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Speaker 1 (00:00):
As I was checking out yesterday at Tractor Supply, I
purchased some salt for the driveway. I thought to myself, well,
if we get anything close to what they're talking about,
what's this going to do. What's the point of me
getting all this salt to put on my driveway, which
is a huge hill. And I don't say that to
(00:21):
give you the impression I've got some mansion and some
long driveway. My driveway short. It's just it's a drop
off essentially. So for example, yesterday, wouldn't you say yesterday's weather.
It was certainly impactful, a lot of accidents, but you know,
by the time you got to eleven o'clock it was
above freezing, and yeah, there were still some slick spots,
but that yesterday I couldn't even get up with my
(00:43):
driveway without having to to treat it and salt it,
do some shoveling, and again that was a dusting essentially
when you compare it to what we're going to get
this weekend. So be prepared, everybody. It's the calm before
the storm. That is often times a phrase that you
hear when there's not an actual storm involved, But this
time it's really the calm these two days before this
(01:04):
winter storm that is on its way going to impact
millions of Americans on this side of the country and Louisville, Kentucky,
and I should say the region here. We're going to
get hit just like everybody else. Some will get it
worse than us. But we are still looking at what
is a belief to be in all timer. Even if
you end up on the low end of what all
the various projections are out there for this region, it
(01:28):
is still something that is going to impact you, probably
in some way.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
So prepare yourself.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
We make the jokes about the bread and milk supply
getting really low when you've got flurries in the forecast,
but this is something that outside of bread and milk, eggs, whatever.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
If you need medication, you need.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
If there's things that you know you would have a
really difficult time going without because you can't leave the
house because of the weather, make sure you have it
available at your house and get scary is that you
may want to as best you can give yourself some
resources that would help you if you lose power. I mean,
the way in which a storm like this can impact
(02:10):
people is endless roofs could collapse if you got seven
to ten inches of snow sitting on them, especially if
there's sleep underneath that is frozen. So again, this is
nothing to joke about. And we'll keep you updated as
best we can here at News Radio eight forty whas
our partners over there at WKY Matt Melosovich meteorologist. He's
(02:33):
been working hard, like a lot of those in his industry,
and here is his most recent update as far as
what we are looking at this weekend with a winter
storm that if it's anything close to what is being discussed,
it's going to be one we remember for a long time.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
Yeah, and those details are still coming into view, But
I tell you what, the winter weather across the area
this weekend is a guarantee, and that's why we have
winter storm watches posted.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Those will go to effect.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Saturday, lasting through Monday morning. And I tell you what,
even beyond Monday morning, we're gonna talk about bitter cold
snow that doesn't get removed from neighborhoods, side streets, in
your driveway, isn't going anywhere for a time. It's significant
impacts across the entire region.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
This weekend.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
We watch for some sleet and freezing rain to mix in,
mainly in our southern communities that can chop down snow totals.
But I think widespread six to twelve inch snow and
sleep totals are expected, and some will likely go above
a foot in a band of heavy snow that'll be
immediately north of that sleet and freezing rain line. So
(03:39):
that's what we're watching closely for today. It's a quiet,
chilly day from thirty four right now to thirty one.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
We'll get more details on the forecast for today coming
up in just a moment. But yes, you could get
over a foot of snow and that is a scary
thing to think about. And if there's freezing rain and
sleet again, that's just gross. Snow can at least be,
you know, not as ugly, but this may be the
really dangerous combination. Right You've got the sleet freezing substance
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that then just freezes as it gets colder, and then
of course you've got a lot of snow that could
just make it even worse. So again, prepare yourself as
best you can, and just to quickly run down some
of the previous snowstorms that are in the same category,
all timers and I guess we'll wait and see if
this one ends up being that. But you got to
go back to the nineties, ninety four and ninety eight.
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Those are the ones that are really in their own category.
In ninety eight, that is when you had just a
long lasting snowstorm where snow fell almost NonStop for three
full days, shattered the previous record that was set four
years prior. But I mean this was a state of
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emergency across the entire state. Power lines collapsed, travel was
nearly in pots possible. So that was twenty two point
four inches over three days. In February of ninety eight,
ninety four, you had an eight hour knockout punch where
snow fell at about three inches per hour, left fifteen
point nine inches total in Louisville by breakfast that day.
