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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So let me check. We have a fire that is
now out, but a serious fire at the New Albany
country Club that was about two hours before we got
started here. A tornado in fact did touch down in Henryville.
We've got a flash flood warning in effect until noon.
And also we now have three people that were shot
(00:20):
overnight that we know of in Butchertown. What a way
to get a week started as it looks like rain
still coming down in a major way. So again, thanks
for being with us. It is six o six here
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all right. So yeah, flood watch, I think I said warning,
(01:02):
whoop see. I know the correction police will be out
and that the correction police work in regardless of weather conditions.
John right, flash, floods, floods, whatever. Yeah, tornadoes, doesn't matter.
They're a rash exactly. They're gonna let us know. So apologies,
it's a flood watch. And it's really the entire area
here of US, as far as just Kentuckyana, not only
just on the Kentucky side Jefferson, Bullet, Shelby, Harden, all
(01:27):
those counties, but also north of US in southern Indiana.
And again no damage, it sounds like as far as
anything crazy, nothing serious and no injuries. But there was
a confirmed tornado that came down last night in Henryville, Indiana.
And that's now two or actually I believe three in
total in the last week to our friends of the
north there in southern Indiana. So not ideal by any means.
(01:48):
But again this morning, it sounds like, despite knowing that
they had a tornado, everybody's okay, all right. I do
want to let you, I do want to let you guys,
hear the latest as far as what we're dealing with
right now on the roadways, because we've had some really
heavy downpour in certain areas of Louisville, especially in the
downtown area. It sounds like that's gonna let up here
pretty soon. But from the traffic cams you can see,
(02:10):
I mean actually you can barely see just because of
how hard it's raining. Also, you're getting some jolts of
lightning coming down, so be careful. As of right now,
looks like on two sixty four I'm sorry, just sixty
four east and west. Actually, now that I'm looking at it,
you've got some crazy downpour coming down that makes it
look as if those roadways could be could be getting
(02:31):
close to ponding, if they're not already. Here is the
latest that came in from Suzanne Horrigan of our partners.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Oh there, Wlky, and certainly we're going to be watching
for some flooded areas, especially in some of our more
rural areas that have seen a ton of rain fall
into Breckenridge County and Mead County wants you to be
extra careful. Also, some reports coming out of Nelson County
of some high water as well, would do reports right
in ner ekron of water over shoemate roads, So certainly
keep that in mind as you're heading out the door.
It's very difficult to see high water when it is
(02:59):
still dark out. Take a look at some of these
live cameras. So this is two sixty four at Crumbs Late.
It is absolutely pouring here. Certainly that water is ponding
out on the roadway. Two sixty four at Taylor Boulevard
also very wet here to sixty four right at Virginia
you can see in Dumina obviously pouring here. In two
sixty four at Bank Street, you can see all of
(03:20):
that water coming down. I want to take you to
the upper deck of the Sherman Minton Bridge. This is
from going to Kentucky over into Indiana, and you can
see obviously the roads are very very wet. Watch for
standing water. Obviously it's easier to hydroplane when you have
quite a bit of water out on the road. To
reduce your speed as you're heading out the door this morning,
and of course watch out for flooded areas. You can
see that lightning that's flashing here as those storms move
(03:42):
through the metro.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
So it sounds like they are going to do exactly that,
move through and get on out of here. But as
of right now, a pretty dicey situation out there if
you're just now getting ready to head out for the morning.
So again, we'll keep you updated. So keep it locked
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Distracted Driver dot Com. All right, so let's get into it.
This weekend another wild weekend, specifically a Saturday evening into
Sunday morning in the Highlands area, and I didn't give
it much thought, but yesterday I ended up being in
the Highlands for the first time in a long time.
