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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's nice to know I'm not alone. Maybe we are
alone together, John Alden, But you did admit you're like me,
and you you kind of find something about a big
snowstorm approaching to be kind of exciting.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yeah, I feel are we weird? It's I think it's
maybe it's too weird. I think we get weirdly excited
about a lot of strange weather events, whether it's you know,
potential tornadoes or not that there are any times like
good things like usually you can have fun with snow.
You can't really have fun with tornadoes and that sort
of thing. Oh yeah, but there's still something about like
the anticipation to lead up to it, like what might happen?
(00:34):
That sort of thing. And I think also this time
of year, between December and like February, it's always good
to get one really nice amount of snow. Now, what
we're gonna get is something that we don't usually get,
but I always like the one good snowstorm per year.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Yeah. And look, I'm not somebody that wants to be
inconvenienced in any way, right, nobody wants power outages or
dangerous roads, But there is an element of this that
just has me excited. And I feel as if there's
something wrong with me, but hey, I'm not alone. If
maybe just the two of us are alone in that world,
but I don't think that's the case. I really don't.
All Right, it's news Radiate forty whas eight oh six
(01:12):
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eight hours. There are folks at Thornton's that their job
(01:33):
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And just know that we're always going to be here
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for you when it comes to these kind of situations.
And obviously if we lose power, and I don't mean
us here at the station, I mean just in Louisville.
If there's power outages, internet outages, we'll still be here
and we hope you stick with us because we'll keep
you up to date and get you everything you need
to know. And we've certainly relied heavily on Matt Melosavich's
WLKY this morning, as he's been tracking this storm like
(02:18):
most in his industry. And it definitely seems as if
the projections are all over the place. I've yet to
see anybody really downplay it, but you're seeing a lot
of different projections and a wide range as far as
what could be you know, two feet of snow in
the region, and then of course you've got some more
(02:39):
on the mild side, which is about six inches. So
if this is even well, let's just say that ends
up being the lowest as far as what's projected on
the low end of those ranges, it's still something we
don't get around here very often. That could cause a
lot of issues, So be advised. We make the jokes
about loading up on bread, milk, eggs. But in all seriousness,
(03:03):
this is the kind of storm that you need to
make sure you've got everything you need at home. Picture
yourself in a spot where you got to go get
something that you really need, well, you may not be
able to do that this weekend because of the weather,
So prepare yourself over these next couple of days. I
guess it is a silver lining in the situation that
you've got two days here to prepare because today and
tomorrow we're not going to have any winter weather as
(03:25):
far as snow sleep. But once we get to Saturday,
that is when it shifts, and that's when it could
get really dangerous around here. Or we'll get to this storm.
As far as the national impact, we'll talk to Rory
O'Neil coming up here at about eight thirty five. He'll
tell us as far as what other areas of the
country are expected to get snow at a high level.
(03:47):
Some places getting snow they've never seen before, So we'll
talk to Rory about that. Also. VP jd Vance is
set to visit Minneapolis today. We'll get the latest on
that and a lot more. So what we've been doing
this morning is looking back to the previous snowstorms that
are that, of course, are all timers, and the nineteen
ninety four nineteen ninety eight are the ones that are
(04:07):
really by themselves as far as just the amount of
snow that we received and the impact that it had
on Louisville. I mean specifically, in nineteen ninety nineteen ninety
four you had fifteen inch more than fifteen inches, roughly
sixteen inches in just one day. I mean, that is
(04:30):
that is insane. You also had in nineteen ninety eight
what was a yeah, so in ninety eight was more
of the the marathon twenty two point four inches over
three days, But in ninety four you had what was
snow falling at three inches per hour, so an eight
hour knockout punch essentially that ended up with sixteen inches
(04:53):
of snow. But nineteen seventy eight, that is one that
I'm sure many of you still remember, but that's it's
the coldest and snowiest season on record. Seventy seven and
seventy eight, twenty eight point four inches came down for
the month, that's January of seventy eight. You had forty
nine straight days with at least one inch of snow
on the ground up to nineteen inches at one point,
(05:16):
which is the deepest snow measured. You had schools closed
for weeks, some nearly a month, and the average temperature
that winter was twenty seven degrees. So we've had some
extreme snowstorms over the years, but those three sort of
stand out by themselves. But again, ninety four to ninety eight,
those are the ones that, at least for me, I'm
(05:37):
old enough to remember some of the aftermath of that,
which speaking of one of those things that I'm sure
a lot of you remember was ups they couldn't they
couldn't operate like they wanted to. They lost over one
hundred million dollars because the airport, I mean, they couldn't
get out on the runway, they couldn't operate like they
(05:57):
typically do, and that that led to the I'm issuing
a stern warning that hey, if this happens again, we're
out of here. We'll move somewhere else, we'll reset that
coming up on the other side, I also let you
hear what Matt Melosovich has as far as the latest
and what he's tracking with this winter storm. Stick around.