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It was MLK Day. Louisville was buried in snow. And
what ended up happening is five interstates shut down for
five straight days. You had over forty thousand people that
didn't have electricity for a week. JCPS didn't have school
for six days. Some school districts in the area closed
for over a month. I think I was I was
(05:39):
not yet, Yeah, I guess I was probably in kindergarten,
maybe maybe first grade ninety four, and I remember we
didn't have school for a long time, and I was
okay with that, but obviously that's not ideal. And then UPS,
this is one that I'm sure many of you remember.
UPS estimated one hundred and ten million dollars in losses
(06:00):
because of they couldn't Their runways were shut down, The
city was essentially shut down, everybody including UPS, and they
gave us a nice reminder, you should appreciate us because
we'll just leave next time around. We need to have
the ability to operate to where we don't lose I mean,
losing one hundred and million dollars in nineteen ninety four.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Imagine what that would be today.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
All right, stick around trafficking weather updates on the way,
and prepare yourself as best you can. Again, the cold
stuff and the nasty stuff that's a couple of days away,
but for today, we've got mild temperatures right now. In fact,
a pretty mild day for you as we get this
Thursday started. Currently it's thirty three degrees with clear skies,
A news radio eight forty whas it is seven eighteen
(06:46):
here at News Radio eight forty whas thanks for hanging
out with us as we continue to get you as
best prepared for this snowstorm that's on its way. We'll
have another update on today's forecast for Matt Melozovitch coming
up in just a couple of minutes, and also or
reset coming up around seven thirty as far as just
the latest on the storm that is on its way.
We are in the calm phase now, the calm before
(07:06):
the storm, where you've got mild temperatures and no snow
rain anything that's expected today and tomorrow. But obviously that
changes in a big way once we get to the weekend.
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So Netflix, they have they've revealed this video podcast slate
that is going to be new within their platform. So
(07:51):
this comes after they Yeah, so they unveiled their first
their first original series, that was The Pete David Show
that was earlier this month, and that of course is
just a video podcast that is exclusively there on Netflix.
So now there are eight shows that are coming to Netflix.
There's already some that are there, including a partnership they
(08:14):
have here with iHeartMedia Netflix does. So you've got fifty
pods on the slate to be available within Netflix before
too long. And I know, one of the more popular
podcasts out there in the sports world, but it's popular
enough to where clearly people who aren't diehard sports fans
listen to it. It is part of my take which
is from Barstool Sports. They are one of the podcasts
(08:36):
that made a move to where you realized how many
people listen to that. I mean the numbers, the data
has been there for quite a while, but there are
people who now say, hey, I want to be able
to consume this and I don't have Netflix, and you
know you're gonna have to get it. If you want
to watch it, because that's part of the deal, part
of the arrangement. So video podcasting, meaning putting a visual
(08:57):
to your podcast, has exploded like nothing I've ever seen
before in the broadcast slash spoken word world, because it
used to be pretty rare to have a visual on
your podcast, and then now it seems as if you don't,
you're year behind.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
Now.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
John, I know you do a visual podcast when you
cover the Indiana Hoosiers, and you've also consumed some podcasts
that are that are available via video.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
I get it.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
In fact, I've I've tried to put a lot of
visual stuff to what we do here because I think
that's big in social media this day and age. But
I've never found myself and it's not that I don't
listen to other things I do. I just if I
can get the audio, that's fine for me.
Speaker 5 (09:39):
Yeah, for me, there are certain ones that I've always
consumed audio only, and then there's some that have always
been visual only. It really just kind of depends on
the content. Like when it comes to college football type things,
I tend to just sit on my couch and I'll
watch the video podcast version of whoever it may be,
and then there shows like THEO Vaughn that I've always
just done on Spotify and that's just the way that
(09:59):
it's all always been for me. And then I don't
really fluctuate one way or the other. And then the
show that I do, it's always just been video only
because it goes on a website that's a YouTube channel,
and so there's just different ways to do different things.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Yeah, and I think if you consume it one way
and then you try to do it a different way,
it'll feel off to you. We can dive back into
this later because I think there's one real reason as
to why you saw such a push, and like a
lot of things in life, it has to do with money.
So we'll reset that come up a little bit later on.
But let's get to an update on the roadways. Also,
we'll check take a look at the forecast, and we've
(10:31):
got a sports update coming your way from Scott Fitzgerald
right here at News Radio eight forty whas. Good morning, Kentucky,
and I we'll let you hear the latest from Matt
Melosovich of WLKY. He is the meteorologist we've been relying
on this morning, and we'll continue to do so but
we'll tell you what he had to say as far
as the winter storm that's on its way. A lot
(10:52):
of folks tracking it, including Matt, and we'll get the
latest from him as far as what he is expecting
the region to get when it comes to this big
winter storm that is on its ways. News Radio eight
fortwhas Coffee and Company with you, and we are fueled
by Thornton's So we've talked about some of the bigger
snowstorms in the history of Louisville throughout the morning, and
one of those was in nineteen ninety four. And this
(11:14):
story is remarkable. If you needed a nice reminder of
the good in people, this is an example of it.