I got up early yesterday and went and met my
dad and my sister for a Father's Day run through
(04:27):
Cherokee Park. We went about five miles and it was
a reminder how beautiful that area is. I hadn't been
there in quite some time, and as I'm driving through
the Highlands to get the Cherokee Park, I didn't even
once think about the recent issues that they've had. It
was just more of a getting a I mean, it
was a beautiful morning and I wasn't thinking about, you know,
what had just taken place. But sure enough, as we're
(04:48):
wrapping up our run, we come out right near Grinstead
and well, not to be too graphic, I'm not even
sure this is a necessary thing to share, but just
it what got me thinking of about, oh, yeah, this
is a bar scene. And here lately this bar scene's
been pretty crazy in Louisville with a lot of you know,
nonsense going on. But John, I couldn't believe the piles
(05:10):
of vomit on the sidewalks and like that. That could
be a thing, I guess, regardless if people end up
getting shot and getting arrested, because like sometimes people end
up leaving bars and they throw up. Like that's just
especially if you're somebody that's you know, put it this way,
you can go out and have a good time and
enjoy the bar scene and not throw up. But I'm
just saying it's probably more likely that you're going to
(05:32):
see somebody have a reversal of fortune on the sidewalk
when they've been drinking all day and night and maybe
they're leaving at about three am. But anyways, it was
a real calm scene and I'm just visualizing, you know
what this this this probably within you know, five hours before,
maybe four hours before I was there, it was probably
quite the scene. And then I get back to my
car and get up my phone and I happen to
(05:55):
see one of the news alerts that two people were
shot overnight. So it does seem to be really getting
any better. And I don't say that to be critical
of really anybody other than the idiots that won't stop
being idiots. I mean, that's really what it comes down to.
It's not that complicated. The Task Force is doing exactly
(06:16):
what it's intended to do. It's arresting people who are
breaking the law. There's more presence. But for this to
actually change and the Highlands neighborhood, Highland's area, the bar
scene there to thrive once again without this nonsense, it's
going to take people behaving responsibly. And I think despite
(06:40):
a real push from LMPD again, the Task Force is
doing its part, but that's not changing anything. And I
think you could add even more officers and people would
still come out and act like idiots based off of
a pattern. That's what they like to do, and not everybody.
(07:01):
But I have no problem in saying this, If you're
out past two am, what do you like?
Speaker 3 (07:05):
Why?
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Like? Why? Because you can? Okay? And the reason I
bring up two am is because you're now hearing residents
of the Islands push for a curfew of two am.
But you're hearing owners of these restaurants and I'm sure
not all of them are on the same exact page,
but you're hearing from some that are saying, hey, no,
(07:27):
we shouldn't do that because four am. That's part of
Louisville's brand and it helps bars compete with regional nightlife restaurants.
Bars aren't the problem. We should still be able to
be open till four am. I don't think you are
the problem overall. However, maybe you being open to four
(07:47):
am is the problem. Like you may feel like, hey,
we're not We're not encouraging anybody to act like idiots.
You're catering to a crowd that wants to be out
till four am. That doesn't mean they're bound to break
the law and act like idiots. But let's also just
be logical and use common sense here. Like you, if
you've got to fight tooth and nail for the last
two hours of a crowd at two am just to
(08:10):
keep your business to float, I think that's a you problem,
not a neighborhood problem. I mean, it's been well documented
that the push to stay open until four in the
morning and the crowd that and the rowdiness that comes
with it has become a huge issue for people who
actually live and work around that area, right. I mean,
you wanting to be open till four am is saying
(08:31):
that you're welcoming those that like to stay out till
four am. And it's quite clear that you being open
and hosting some of these folks, or at least having
them hang out around your business, it's causing an issue
for everybody else, your neighbors, not just other businesses, but
residents of that area. And look at two am curfew
isn't a magic fix. It's not going to eliminate the fights,
(08:54):
the shootings, drunk idiots in the street. But it's hard
to argue that it would hurt when we know so
most of the violent stuff in that strip is happening
between two and four am. Both shootings that took place
on Saturday after two am, with one that was right
at two thirty and the other was around three forty five,
right outside some of those popular bars. At some point,
(09:17):
if your business model depends on that window that keeps
blowing up for police and the neighbors there, maybe the
problem isn't anybody else other than you wanting to stay open.
Now again, you being open isn't saying hey, we're open
to four am. Bring your nonsense, that's what we want.
I don't think you're encouraging it. But again, let's use
(09:39):
our brains here. You're catering to a crowd that wants
to be out between two and four am, and they're
not behaving and it's causing issues for everybody else. So
again two things to leave you with here. This won't
make it all go away, but it can't hurt and
(10:00):
it might lead to them. Hey, if I know I
can't be out until four, I'm not going. And if
that's what you gotta do, that's what you gotta do.
But also I want to reiterate where this actually changes
is people not being idiots and behaving like adults and
being responsible and you know, not breaking the law.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
Stop breaking the law.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
For what it's worth. Both of those that were injured
in those shootings appear to be fine, no, not non
life threatening injuries. So I guess that's good that nobody died.