It's news Radio eight forty whs all right, it's coffee
(06:19):
and company with you here at News RADI eight forty
whas and we are fueled by Thornton's. It was sixteen
inches of snow that we got in January of nineteen
ninety four that nearly put the city's biggest employer on
a moving truck. I'm sure many of you remember this,
but UPS they lost a lot of money with the
airport shut down and they weren't able to operate as
(06:42):
they typically do. So what that led to is UPS
executives delivering an ultimatum to then Mayor Jerry Abramson invest
in world class snow removal infrastructure or we leave. They
were going to relocate their hub if that didn't happen,
and that threat was credible, and it care married enormous
economic stakes when you think about it now, right, I
(07:04):
mean UPS clearly they've been They've only grown as an
employer here in Louisville since that time. So the response
they visited northern cities, purchased different equipment and made that investment,
which I think was a good investment in snow management
strategies that does save UPS. And that's something I'm very
(07:25):
happy to this day that they did. And I'm sure
many of you listening probably feel the exact same way.
Another story that we touched on from the snowstorm in
nineteen ninety four is one that I do remember this vaguely,
but it was something that i'd forgotten all about. And
what a great story this is. Makes sense that they,
you know, made a movie out of it. But there
(07:47):
was a three year old girl who became Louisville's miracle
snow baby because she, along with her sister, were born
with a rare liver disease and she'd been waiting for
a new liver for a long long time, and it
just so happened when that new liver became available, they
couldn't get out of Louisville because of the snow. There
were sixteen inches of snow on the ground and Omaha,
(08:08):
Nebraska is where this new liver was. And it was
a community member who heard of this story and called
local radio stations, and then of course it ended up
getting the attention of TV stations. There was a lot
of coverage and it led to over two hundred people
in the midst of probably the biggest snowstorm they've experienced
(08:28):
ever in Louisville showing up at a church parking lot
with shovels to try to dig and make a spot
to where a helicopter could land to get this three
year old little girl. And that's exactly what ended up happening.
She ended up getting the liver transplant and went on
to to live to live her life without you know,
(08:48):
I mean, I don't know the exact details, but what
a story. I mean, what a story. Here is a
Here's a quick clip from the new coverage of this
back in nineteen ninety four. This is the miracle snow
Baby's grandmother that you hear at to make the beginning
of this clip.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
I was just a static when we got the call,
and then I said, how are we gonna get there?
Speaker 4 (09:09):
Today is the day Michelle Schmidt's family has waited for.
For two years, They've looked for a liver transplant for Michelle,
and today the donor has been found. What do you
think about all these people coming out to help out.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
I can't believe it, and I say thank you from
the bottom of my heart. That doesn't seem to be enough,
but I just want everybody to know how much we appreciated.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
It's sixteen inches of snow that stands between Little Michelle
and the donor's liver in Omaha, the community is taking
care of the snow.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
I called the radio station and that's why the helicopter
couldn't land back here, and they said it would have
to be plowed, and I said that would be no problem.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
I could get a host streetload of people to come
and help plow.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
And that's exactly what they did. So Michelle survived more
than two decades after that surgery. She did pass away
in May of twenty twenty one, and they ended up
making a movie with her story called Ordinary Angels and
it starred Hillary Swank. So what a story. All right,
let's get you quickly caught up. This is the latest
fro Matt Melosa, bitch of WLKY as far as the
(10:10):
winter storm that is on its way, and a lot
of folks sharing what they're tracking, what they're projecting, and
here's the latest from mister Melosovich.