Unfortunately it was many, many, many years ago, but what
a story, and a lot of you probably will remember
this as I lay it out, because it was a
story that got national attention for obvious reasons.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
But there was a.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Baby who was labeled Louisville's snow baby because of the situation.
Back in nineteen ninety four. Michelle Schmidt was the three
year old who had a yea their family. They needed
to get her to a hospital in Omaha, Nebraska because
she needed a liver to be donated. And again I
(12:00):
remember just hearing of this story. I don't remember it
in great detail, at least I don't think I do,
because I was so young. But she became Louisville's snow
baby because she was born with a liver issue and
had waited years for a transplant. And on January seventeenth,
nineteen ninety four, the exact day Louisville was buried under
sixteen inches of snow, a liver finally became available in Omaha, Nebraska.
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But because of the weather she could she couldn't get
out of Louisville, and that led to a lot of
folks in the community do whatever they could to find
a way to make it possible to get this little
girl to get her new liver in Omaha, Nebraska. Here's
a story from back in nineteen ninety four.
Speaker 6 (12:39):
It was just to static when we got the call,
and then I said, how are we going to get there?
Speaker 4 (12:43):
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 donors has been found.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
What do you think about all these people coming out
to help out. I can't believe it, and I say
thank you from the bottom of my heart. That doesn't
it seemed to be enough, But I just want everybody
to know how much we appreciated.
Speaker 4 (13:03):
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 6 (13:12):
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.
I could get a whole streetload of people to come
and help plow.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
And that's exactly what happened. More than two hundred people responded,
grabbing shovels, rushing to a church parking lot and risking
their own safety to try to do whatever they could
to get this little girl on a helicopter to get
to Nebraska. And it worked out. It ended up, it
ended up working out for her, And what a story.
(13:43):
So the voice you heard at the beginning of that
story was her grandmother, but the whole family, as she
could expect at that time, overwhelmed with people just wanting
to help them. And yeah, really great story. Now this
Michelle later passed away, in fact, it was in recent years,
back in twenty twenty one, she passed away. But what
(14:03):
is really cool is that that story ultimately inspired a
movie that was just made in twenty twenty four called
Ordinary Angels, and it featured Hillary Swank, who played the
key role there. So yeah, it's just awesome to see.
Not to get corny and sentimental here, but I got
goosebumps just thinking about because you obviously couldn't see the
(14:25):
story there that I was playing the sound from. But
like people who were just out in snow that they've
probably never seen before, and yet they're doing whatever they
can to try to get this little three year old
a helicopter ride so she can get this new liver
that she's been waiting for forever. What a story and
also speaks to the power of radio. I mean that
(14:45):
was sort of how the word got out that this
situation was going on, and of course quickly led to
the news stations here in town, TV stations, I should say,
getting involved, and they got it done. What a story.
All right, let's get to it up eight of traffic.
We'll see how the roadways are looking. Bobby Ellis, he's
got us covered there and we'll let you hear the
(15:06):
latest from Matt Melosevich. You're gonna hear him with an
update on today's forecast in just a moment. But I
also want you to hear specifically what he is expecting
us to see when this storm does make its way
here just a couple of days away. It is the
calm before the storm, and we'll continue to keep you
updated as best we can. It is News Radio eight
forty whas I am dying to know if the Kurt
(15:30):
Signetti National Championship victory beer was a playing thing, regardless
if it was or was not. How about Upland Brewery,
who benefited in a big way, in a way that,
like you couldn't put a monetary value. I don't think
on the value that their brand got just from Kurt
Signetti letting everybody know that after he won the National Championship,
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he had the best beer of his life and it
was a Hoosier beer from Upland Brewery. And I'd say
a good move on their part, Upland Brewery to go
ahead and say, look, you got free beer for life, coach,
and again the value there for them, I'm sure there's ways.
In fact, I know there are analysts that will try
to give you a rough estimate as far as what
(16:14):
that would have cost if it was a paid arrangement,
but it didn't seem to be, and that's the best
of both worlds for Upland Brewery. Here's Kurt Signetti talking
about his Hoosier beer, at least I think he is.
He is talking about it, but we can't hear it.