But unfortunately, if we come back next week and we're
recapping another wild week and in the Highlands and somebody
does die, who's going to be shocked. I'm not all right.
(10:42):
We got trafficking weather updates coming your way. Also, we'll
get back in talking a little footy. Is that right?
Did I use it right? John? Is that how we talked?
Speaker 3 (10:49):
That?
Speaker 1 (10:50):
Is that we talked soccer footy. We're talking some footy
coming up next. Mister Fitzgerald's got a sports update as
we've got some real momentum for the United States and
the World Cup. And that's awesome in general, but it
also seems even more awesome because we're hosting. Right we're
on our home turf, good Monday morning. It is six
thirty six at NewsRadio eight forty whas Nick Coffee with you,
(11:13):
the company man John Alden alongside, and we've got some heavy,
heavy rain coming down in the Louisville metro area right
now as we speak. I'm sure in areas it's heavier
than other areas, but right now, just the traffic cams
are showing it. And again we're leaning on our partners
at wk WHY quite a bit, as we always do,
especially during times when you've got some severe weather. And
(11:33):
overnight we had some severe weather tornado warnings. In fact,
the tornado did touchdown in Henryville, Indiana, just north of
us here in southern Indiana. So right now, all the
thunderstorm warriors, that's all coming gone. But right now we've
got a floodwatch in effect for really the majority of
our area here and right now as we speak, it
(11:55):
sounds like there's some areas of Louisville with some really
heavy downpour. Let's go to both Matt Melosa Bitch and
Susanne Horgan of WKY as they've been keeping you up
to date on what you need to know this morning,
and right now it sounds like you need to know
that there is some heavy rain coming down.
Speaker 3 (12:09):
But boy, we are dealing with some downpours right now.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
For those of you who are headed out, Let's get
the latest in traffic with Suzanne.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
How are the rose holding up?
Speaker 2 (12:17):
To Van and Matt, you might advise them to maybe
wait a little second if you're in the Louisville area,
because it is absolutely pouring here in the metro and
you can see right here that rain coming down in buckets.
This is the upper deck of the Sherman Minton Bridge,
really showing you what you're going to be dealing with
as you're heading out the door. We are dealing with
a problem spot here. This is, I know, difficult to
see because obviously it is pouring, but at sixty four
(12:37):
and the Gene Snider, we have one lane of traffic
currently blocked at this time and we are seeing very
very heavy rainfall. It is a disabled vehicle with emergency
crews on the scene. Sixty four canons. You can see
very heavy rainfall. Looking a little bit better here at
the watersin right at Taylorsville Road, but you can see
some of that standing water out on the roadway here
this morning, as we take a look at a couple
(12:58):
of problem spots that we are dealing with. We have
reports of an accident here at Jackson in Kentucky. We
also have reports unfortunately of an injury crash here. So
this is at Third Street and New Cut Road. So
we're gonna keep eyes on this for you. Also reports
out of Ekron of water over the roadway at Shoemate Road,
so well, of course, continue to keep your post on
that and that will have your latest forecast coming up
at six.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
So again, be safe out there. And I know if
you've got a little bit of time where you you
know you're not you're not gonna be rushed. Well actually,
regardless of time, even if you are going to be late,
just take the l and accept it. Don't go faster
than you need to go, especially in these conditions. But
from what I can see, and again obviously this is
a audio medium, you can't you know, whenever you hear
us describe something, you got to use your imagination. So
(13:40):
I know a lot of you can do that. Imagine
rains so heavy in areas you can't see anything. That's
that's what it looks like, at least from from from
what I can see in these traffic cameras. So be
safe out there. We'll get you updated as far as
traffic coming up here in just a few minutes. All right.
What I wanted to look at here is something that
really did surprise me. But then again I shouldn't surprised, right,
(14:00):
because one thing I do know and it's not a
surprise at all to see a number I used to
be surprised by when you check out and you pay
for anything and you look at your you know, your
utility bills. I mean, things are way more expensive than
they used to be. Affordability is a real crisis in America.