Speaker 5 (10:18):
Guys. Then we turn our attention to the winter storm
for the weekend winter storm watches posted across the entire region.
Those will go into effect on Saturday all the way
through Monday morning to account for this winter storm that
begins Saturday afternoon and evening as mostly snow across our region.
We watch closely this area of Orange where sleet and
(10:41):
freezing rain will mix in, and as we head into
Saturday night and Sunday morning, that does lift north towards
the western Kentucky Bluegrass parkways, perhaps even immediately south of
the metro where sleet and freezing rain mix in. Obviously
we're concerned with ice and it also can chop down
overall snow totals, but everyone across the region will see
(11:04):
major winter weather impacts from this storm system. In terms
of accumulations of snow and sleet, I think widespread across
the area. We're looking at a six to twelve inch accumulation. Now.
There are also strong signs that immediately north of where
that sleet and freezing rain line is, we will have
(11:25):
a band of heavier snow in the vicinity of the
Ohio River, and that is where the potential for amounts
over a foot will be with us through this storm.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
So there you have it. That's the latest scary, no doubt,
and I would just do whatever you can to prepare
yourself as if you're going to be stuck inside for
a while, make sure you got medications that you might
need enough food that kind of stuff. We joke about
the bread milk, but no, really you might need it
this time, and I would say good luck to you
finding it in these next couple of days. All right,
(11:57):
stick around, We've got trafficking weather updates on the way,
a sportsupdate, and Marie O'Neil's gonna stop by at around
eight thirty five. All right here in news Radio eight
forty whas all right, good morning, Kentucky, Enna, thank you
for hanging out with us this morning. As we are
wrapping and up, we're gonna hand it off to Tony
and Dwight in just a few minutes here as the
calm before the storm continues. That's often said when there's
(12:18):
not an actual storm, but there is a storm on
the way, and it is gonna be calm today and
tomorrow as far as snow, sleet, freezing rain, all of
that mess. But today and tomorrow is today where you
should get yourself prepared. We make the jokes about bread
and milk, Tony, but you need to make sure you've
got more than just bread milk. You need to make
sure you have your medications, all that stuff, because it's
gonna be a good chance you can't leave your house.
Speaker 6 (12:40):
You're making the joke, but you've got to take care
of your old folks in the livestock. Look there used
to be an old jockey used to say when the
weather was coming in, bring in your old folks and
livestock weather's carmen, because you know, old folks just hang
on the front ports. But I did call my mom
because she doesn't when the weather hits, she doesn't leave
the house. So you got to make sure your mom's okay,
and make sure she's got all the food and stuff.
(13:01):
But at least we have a lead up, because the
ones that really kind of dous damage are the ones
that come out of nowhere. We're all, we're gonna get
a quarter inch or snowing to be fine, and then
it's it's ten inches of snow like last year that
kind of snuck up on us.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Absolutely, it was the biggest snowstorm we'd had in quite
some time. So I got to ask, is your mother
one that will tell you if she needs something or
is she gonna not do it? And then you find
out and say, Mom, why do you tell me I
would come over?
Speaker 6 (13:22):
She's Cuban, Catholic and guilt is a huge, you know thing.
So it's just strong emotion now oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
and she uses it. She wields it like x ex caliber.
She would feel guilty about asking, No, no, you feel guilty. Yes, yes,
it's yes, she's a she's a Catholic, mam. She wields
guilt like ex caliber and uh and no. That's why
(13:45):
I called her first. That's why I was just like, MA,
what do you what do you need coneing yourself? I
can come over and put salt down. Uh, do what
we're doing. But we're ready for it. I think we
no matter what we get. I think Monday schools will
be out and people will be working from home because
the temperatures are going to be crazy. But all the
weather folk, there's a lot of them, they're saying, if
(14:05):
we get to know, it'll be ten inches like that.
They're saying, Look, if we get at one flake, it'll
be double digit. So I'm ready, let's go.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
I think this is a reminder that you've got those
that just use the resources we have with social media
technology self taught that they get into this space on
their own without working for a TV station or a
new station as a meteorologist and the local meteorologists around here.