Seems problematic, right anyways, I'll try to see if I
(16:35):
can get that. Anytime I trust a platform to just
play sound through video, I learned the hard way that
it'd be best to just, you know, pull the audio
itself and play it from their apologies.
Speaker 5 (16:46):
I want to know what he says about this Hoosier beer.
He'd been talking about it for the last couple of
weeks too.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Yeah, and maybe it is something that they set up.
And if so, still I think it's worth doing because
you're getting a lot of promotion for it. But I
love stories where something comes together organically, and I'm trying
to think of other of other scenarios where that's that's happened.
But yeah, Upland Brewery, I'm not real familiar with them.
(17:12):
I've heard of him and I'm sure they'll have a
lot more people buying that beer. And it's it's an
understandable it's an understandable expense. Right, you give somebody free
beer for a year. If that's somebody happens to be
a guy that's gonna sit.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Your pep after the game.
Speaker 6 (17:28):
What was the beer and was that the best beer
of your life? Who's your beer from Upland Brewery? Okay,
big brewery in Bloomington, Indiana. Throw a little bouquet out
to them. Yeah. Absolutely, it was the best beer I've
ever had in my life and made me want to
have another.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
I mean, it sounded like an ad read, didn't it.
Speaker 5 (17:48):
It could have been, but he if not, he should
be the spokesperson for him, at least for a time.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
He's got a real genuine as to him that is awesome.
I can't I can't tell you how much. And clearly
I'm much more familiar with him now that he's been
in Indiana for two years. But since the beginning, I've
just found him to be a very very intriguing, fresh
fresh approach to coaching in the I mean, he's he's
somebody that you know, has very little experience at the
(18:13):
high level of college football. But yet he's succeeding like
nobody else ever has at the highest level of football
at a place that nobody ever thought he'd have half
the success he's already had. So yeah, shout out to
to Upland Brewery. Who h I mean that couldn't he
couldn't have delivered a better eider. Maybe he makes me there,
you go go get us some pre eight a M beer.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
Sign me up.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
All right, let's let's get you caught up on what's
expected this week in WK wise. Mediorologist Matt Melosovich he's
been keeping us up to date this morning on today's forecast,
but here is his latest when it comes to what
we're expecting this weekend as far as as far as
the severity of this winter storm.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
But we turn our attention to the severe alert conditions
with the weekend winter weather, significant impacts are going to
be across the area. Now, there will be some changes
and fine tuning, especially in terms of where a line
of sleet and freezing rain mixes in. I do think
this is mainly in our southern communities. But overall, even
(19:13):
with that potential for a little bit of ice and sleep,
I still think we're seeing widespread six to twelve inch
tallies in terms of snowfall.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Across the area.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
But I put that plus above the twelve because there's
the potential for a heavier band immediately north of where
that snow and sleet will be, where we could get
those tallies even higher. Here we are on future casts
Friday evening, we are still quiet, but boy, we are
gonna be cold. Temperatures in the twenties all day tomorrow
and falling windshills could be in the single numbers at times.
(19:45):
On our Saturday as we head into the afternoon, there's
the leading edge of the snow, and this does start
out as all snow across the area, with accumulations through
the day on Saturday. Then as we had Saturday night
and the Sunday, we watched that transition zone from the
blue to the pinks and oranges. That's that wintry mix
of sleet and even some freezing rain that gets north
(20:05):
towards the parkways and maybe even towards you in Shepherdsville, Brandenburg,
Taylorsville immediately south of the Louisville area. Ice and freezing
rain and sleet that can cut down on overall snow
totals and obviously cause concerns with icing potential down in
the southern and central portions of the state. But on
the back edge of this system we turn it back
(20:27):
on over to snow.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
So again we're.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
Gonna get several hours of snow with this heavy snow
at that and so we watch it closely because I
do think the amounts are going to be significant with
those six to twelve inch accumulations across much of the
Wlky and Ohio Valley region and a band of heavier
snow in between, and the data is all supporting amounts
(20:50):
that go more than twelve inches. There's some signs some
could go a foot and a half across the region.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
Yeah, a foot and a half of snow is something
that I think it's safe to say we don't get
around here very often. But even if you end up
on the low end, is what's as far as what's
being projected everywhere, still expected to be a storm that's
going to impact a lot of us. So we'll keep
you updated as best we can, and that's what we
do here at News Radio eight forty whas not just
on this show but also throughout the day. So again
keep it locked with us at news Radio eight forty wahs.