There's no longer any shock value there, So that's not
a surprise. Therefore, I shouldn't be surprised to see what
that's doing to a lot of people, which is a
(14:22):
lot of things, including keeping them at home with their
parents when they're growing older as adults. So a record
twenty five point two million Americans under thirty five live
with their parents in the past year. So that's about
one in three young adults live at home with mom
and dad. That I can't relate. Maybe that's why it
just initially seems so surprising. But John, you're a young adult,
(14:47):
you don't live at home. Like if you had to
start your life now in twenty twenty six, compared to
the time you kind of did it when you got married,
you and your wife bought your first house. I can
tell you I know I wouldn't be able to do
it the way we do because it's almost impossible for
people that are even making a decent living at a
young age, like that doesn't mean you're going to be
able to afford to buy a house.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
Yeah, we were luckily lucky enough and thankful enough to
get into the housing game right before all of the
interest rates really skyrocketed, So that was just really good
timing on our part. But yeah, with financial situations being
as difficult as they are, and really a lot of
people that are my age, my generation, I would say,
are not really the best with money in general. I
(15:28):
don't think they were a lot of people weren't educated
on how to take care of their money and be
prepared financially for the real world. And I think that's
really having them that's the reason they're struggling so much
more than previous generations.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
Yeah, I mean, if you look at regardless if you're
trying to buy a house or not, income not keeping
up with costs, that's an issue everybody's dealing with. It
seems like, unless of course you're doing you know, very
well and you just are are that blessed. But I
feel like even those that are doing a lot better
than others, right, like they're making more money money. They
(16:00):
live a different lifestyle because they have a lot more money.
You can still do that and feel the effects of
just noticing like, hey, I can still afford it, but yeah,
I'm now noticing that it's costing me a lot more
money to maintain this lifestyle than it once did. So
but the housing side of it, I mean the costs.
Right now, the median home price four hundred and thirty
(16:21):
thousand dollars, so that's up thirty five percent since twenty nineteen.
The median rent one thousand, six hundred and seventy three dollars.
That's up eighteen percent in that amount of time. So
I think moving forward, you're going to see unless we
get some type of real relief and this is you
know this, this gets much better. I do not think
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it's going to be crazy to see something that would
be unusual in any other era. But moving forward, it
may be the new norm, and that is people buying
houses together that don't they're not dating, they're not buddies
like they just they're looking for they want to invest
because that's a better thing to do than to rent.
I guess people can have their own opinion of that. However,
when you when you buy home and you you know,
(17:04):
you may. It's an asset. Obviously if it's not paid off,
you still owe the bank. But still many people prefer
to own than to rent, I would imagine, So if
you want to own but you can't do it yourself,
like you may just find an investor to go in
on and we're going to live together as roommates. And
this is just that this is better than us having
to worry about rising rent costs that they're going to
go up every you know, because you're you can lock
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in your mortgage for thirty years, right, your rent can
go up every time you sign a lease. So it
to me seems unusual, But there was a story months
ago that highlighted this has become at least something more common,
right where you're looking for somebody to basically just become
an investor with you a a team member essentially, and
y'all we're going to live together, but the partnership, the
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relationship is that we both are investing to own this together. Now,
I think it'd be really unusual if you end up
owning half the house and then you want to move out,
but you can't sell because you have somebody else that
owns it with you, so it could certainly get tricky,
but right now, it is just not really realistic for
somebody to buy a home that is twenty four to
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twenty five years old that makes a decent salary right
entry level. They're doing enough to where they could typically
live on their own, but right now it's just impossible
because of the costs. They've got student loans now because
they just finished college. I just it just seems unreasonable.
See somebody do that unless you know they've got some
assistance on there, and as far as just you know
(18:28):
they inherited money for a down payment, that kind of stuff.
But yeah, the record numbers twenty five point two million
Americans under thirty five live with their parents this past year.
That's one in three adults in the young age range
there that are living at home with mom and dad.
And I would imagine that ain't by choice from either end, right.
I'm sure many moms and dads don't want you still there,
(18:49):
and I'm sure many people wouldn't want to live at
home with mom and dad. But that's just that's just
where we are, all right. We got a gut check
coming your way from Leland, Conway and he'll let you
know what he thinks about Trump's handling this Iran situation,
and go ahead and give you a little bit of
a tease. He's claiming Trump is allowing them to act
like petulant children, and I don't think he's wrong there
So let me check. We have a fire that is
now out, but a serious fire at the New Albany
country Club that was about two hours before we got
started here. A tornado in fact did touch down in Henryville.