Some of them, you know, they're warning you hate. I
(14:34):
wouldn't trust these people. They don't really know what it
is they're doing. It's a very competitive world that is meteorology,
more so than it's ever been because again social media
and the Internet that stuff.
Speaker 6 (14:43):
But it is. I went to breakfast this morning, then
to the gym, and then here every morning, every right,
thank you, everywhere I have been, every single person, and
every conversation I've had with everyone, and you know, I
talked to everybody. Every conversation was the weather absolutely time
you think Saturday, so we talked about that earlier. There's
something that is almost kind of sick and twisted about
(15:05):
looking like they're being excitement for this, because nobody wants
to have a power outage that could devastate you or
traffic nightmares. But the collective interest in just following this
is it's on its way. I think anywhere you go today,
it's all anybody's gonna be talking about. That's it. They're
gonna want to know what are you going to do?
Would you do? What time you think it'll come in
It'll be sleep nice or just snow. But it is
(15:28):
also when you get older, one of the greatest things
that happen to you is when plans get canceled. So
this is one of those weekends where we're like, oh,
they're already canceling those get togethers.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
You're like, sweet, yeah, and I can't I can't explain it.
But sitting at home doing nothing because you have to
because of snow is, for reasons, I don't know, more
enjoyable than just randomly sitting at home a lot.
Speaker 6 (15:50):
Yeah. I love these weekends when my kids were little
because we would just PLoP on the couch and do
the Harry Potter you know, four or five in a row,
or Disney movies and just blanket it, eat terrible and
watch movies with the.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Almost like you're hitting pause on like real life life
is chilling on Life on life. Yeah, yeah, yeah, All right,
Tony and Dwight, they're coming your way next. So stick
around right here at news Radio eight forty w h A. S.
It's nice to know I'm not alone. Maybe we are
alone together, John Alden, But you did admit you're like me,
and you you kind of find something about a big
snowstorm approaching to be kind of exciting.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yeah, I feel are we weird? It's I think it's
maybe it's too weird. I think we get weirdly excited
about a lot of strange weather events, whether it's you know,
potential tornadoes or not that there are any times like
good things like usually you can have fun with snow.
You can't really have fun with tornadoes and that sort
of thing. Oh yeah, but there's still something about like
the anticipation to lead up to it, like what might happen?
(00:34):
That sort of thing. And I think also this time
of year, between December and like February, it's always good
to get one really nice amount of snow. Now, what
we're gonna get is something that we don't usually get,
but I always like the one good snowstorm per year.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Yeah. And look, I'm not somebody that wants to be
inconvenienced in any way, right, nobody wants power outages or
dangerous roads, But there is an element of this that
just has me excited. And I feel as if there's
something wrong with me, but hey, I'm not alone. If
maybe just the two of us are alone in that world,
but I don't think that's the case. I really don't.
All Right, it's news Radiate forty whas eight oh six
(01:12):
here on a Thursday morning. Appreciate you hanging out with us,
coffee and company, and we are fueled by Thorntons. Keep
Thorntons in mind when it comes to breakfast. If you've
already had breakfast, well keep them. Keep them in mind
for lunch as well, because they've got a lot of
great options. It's not just some pre made sandwich or
whatever it is sitting under a heat lamp for forty
eight hours. There are folks at Thornton's that their job
(01:33):
is to prepare and create fresh quality food. And you
can get in and get out. Talk about convenient. You
can go, grab what you want, grab a drink, head
to the self checkout and literally be out of there
in ninety seconds. So again, we are fueled by Thornton's
and we'll continue to keep you up to date. That's
what we do here at news Radio eight forty whas.
And just know that we're always going to be here
(01:55):
for you when it comes to these kind of situations.
And obviously if we lose power, and I don't mean
us here at the station, I mean just in Louisville.