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Radio eight forty WHS
As I was checking out yesterday at Tractor Supply, I
purchased some salt for the driveway. I thought to myself, well,
if we get anything close to what they're talking about,
what's this going to do. What's the point of me
getting all this salt to put on my driveway, which
is a huge hill. And I don't say that to
(00:21):
give you the impression I've got some mansion and some
long driveway. My driveway short. It's just it's a drop
off essentially. So for example, yesterday, wouldn't you say yesterday's weather.
It was certainly impactful, a lot of accidents, but you know,
by the time you got to eleven o'clock it was
above freezing, and yeah, there were still some slick spots,
but that yesterday I couldn't even get up with my
(00:43):
driveway without having to to treat it and salt it,
do some shoveling, and again that was a dusting essentially
when you compare it to what we're going to get
this weekend. So be prepared, everybody. It's the calm before
the storm. That is often times a phrase that you
hear when there's not an actual storm involved, But this
time it's really the calm these two days before this
(01:04):
winter storm that is on its way going to impact
millions of Americans on this side of the country and Louisville, Kentucky,
and I should say the region here. We're going to
get hit just like everybody else. Some will get it
worse than us. But we are still looking at what
is a belief to be in all timer. Even if
you end up on the low end of what all
the various projections are out there for this region, it
(01:28):
is still something that is going to impact you, probably
in some way.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
So prepare yourself.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
We make the jokes about the bread and milk supply
getting really low when you've got flurries in the forecast,
but this is something that outside of bread and milk, eggs, whatever.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
If you need medication, you need.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
If there's things that you know you would have a
really difficult time going without because you can't leave the
house because of the weather, make sure you have it
available at your house and get scary is that you
may want to as best you can give yourself some
resources that would help you if you lose power. I mean,
the way in which a storm like this can impact
(02:10):
people is endless roofs could collapse if you got seven
to ten inches of snow sitting on them, especially if
there's sleep underneath that is frozen. So again, this is
nothing to joke about. And we'll keep you updated as
best we can here at News Radio eight forty whas
our partners over there at WKY Matt Melosovich meteorologist. He's
(02:33):
been working hard, like a lot of those in his industry,
and here is his most recent update as far as
what we are looking at this weekend with a winter
storm that if it's anything close to what is being discussed,
it's going to be one we remember for a long time.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
Yeah, and those details are still coming into view, But
I tell you what, the winter weather across the area
this weekend is a guarantee, and that's why we have
winter storm watches posted.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Those will go to effect.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Saturday, lasting through Monday morning. And I tell you what,
even beyond Monday morning, we're gonna talk about bitter cold
snow that doesn't get removed from neighborhoods, side streets, in
your driveway, isn't going anywhere for a time. It's significant
impacts across the entire region.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
This weekend.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
We watch for some sleet and freezing rain to mix in,
mainly in our southern communities that can chop down snow totals.
But I think widespread six to twelve inch snow and
sleep totals are expected, and some will likely go above
a foot in a band of heavy snow that'll be
immediately north of that sleet and freezing rain line. So
(03:39):
that's what we're watching closely for today. It's a quiet,
chilly day from thirty four right now to thirty one.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
We'll get more details on the forecast for today coming
up in just a moment. But yes, you could get
over a foot of snow and that is a scary
thing to think about. And if there's freezing rain and
sleet again, that's just gross. Snow can at least be,
you know, not as ugly, but this may be the
really dangerous combination. Right You've got the sleet freezing substance
(04:09):
that then just freezes as it gets colder, and then
of course you've got a lot of snow that could
just make it even worse. So again, prepare yourself as
best you can, and just to quickly run down some
of the previous snowstorms that are in the same category,
all timers and I guess we'll wait and see if
this one ends up being that. But you got to
go back to the nineties, ninety four and ninety eight.
(04:33):
Those are the ones that are really in their own category.
In ninety eight, that is when you had just a
long lasting snowstorm where snow fell almost NonStop for three
full days, shattered the previous record that was set four
years prior. But I mean this was a state of
(04:55):
emergency across the entire state. Power lines collapsed, travel was
nearly in pots possible. So that was twenty two point
four inches over three days. In February of ninety eight,
ninety four, you had an eight hour knockout punch where
snow fell at about three inches per hour, left fifteen
point nine inches total in Louisville by breakfast that day.