We've got a flash flood warning in effect until noon.
And also we now have three people that were shot
(00:20):
overnight that we know of in Butchertown. What a way
to get a week started as it looks like rain
still coming down in a major way. So again, thanks
for being with us. It is six o six here
at news Radio eight forty whas coffee and company with you,
and we are fueled by Thornton's. Keepth Thorton's in mind
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(00:42):
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all right. So yeah, flood watch, I think I said warning,
(01:02):
whoop see. I know the correction police will be out
and that the correction police work in regardless of weather conditions.
John right, flash, floods, floods, whatever. Yeah, tornadoes, doesn't matter.
They're a rash exactly. They're gonna let us know. So apologies,
it's a flood watch. And it's really the entire area
here of US, as far as just Kentuckyana, not only
just on the Kentucky side Jefferson, Bullet, Shelby, Harden, all
(01:27):
those counties, but also north of US in southern Indiana.
And again no damage, it sounds like as far as
anything crazy, nothing serious and no injuries. But there was
a confirmed tornado that came down last night in Henryville, Indiana.
And that's now two or actually I believe three in
total in the last week to our friends of the
north there in southern Indiana. So not ideal by any means.
(01:48):
But again this morning, it sounds like, despite knowing that
they had a tornado, everybody's okay, all right. I do
want to let you, I do want to let you guys,
hear the latest as far as what we're dealing with
right now on the roadways, because we've had some really
heavy downpour in certain areas of Louisville, especially in the
downtown area. It sounds like that's gonna let up here
pretty soon. But from the traffic cams you can see,
(02:10):
I mean actually you can barely see just because of
how hard it's raining. Also, you're getting some jolts of
lightning coming down, so be careful. As of right now,
looks like on two sixty four I'm sorry, just sixty
four east and west. Actually, now that I'm looking at it,
you've got some crazy downpour coming down that makes it
look as if those roadways could be could be getting
(02:31):
close to ponding, if they're not already. Here is the
latest that came in from Suzanne Horrigan of our partners.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Oh there, Wlky, and certainly we're going to be watching
for some flooded areas, especially in some of our more
rural areas that have seen a ton of rain fall
into Breckenridge County and Mead County wants you to be
extra careful. Also, some reports coming out of Nelson County
of some high water as well, would do reports right
in ner ekron of water over shoemate roads, So certainly
keep that in mind as you're heading out the door.
It's very difficult to see high water when it is
(02:59):
still dark out. Take a look at some of these
live cameras. So this is two sixty four at Crumbs Late.
It is absolutely pouring here. Certainly that water is ponding
out on the roadway. Two sixty four at Taylor Boulevard
also very wet here to sixty four right at Virginia
you can see in Dumina obviously pouring here. In two
sixty four at Bank Street, you can see all of
(03:20):
that water coming down. I want to take you to
the upper deck of the Sherman Minton Bridge. This is
from going to Kentucky over into Indiana, and you can
see obviously the roads are very very wet. Watch for
standing water. Obviously it's easier to hydroplane when you have
quite a bit of water out on the road. To
reduce your speed as you're heading out the door this morning,
and of course watch out for flooded areas. You can
see that lightning that's flashing here as those storms move
(03:42):
through the metro.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
So it sounds like they are going to do exactly that,
move through and get on out of here. But as
of right now, a pretty dicey situation out there if
you're just now getting ready to head out for the morning.
So again, we'll keep you updated. So keep it locked
right here with us at news Radio eight forty whas. Also,
you can get in touch with us on the talkback.
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(04:05):
Distracted Driver dot Com. All right, so let's get into it.
This weekend another wild weekend, specifically a Saturday evening into
Sunday morning in the Highlands area, and I didn't give
it much thought, but yesterday I ended up being in
the Highlands for the first time in a long time.