If there's power outages, internet outages, we'll still be here
and we hope you stick with us because we'll keep
you up to date and get you everything you need
to know. And we've certainly relied heavily on Matt Melosavich's
WLKY this morning, as he's been tracking this storm like
(02:18):
most in his industry. And it definitely seems as if
the projections are all over the place. I've yet to
see anybody really downplay it, but you're seeing a lot
of different projections and a wide range as far as
what could be you know, two feet of snow in
the region, and then of course you've got some more
(02:39):
on the mild side, which is about six inches. So
if this is even well, let's just say that ends
up being the lowest as far as what's projected on
the low end of those ranges, it's still something we
don't get around here very often. That could cause a
lot of issues, So be advised. We make the jokes
about loading up on bread, milk, eggs. But in all seriousness,
(03:03):
this is the kind of storm that you need to
make sure you've got everything you need at home. Picture
yourself in a spot where you got to go get
something that you really need, well, you may not be
able to do that this weekend because of the weather,
So prepare yourself over these next couple of days. I
guess it is a silver lining in the situation that
you've got two days here to prepare because today and
tomorrow we're not going to have any winter weather as
(03:25):
far as snow sleep. But once we get to Saturday,
that is when it shifts, and that's when it could
get really dangerous around here. Or we'll get to this storm.
As far as the national impact, we'll talk to Rory
O'Neil coming up here at about eight thirty five. He'll
tell us as far as what other areas of the
country are expected to get snow at a high level.
(03:47):
Some places getting snow they've never seen before, So we'll
talk to Rory about that. Also. VP jd Vance is
set to visit Minneapolis today. We'll get the latest on
that and a lot more. So what we've been doing
this morning is looking back to the previous snowstorms that
are that, of course, are all timers, and the nineteen
ninety four nineteen ninety eight are the ones that are
(04:07):
really by themselves as far as just the amount of
snow that we received and the impact that it had
on Louisville. I mean specifically, in nineteen ninety nineteen ninety
four you had fifteen inch more than fifteen inches, roughly
sixteen inches in just one day. I mean, that is
(04:30):
that is insane. You also had in nineteen ninety eight
what was a yeah, so in ninety eight was more
of the the marathon twenty two point four inches over
three days, But in ninety four you had what was
snow falling at three inches per hour, so an eight
hour knockout punch essentially that ended up with sixteen inches
(04:53):
of snow. But nineteen seventy eight, that is one that
I'm sure many of you still remember, but that's it's
the coldest and snowiest season on record. Seventy seven and
seventy eight, twenty eight point four inches came down for
the month, that's January of seventy eight. You had forty
nine straight days with at least one inch of snow
on the ground up to nineteen inches at one point,
(05:16):
which is the deepest snow measured. You had schools closed
for weeks, some nearly a month, and the average temperature
that winter was twenty seven degrees. So we've had some
extreme snowstorms over the years, but those three sort of
stand out by themselves. But again, ninety four to ninety eight,
those are the ones that, at least for me, I'm
(05:37):
old enough to remember some of the aftermath of that,
which speaking of one of those things that I'm sure
a lot of you remember was ups they couldn't they
couldn't operate like they wanted to. They lost over one
hundred million dollars because the airport, I mean, they couldn't
get out on the runway, they couldn't operate like they
(05:57):
typically do, and that that led to the I'm issuing
a stern warning that hey, if this happens again, we're
out of here. We'll move somewhere else, we'll reset that
coming up on the other side, I also let you
hear what Matt Melosovich has as far as the latest
and what he's tracking with this winter storm. Stick around.
It's news Radio eight forty whs all right, it's coffee
(06:19):
and company with you here at News RADI eight forty
whas and we are fueled by Thornton's. It was sixteen
inches of snow that we got in January of nineteen
ninety four that nearly put the city's biggest employer on
a moving truck. I'm sure many of you remember this,
but UPS they lost a lot of money with the
airport shut down and they weren't able to operate as
(06:42):
they typically do. So what that led to is UPS
executives delivering an ultimatum to then Mayor Jerry Abramson invest
in world class snow removal infrastructure or we leave. They
were going to relocate their hub if that didn't happen,
and that threat was credible, and it care married enormous
economic stakes when you think about it now, right, I
(07:04):
mean UPS clearly they've been They've only grown as an
employer here in Louisville since that time. So the response
they visited northern cities, purchased different equipment and made that investment,
which I think was a good investment in snow management
strategies that does save UPS. And that's something I'm very
(07:25):
happy to this day that they did. And I'm sure
many of you listening probably feel the exact same way.