(05:19):
It was MLK Day. Louisville was buried in snow. And
what ended up happening is five interstates shut down for
five straight days. You had over forty thousand people that
didn't have electricity for a week. JCPS didn't have school
for six days. Some school districts in the area closed
for over a month. I think I was I was
(05:39):
not yet, Yeah, I guess I was probably in kindergarten,
maybe maybe first grade ninety four, and I remember we
didn't have school for a long time, and I was
okay with that, but obviously that's not ideal. And then UPS,
this is one that I'm sure many of you remember.
UPS estimated one hundred and ten million dollars in losses
(06:00):
because of they couldn't Their runways were shut down, The
city was essentially shut down, everybody including UPS, and they
gave us a nice reminder, you should appreciate us because
we'll just leave next time around. We need to have
the ability to operate to where we don't lose I mean,
losing one hundred and million dollars in nineteen ninety four.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Imagine what that would be today.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
All right, stick around trafficking weather updates on the way,
and prepare yourself as best you can. Again, the cold
stuff and the nasty stuff that's a couple of days away,
but for today, we've got mild temperatures right now. In fact,
a pretty mild day for you as we get this
Thursday started. Currently it's thirty three degrees with clear skies,
A news radio eight forty whas it is seven eighteen
(06:46):
here at News Radio eight forty whas thanks for hanging
out with us as we continue to get you as
best prepared for this snowstorm that's on its way. We'll
have another update on today's forecast for Matt Melozovitch coming
up in just a couple of minutes, and also or
reset coming up around seven thirty as far as just
the latest on the storm that is on its way.
We are in the calm phase now, the calm before
(07:06):
the storm, where you've got mild temperatures and no snow
rain anything that's expected today and tomorrow. But obviously that
changes in a big way once we get to the weekend.
All right, it is Coffee and Company with you, and
we are filled by thorns. Make sure you keep thorns
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and gravy. That's a new item they have available for you,
so again keep them in mind. If you're in Kentucky, Ana,
there's likely one near you because they're everywhere, all right.
So Netflix, they have they've revealed this video podcast slate
that is going to be new within their platform. So
(07:51):
this comes after they Yeah, so they unveiled their first
their first original series, that was The Pete David Show
that was earlier this month, and that of course is
just a video podcast that is exclusively there on Netflix.
So now there are eight shows that are coming to Netflix.
There's already some that are there, including a partnership they
(08:14):
have here with iHeartMedia Netflix does. So you've got fifty
pods on the slate to be available within Netflix before
too long. And I know, one of the more popular
podcasts out there in the sports world, but it's popular
enough to where clearly people who aren't diehard sports fans
listen to it. It is part of my take which
is from Barstool Sports. They are one of the podcasts
(08:36):
that made a move to where you realized how many
people listen to that. I mean the numbers, the data
has been there for quite a while, but there are
people who now say, hey, I want to be able
to consume this and I don't have Netflix, and you
know you're gonna have to get it. If you want
to watch it, because that's part of the deal, part
of the arrangement. So video podcasting, meaning putting a visual
(08:57):
to your podcast, has exploded like nothing I've ever seen
before in the broadcast slash spoken word world, because it
used to be pretty rare to have a visual on
your podcast, and then now it seems as if you don't,
you're year behind.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
Now.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
John, I know you do a visual podcast when you
cover the Indiana Hoosiers, and you've also consumed some podcasts
that are that are available via video.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
I get it.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
In fact, I've I've tried to put a lot of
visual stuff to what we do here because I think
that's big in social media this day and age. But
I've never found myself and it's not that I don't
listen to other things I do. I just if I
can get the audio, that's fine for me.
Speaker 5 (09:39):
Yeah, for me, there are certain ones that I've always
consumed audio only, and then there's some that have always
been visual only. It really just kind of depends on
the content. Like when it comes to college football type things,
I tend to just sit on my couch and I'll
watch the video podcast version of whoever it may be,
and then there shows like THEO Vaughn that I've always
just done on Spotify and that's just the way that
(09:59):
it's all always been for me. And then I don't
really fluctuate one way or the other. And then the
show that I do, it's always just been video only
because it goes on a website that's a YouTube channel,
and so there's just different ways to do different things.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Yeah, and I think if you consume it one way
and then you try to do it a different way,
it'll feel off to you. We can dive back into
this later because I think there's one real reason as
to why you saw such a push, and like a
lot of things in life, it has to do with money.
So we'll reset that come up a little bit later on.