I got up early yesterday and went and met my
dad and my sister for a Father's Day run through
(04:27):
Cherokee Park. We went about five miles and it was
a reminder how beautiful that area is. I hadn't been
there in quite some time, and as I'm driving through
the Highlands to get the Cherokee Park, I didn't even
once think about the recent issues that they've had. It
was just more of a getting a I mean, it
was a beautiful morning and I wasn't thinking about, you know,
what had just taken place. But sure enough, as we're
(04:48):
wrapping up our run, we come out right near Grinstead
and well, not to be too graphic, I'm not even
sure this is a necessary thing to share, but just
it what got me thinking of about, oh, yeah, this
is a bar scene. And here lately this bar scene's
been pretty crazy in Louisville with a lot of you know,
nonsense going on. But John, I couldn't believe the piles
(05:10):
of vomit on the sidewalks and like that. That could
be a thing, I guess, regardless if people end up
getting shot and getting arrested, because like sometimes people end
up leaving bars and they throw up. Like that's just
especially if you're somebody that's you know, put it this way,
you can go out and have a good time and
enjoy the bar scene and not throw up. But I'm
just saying it's probably more likely that you're going to
(05:32):
see somebody have a reversal of fortune on the sidewalk
when they've been drinking all day and night and maybe
they're leaving at about three am. But anyways, it was
a real calm scene and I'm just visualizing, you know
what this this this probably within you know, five hours before,
maybe four hours before I was there, it was probably
quite the scene. And then I get back to my
car and get up my phone and I happen to
(05:55):
see one of the news alerts that two people were
shot overnight. So it does seem to be really getting
any better. And I don't say that to be critical
of really anybody other than the idiots that won't stop
being idiots. I mean, that's really what it comes down to.
It's not that complicated. The Task Force is doing exactly
(06:16):
what it's intended to do. It's arresting people who are
breaking the law. There's more presence. But for this to
actually change and the Highlands neighborhood, Highland's area, the bar
scene there to thrive once again without this nonsense, it's
going to take people behaving responsibly. And I think despite
(06:40):
a real push from LMPD again, the Task Force is
doing its part, but that's not changing anything. And I
think you could add even more officers and people would
still come out and act like idiots based off of
a pattern. That's what they like to do, and not everybody.
(07:01):
But I have no problem in saying this, If you're
out past two am, what do you like?
Speaker 3 (07:05):
Why?
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Like? Why? Because you can? Okay? And the reason I
bring up two am is because you're now hearing residents
of the Islands push for a curfew of two am.
But you're hearing owners of these restaurants and I'm sure
not all of them are on the same exact page,
but you're hearing from some that are saying, hey, no,
(07:27):
we shouldn't do that because four am. That's part of
Louisville's brand and it helps bars compete with regional nightlife restaurants.
Bars aren't the problem. We should still be able to
be open till four am. I don't think you are
the problem overall. However, maybe you being open to four
(07:47):
am is the problem. Like you may feel like, hey,
we're not We're not encouraging anybody to act like idiots.
You're catering to a crowd that wants to be out
till four am. That doesn't mean they're bound to break
the law and act like idiots. But let's also just
be logical and use common sense here. Like you, if
you've got to fight tooth and nail for the last
two hours of a crowd at two am just to
(08:10):
keep your business to float, I think that's a you problem,
not a neighborhood problem. I mean, it's been well documented
that the push to stay open until four in the
morning and the crowd that and the rowdiness that comes
with it has become a huge issue for people who
actually live and work around that area, right. I mean,
you wanting to be open till four am is saying
(08:31):
that you're welcoming those that like to stay out till
four am. And it's quite clear that you being open
and hosting some of these folks, or at least having
them hang out around your business, it's causing an issue
for everybody else, your neighbors, not just other businesses, but
residents of that area. And look at two am curfew
isn't a magic fix. It's not going to eliminate the fights,
(08:54):
the shootings, drunk idiots in the street. But it's hard
to argue that it would hurt when we know so
most of the violent stuff in that strip is happening
between two and four am. Both shootings that took place
on Saturday after two am, with one that was right
at two thirty and the other was around three forty five,
right outside some of those popular bars. At some point,
(09:17):
if your business model depends on that window that keeps
blowing up for police and the neighbors there, maybe the
problem isn't anybody else other than you wanting to stay open.
Now again, you being open isn't saying hey, we're open
to four am. Bring your nonsense, that's what we want.
I don't think you're encouraging it. But again, let's use
(09:39):
our brains here. You're catering to a crowd that wants
to be out between two and four am, and they're
not behaving and it's causing issues for everybody else. So
again two things to leave you with here. This won't
make it all go away, but it can't hurt and
(10:00):
it might lead to them. Hey, if I know I
can't be out until four, I'm not going. And if
that's what you gotta do, that's what you gotta do.