Another story that we touched on from the snowstorm in
nineteen ninety four is one that I do remember this vaguely,
but it was something that i'd forgotten all about. And
what a great story this is. Makes sense that they,
you know, made a movie out of it. But there
(07:47):
was a three year old girl who became Louisville's miracle
snow baby because she, along with her sister, were born
with a rare liver disease and she'd been waiting for
a new liver for a long long time, and it
just so happened when that new liver became available, they
couldn't get out of Louisville because of the snow. There
were sixteen inches of snow on the ground and Omaha,
(08:08):
Nebraska is where this new liver was. And it was
a community member who heard of this story and called
local radio stations, and then of course it ended up
getting the attention of TV stations. There was a lot
of coverage and it led to over two hundred people
in the midst of probably the biggest snowstorm they've experienced
(08:28):
ever in Louisville showing up at a church parking lot
with shovels to try to dig and make a spot
to where a helicopter could land to get this three
year old little girl. And that's exactly what ended up happening.
She ended up getting the liver transplant and went on
to to live to live her life without you know,
(08:48):
I mean, I don't know the exact details, but what
a story. I mean, what a story. Here is a
Here's a quick clip from the new coverage of this
back in nineteen ninety four. This is the miracle snow
Baby's grandmother that you hear at to make the beginning
of this clip.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
I was just a static when we got the call,
and then I said, how are we gonna get there?
Speaker 4 (09:09):
Today is the day Michelle Schmidt's family has waited for.
For two years, They've looked for a liver transplant for Michelle,
and today the donor has been found. What do you
think about all these people coming out to help out.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
I can't believe it, and I say thank you from
the bottom of my heart. That doesn't seem to be enough,
but I just want everybody to know how much we appreciated.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
It's sixteen inches of snow that stands between Little Michelle
and the donor's liver in Omaha, the community is taking
care of the snow.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
I called the radio station and that's why the helicopter
couldn't land back here, and they said it would have
to be plowed, and I said that would be no problem.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
I could get a host streetload of people to come
and help plow.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
And that's exactly what they did. So Michelle survived more
than two decades after that surgery. She did pass away
in May of twenty twenty one, and they ended up
making a movie with her story called Ordinary Angels and
it starred Hillary Swank. So what a story. All right,
let's get you quickly caught up. This is the latest
fro Matt Melosa, bitch of WLKY as far as the
(10:10):
winter storm that is on its way, and a lot
of folks sharing what they're tracking, what they're projecting, and
here's the latest from mister Melosovich.
Speaker 5 (10:18):
Guys. Then we turn our attention to the winter storm
for the weekend winter storm watches posted across the entire region.
Those will go into effect on Saturday all the way
through Monday morning to account for this winter storm that
begins Saturday afternoon and evening as mostly snow across our region.
We watch closely this area of Orange where sleet and
(10:41):
freezing rain will mix in, and as we head into
Saturday night and Sunday morning, that does lift north towards
the western Kentucky Bluegrass parkways, perhaps even immediately south of
the metro where sleet and freezing rain mix in. Obviously
we're concerned with ice and it also can chop down
overall snow totals, but everyone across the region will see
(11:04):
major winter weather impacts from this storm system. In terms
of accumulations of snow and sleet, I think widespread across
the area. We're looking at a six to twelve inch accumulation. Now.
There are also strong signs that immediately north of where
that sleet and freezing rain line is, we will have
(11:25):
a band of heavier snow in the vicinity of the
Ohio River, and that is where the potential for amounts
over a foot will be with us through this storm.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
So there you have it. That's the latest scary, no doubt,
and I would just do whatever you can to prepare
yourself as if you're going to be stuck inside for
a while, make sure you got medications that you might
need enough food that kind of stuff. We joke about
the bread milk, but no, really you might need it
this time, and I would say good luck to you
finding it in these next couple of days. All right,
(11:57):
stick around, We've got trafficking weather updates on the way,
a sportsupdate, and Marie O'Neil's gonna stop by at around
eight thirty five. All right here in news Radio eight
forty whas all right, good morning, Kentucky, Enna, thank you
for hanging out with us this morning. As we are
wrapping and up, we're gonna hand it off to Tony
and Dwight in just a few minutes here as the
calm before the storm continues. That's often said when there's
(12:18):
not an actual storm, but there is a storm on
the way, and it is gonna be calm today and
tomorrow as far as snow, sleet, freezing rain, all of
that mess. But today and tomorrow is today where you
should get yourself prepared. We make the jokes about bread
and milk, Tony, but you need to make sure you've
got more than just bread milk. You need to make
sure you have your medications, all that stuff, because it's
gonna be a good chance you can't leave your house.