But let's get to an update on the roadways. Also,
we'll check take a look at the forecast, and we've
(10:31):
got a sports update coming your way from Scott Fitzgerald
right here at News Radio eight forty whas. Good morning, Kentucky,
and I we'll let you hear the latest from Matt
Melosovich of WLKY. He is the meteorologist we've been relying
on this morning, and we'll continue to do so but
we'll tell you what he had to say as far
as the winter storm that's on its way. A lot
(10:52):
of folks tracking it, including Matt, and we'll get the
latest from him as far as what he is expecting
the region to get when it comes to this big
winter storm that is on its ways. News Radio eight
fortwhas Coffee and Company with you, and we are fueled
by Thornton's So we've talked about some of the bigger
snowstorms in the history of Louisville throughout the morning, and
one of those was in nineteen ninety four. And this
(11:14):
story is remarkable. If you needed a nice reminder of
the good in people, this is an example of it.
Unfortunately it was many, many, many years ago, but what
a story, and a lot of you probably will remember
this as I lay it out, because it was a
story that got national attention for obvious reasons.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
But there was a.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Baby who was labeled Louisville's snow baby because of the situation.
Back in nineteen ninety four. Michelle Schmidt was the three
year old who had a yea their family. They needed
to get her to a hospital in Omaha, Nebraska because
she needed a liver to be donated. And again I
(12:00):
remember just hearing of this story. I don't remember it
in great detail, at least I don't think I do,
because I was so young. But she became Louisville's snow
baby because she was born with a liver issue and
had waited years for a transplant. And on January seventeenth,
nineteen ninety four, the exact day Louisville was buried under
sixteen inches of snow, a liver finally became available in Omaha, Nebraska.
(12:22):
But because of the weather she could she couldn't get
out of Louisville, and that led to a lot of
folks in the community do whatever they could to find
a way to make it possible to get this little
girl to get her new liver in Omaha, Nebraska. Here's
a story from back in nineteen ninety four.
Speaker 6 (12:39):
It was just to static when we got the call,
and then I said, how are we going to get there?
Speaker 4 (12:43):
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 donors has been found.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
What do you think about all these people coming out
to help out. I can't believe it, and I say
thank you from the bottom of my heart. That doesn't
it seemed to be enough, But I just want everybody
to know how much we appreciated.
Speaker 4 (13:03):
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 6 (13:12):
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.
I could get a whole streetload of people to come
and help plow.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
And that's exactly what happened. More than two hundred people responded,
grabbing shovels, rushing to a church parking lot and risking
their own safety to try to do whatever they could
to get this little girl on a helicopter to get
to Nebraska. And it worked out. It ended up, it
ended up working out for her, And what a story.
(13:43):
So the voice you heard at the beginning of that
story was her grandmother, but the whole family, as she
could expect at that time, overwhelmed with people just wanting
to help them. And yeah, really great story. Now this
Michelle later passed away, in fact, it was in recent years,
back in twenty twenty one, she passed away. But what
(14:03):
is really cool is that that story ultimately inspired a
movie that was just made in twenty twenty four called
Ordinary Angels, and it featured Hillary Swank, who played the
key role there. So yeah, it's just awesome to see.
Not to get corny and sentimental here, but I got
goosebumps just thinking about because you obviously couldn't see the
(14:25):
story there that I was playing the sound from. But
like people who were just out in snow that they've
probably never seen before, and yet they're doing whatever they
can to try to get this little three year old
a helicopter ride so she can get this new liver
that she's been waiting for forever. What a story and
also speaks to the power of radio. I mean that
(14:45):
was sort of how the word got out that this
situation was going on, and of course quickly led to
the news stations here in town, TV stations, I should say,
getting involved, and they got it done. What a story.
All right, let's get to it up eight of traffic.
We'll see how the roadways are looking. Bobby Ellis, he's
got us covered there and we'll let you hear the
(15:06):
latest from Matt Melosevich. You're gonna hear him with an
update on today's forecast in just a moment. But I
also want you to hear specifically what he is expecting
us to see when this storm does make its way
here just a couple of days away. It is the
calm before the storm, and we'll continue to keep you
updated as best we can. It is News Radio eight
forty whas I am dying to know if the Kurt
(15:30):
Signetti National Championship victory beer was a playing thing, regardless
if it was or was not. How about Upland Brewery,
who benefited in a big way, in a way that,
like you couldn't put a monetary value. I don't think
on the value that their brand got just from Kurt
Signetti letting everybody know that after he won the National Championship,
(15:54):
he had the best beer of his life and it
was a Hoosier beer from Upland Brewery. And I'd say
a good move on their part, Upland Brewery to go
ahead and say, look, you got free beer for life, coach,
and again the value there for them, I'm sure there's ways.