But also I want to reiterate where this actually changes
is people not being idiots and behaving like adults and
being responsible and you know, not breaking the law.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
Stop breaking the law.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
For what it's worth. Both of those that were injured
in those shootings appear to be fine, no, not non
life threatening injuries. So I guess that's good that nobody died.
But unfortunately, if we come back next week and we're
recapping another wild week and in the Highlands and somebody
does die, who's going to be shocked. I'm not all right.
(10:42):
We got trafficking weather updates coming your way. Also, we'll
get back in talking a little footy. Is that right?
Did I use it right? John? Is that how we talked?
Speaker 3 (10:49):
That?
Speaker 1 (10:50):
Is that we talked soccer footy. We're talking some footy
coming up next. Mister Fitzgerald's got a sports update as
we've got some real momentum for the United States and
the World Cup. And that's awesome in general, but it
also seems even more awesome because we're hosting. Right we're
on our home turf, good Monday morning. It is six
thirty six at NewsRadio eight forty whas Nick Coffee with you,
(11:13):
the company man John Alden alongside, and we've got some heavy,
heavy rain coming down in the Louisville metro area right
now as we speak. I'm sure in areas it's heavier
than other areas, but right now, just the traffic cams
are showing it. And again we're leaning on our partners
at wk WHY quite a bit, as we always do,
especially during times when you've got some severe weather. And
(11:33):
overnight we had some severe weather tornado warnings. In fact,
the tornado did touchdown in Henryville, Indiana, just north of
us here in southern Indiana. So right now, all the
thunderstorm warriors, that's all coming gone. But right now we've
got a floodwatch in effect for really the majority of
our area here and right now as we speak, it
(11:55):
sounds like there's some areas of Louisville with some really
heavy downpour. Let's go to both Matt Melosa Bitch and
Susanne Horgan of WKY as they've been keeping you up
to date on what you need to know this morning,
and right now it sounds like you need to know
that there is some heavy rain coming down.
Speaker 3 (12:09):
But boy, we are dealing with some downpours right now.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
For those of you who are headed out, Let's get
the latest in traffic with Suzanne.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
How are the rose holding up?
Speaker 2 (12:17):
To Van and Matt, you might advise them to maybe
wait a little second if you're in the Louisville area,
because it is absolutely pouring here in the metro and
you can see right here that rain coming down in buckets.
This is the upper deck of the Sherman Minton Bridge,
really showing you what you're going to be dealing with
as you're heading out the door. We are dealing with
a problem spot here. This is, I know, difficult to
see because obviously it is pouring, but at sixty four
(12:37):
and the Gene Snider, we have one lane of traffic
currently blocked at this time and we are seeing very
very heavy rainfall. It is a disabled vehicle with emergency
crews on the scene. Sixty four canons. You can see
very heavy rainfall. Looking a little bit better here at
the watersin right at Taylorsville Road, but you can see
some of that standing water out on the roadway here
this morning, as we take a look at a couple
(12:58):
of problem spots that we are dealing with. We have
reports of an accident here at Jackson in Kentucky. We
also have reports unfortunately of an injury crash here. So
this is at Third Street and New Cut Road. So
we're gonna keep eyes on this for you. Also reports
out of Ekron of water over the roadway at Shoemate Road,
so well, of course, continue to keep your post on
that and that will have your latest forecast coming up
at six.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
So again, be safe out there. And I know if
you've got a little bit of time where you you
know you're not you're not gonna be rushed. Well actually,
regardless of time, even if you are going to be late,
just take the l and accept it. Don't go faster
than you need to go, especially in these conditions. But
from what I can see, and again obviously this is
a audio medium, you can't you know, whenever you hear
us describe something, you got to use your imagination. So
(13:40):
I know a lot of you can do that. Imagine
rains so heavy in areas you can't see anything. That's
that's what it looks like, at least from from from
what I can see in these traffic cameras. So be
safe out there. We'll get you updated as far as
traffic coming up here in just a few minutes. All right.
What I wanted to look at here is something that
really did surprise me. But then again I shouldn't surprised, right,
(14:00):
because one thing I do know and it's not a
surprise at all to see a number I used to
be surprised by when you check out and you pay
for anything and you look at your you know, your
utility bills. I mean, things are way more expensive than
they used to be. Affordability is a real crisis in America.