Speaker 6 (12:40):
You're making the joke, but you've got to take care
of your old folks in the livestock. Look there used
to be an old jockey used to say when the
weather was coming in, bring in your old folks and
livestock weather's carmen, because you know, old folks just hang
on the front ports. But I did call my mom
because she doesn't when the weather hits, she doesn't leave
the house. So you got to make sure your mom's okay,
and make sure she's got all the food and stuff.
(13:01):
But at least we have a lead up, because the
ones that really kind of dous damage are the ones
that come out of nowhere. We're all, we're gonna get
a quarter inch or snowing to be fine, and then
it's it's ten inches of snow like last year that
kind of snuck up on us.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Absolutely, it was the biggest snowstorm we'd had in quite
some time. So I got to ask, is your mother
one that will tell you if she needs something or
is she gonna not do it? And then you find
out and say, Mom, why do you tell me I
would come over?
Speaker 6 (13:22):
She's Cuban, Catholic and guilt is a huge, you know thing.
So it's just strong emotion now oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
and she uses it. She wields it like x ex caliber.
She would feel guilty about asking, No, no, you feel guilty. Yes, yes,
it's yes, she's a she's a Catholic, mam. She wields
guilt like ex caliber and uh and no. That's why
(13:45):
I called her first. That's why I was just like, MA,
what do you what do you need coneing yourself? I
can come over and put salt down. Uh, do what
we're doing. But we're ready for it. I think we
no matter what we get. I think Monday schools will
be out and people will be working from home because
the temperatures are going to be crazy. But all the
weather folk, there's a lot of them, they're saying, if
(14:05):
we get to know, it'll be ten inches like that.
They're saying, Look, if we get at one flake, it'll
be double digit. So I'm ready, let's go.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
I think this is a reminder that you've got those
that just use the resources we have with social media
technology self taught that they get into this space on
their own without working for a TV station or a
new station as a meteorologist and the local meteorologists around here.
Some of them, you know, they're warning you hate. I
(14:34):
wouldn't trust these people. They don't really know what it
is they're doing. It's a very competitive world that is meteorology,
more so than it's ever been because again social media
and the Internet that stuff.
Speaker 6 (14:43):
But it is. I went to breakfast this morning, then
to the gym, and then here every morning, every right,
thank you, everywhere I have been, every single person, and
every conversation I've had with everyone, and you know, I
talked to everybody. Every conversation was the weather absolutely time
you think Saturday, so we talked about that earlier. There's
something that is almost kind of sick and twisted about
(15:05):
looking like they're being excitement for this, because nobody wants
to have a power outage that could devastate you or
traffic nightmares. But the collective interest in just following this
is it's on its way. I think anywhere you go today,
it's all anybody's gonna be talking about. That's it. They're
gonna want to know what are you going to do?
Would you do? What time you think it'll come in
It'll be sleep nice or just snow. But it is
(15:28):
also when you get older, one of the greatest things
that happen to you is when plans get canceled. So
this is one of those weekends where we're like, oh,
they're already canceling those get togethers.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
You're like, sweet, yeah, and I can't I can't explain it.
But sitting at home doing nothing because you have to
because of snow is, for reasons, I don't know, more
enjoyable than just randomly sitting at home a lot.
Speaker 6 (15:50):
Yeah. I love these weekends when my kids were little
because we would just PLoP on the couch and do
the Harry Potter you know, four or five in a row,
or Disney movies and just blanket it, eat terrible and
watch movies with the.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Almost like you're hitting pause on like real life life
is chilling on Life on life. Yeah, yeah, yeah, All right,
Tony and Dwight, they're coming your way next. So stick
around right here at news Radio eight forty w h A. S.
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