getting her son Broome ready for his usual daycare drop off. When she noticed that the sky was a bit darker than usual. With her husband already at work on the other side of town, Michelle called to compare notes and figure out how concerned they should be.

You know, do I need to evacuate? Is this serious? He said no, I'm on my way to you. You stay there. Fire's on this side of the town, so you're fine. But then Michelle got an unexpected notification. Her son's daycare was closing for the day. Because of the fire. I was like, well, this must be serious at the daycare clothes. And then I looked outside. It was about nine a.m. and it was black as midnight. I mean there was no light in the whole sky. and it was eerily quiet.

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