There's no longer any shock value there, So that's not
a surprise. Therefore, I shouldn't be surprised to see what
that's doing to a lot of people, which is a
(14:22):
lot of things, including keeping them at home with their
parents when they're growing older as adults. So a record
twenty five point two million Americans under thirty five live
with their parents in the past year. So that's about
one in three young adults live at home with mom
and dad. That I can't relate. Maybe that's why it
just initially seems so surprising. But John, you're a young adult,
(14:47):
you don't live at home. Like if you had to
start your life now in twenty twenty six, compared to
the time you kind of did it when you got married,
you and your wife bought your first house. I can
tell you I know I wouldn't be able to do
it the way we do because it's almost impossible for
people that are even making a decent living at a
young age, like that doesn't mean you're going to be
able to afford to buy a house.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
Yeah, we were luckily lucky enough and thankful enough to
get into the housing game right before all of the
interest rates really skyrocketed, So that was just really good
timing on our part. But yeah, with financial situations being
as difficult as they are, and really a lot of
people that are my age, my generation, I would say,
are not really the best with money in general. I
(15:28):
don't think they were a lot of people weren't educated
on how to take care of their money and be
prepared financially for the real world. And I think that's
really having them that's the reason they're struggling so much
more than previous generations.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
Yeah, I mean, if you look at regardless if you're
trying to buy a house or not, income not keeping
up with costs, that's an issue everybody's dealing with. It
seems like, unless of course you're doing you know, very
well and you just are are that blessed. But I
feel like even those that are doing a lot better
than others, right, like they're making more money money. They
(16:00):
live a different lifestyle because they have a lot more money.
You can still do that and feel the effects of
just noticing like, hey, I can still afford it, but yeah,
I'm now noticing that it's costing me a lot more
money to maintain this lifestyle than it once did. So
but the housing side of it, I mean the costs.
Right now, the median home price four hundred and thirty
(16:21):
thousand dollars, so that's up thirty five percent since twenty nineteen.
The median rent one thousand, six hundred and seventy three dollars.
That's up eighteen percent in that amount of time. So
I think moving forward, you're going to see unless we
get some type of real relief and this is you
know this, this gets much better. I do not think
(16:43):
it's going to be crazy to see something that would
be unusual in any other era. But moving forward, it
may be the new norm, and that is people buying
houses together that don't they're not dating, they're not buddies
like they just they're looking for they want to invest
because that's a better thing to do than to rent.
I guess people can have their own opinion of that. However,
when you when you buy home and you you know,
(17:04):
you may. It's an asset. Obviously if it's not paid off,
you still owe the bank. But still many people prefer
to own than to rent, I would imagine, So if
you want to own but you can't do it yourself,
like you may just find an investor to go in
on and we're going to live together as roommates. And
this is just that this is better than us having
to worry about rising rent costs that they're going to
go up every you know, because you're you can lock
(17:25):
in your mortgage for thirty years, right, your rent can
go up every time you sign a lease. So it
to me seems unusual, But there was a story months
ago that highlighted this has become at least something more common,
right where you're looking for somebody to basically just become
an investor with you a a team member essentially, and
y'all we're going to live together, but the partnership, the
(17:47):
relationship is that we both are investing to own this together. Now,
I think it'd be really unusual if you end up
owning half the house and then you want to move out,
but you can't sell because you have somebody else that
owns it with you, so it could certainly get tricky,
but right now, it is just not really realistic for
somebody to buy a home that is twenty four to
(18:07):
twenty five years old that makes a decent salary right
entry level. They're doing enough to where they could typically
live on their own, but right now it's just impossible
because of the costs. They've got student loans now because
they just finished college. I just it just seems unreasonable.
See somebody do that unless you know they've got some
assistance on there, and as far as just you know
(18:28):
they inherited money for a down payment, that kind of stuff.
But yeah, the record numbers twenty five point two million
Americans under thirty five live with their parents this past year.
That's one in three adults in the young age range
there that are living at home with mom and dad.
And I would imagine that ain't by choice from either end, right.
I'm sure many moms and dads don't want you still there,
(18:49):
and I'm sure many people wouldn't want to live at
home with mom and dad. But that's just that's just
where we are, all right. We got a gut check
coming your way from Leland, Conway and he'll let you
know what he thinks about Trump's handling this Iran situation,
and go ahead and give you a little bit of
a tease. He's claiming Trump is allowing them to act
like petulant children, and I don't think he's wrong there
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