In fact, I know there are analysts that will try
to give you a rough estimate as far as what
(16:14):
that would have cost if it was a paid arrangement,
but it didn't seem to be, and that's the best
of both worlds for Upland Brewery. Here's Kurt Signetti talking
about his Hoosier beer, at least I think he is.
He is talking about it, but we can't hear it.
Seems problematic, right anyways, I'll try to see if I
(16:35):
can get that. Anytime I trust a platform to just
play sound through video, I learned the hard way that
it'd be best to just, you know, pull the audio
itself and play it from their apologies.
Speaker 5 (16:46):
I want to know what he says about this Hoosier beer.
He'd been talking about it for the last couple of
weeks too.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Yeah, and maybe it is something that they set up.
And if so, still I think it's worth doing because
you're getting a lot of promotion for it. But I
love stories where something comes together organically, and I'm trying
to think of other of other scenarios where that's that's happened.
But yeah, Upland Brewery, I'm not real familiar with them.
(17:12):
I've heard of him and I'm sure they'll have a
lot more people buying that beer. And it's it's an
understandable it's an understandable expense. Right, you give somebody free
beer for a year. If that's somebody happens to be
a guy that's gonna sit.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Your pep after the game.
Speaker 6 (17:28):
What was the beer and was that the best beer
of your life? Who's your beer from Upland Brewery? Okay,
big brewery in Bloomington, Indiana. Throw a little bouquet out
to them. Yeah. Absolutely, it was the best beer I've
ever had in my life and made me want to
have another.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
I mean, it sounded like an ad read, didn't it.
Speaker 5 (17:48):
It could have been, but he if not, he should
be the spokesperson for him, at least for a time.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
He's got a real genuine as to him that is awesome.
I can't I can't tell you how much. And clearly
I'm much more familiar with him now that he's been
in Indiana for two years. But since the beginning, I've
just found him to be a very very intriguing, fresh
fresh approach to coaching in the I mean, he's he's
somebody that you know, has very little experience at the
(18:13):
high level of college football. But yet he's succeeding like
nobody else ever has at the highest level of football
at a place that nobody ever thought he'd have half
the success he's already had. So yeah, shout out to
to Upland Brewery. Who h I mean that couldn't he
couldn't have delivered a better eider. Maybe he makes me there,
you go go get us some pre eight a M beer.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
Sign me up.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
All right, let's let's get you caught up on what's
expected this week in WK wise. Mediorologist Matt Melosovich he's
been keeping us up to date this morning on today's forecast,
but here is his latest when it comes to what
we're expecting this weekend as far as as far as
the severity of this winter storm.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
But we turn our attention to the severe alert conditions
with the weekend winter weather, significant impacts are going to
be across the area. Now, there will be some changes
and fine tuning, especially in terms of where a line
of sleet and freezing rain mixes in. I do think
this is mainly in our southern communities. But overall, even
(19:13):
with that potential for a little bit of ice and sleep,
I still think we're seeing widespread six to twelve inch
tallies in terms of snowfall.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Across the area.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
But I put that plus above the twelve because there's
the potential for a heavier band immediately north of where
that snow and sleet will be, where we could get
those tallies even higher. Here we are on future casts
Friday evening, we are still quiet, but boy, we are
gonna be cold. Temperatures in the twenties all day tomorrow
and falling windshills could be in the single numbers at times.
(19:45):
On our Saturday as we head into the afternoon, there's
the leading edge of the snow, and this does start
out as all snow across the area, with accumulations through
the day on Saturday. Then as we had Saturday night
and the Sunday, we watched that transition zone from the
blue to the pinks and oranges. That's that wintry mix
of sleet and even some freezing rain that gets north
(20:05):
towards the parkways and maybe even towards you in Shepherdsville, Brandenburg,
Taylorsville immediately south of the Louisville area. Ice and freezing
rain and sleet that can cut down on overall snow
totals and obviously cause concerns with icing potential down in
the southern and central portions of the state. But on
the back edge of this system we turn it back
(20:27):
on over to snow.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
So again we're.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
Gonna get several hours of snow with this heavy snow
at that and so we watch it closely because I
do think the amounts are going to be significant with
those six to twelve inch accumulations across much of the
Wlky and Ohio Valley region and a band of heavier
snow in between, and the data is all supporting amounts
(20:50):
that go more than twelve inches. There's some signs some
could go a foot and a half across the region.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
Yeah, a foot and a half of snow is something
that I think it's safe to say we don't get
around here very often. But even if you end up
on the low end, is what's as far as what's
being projected everywhere, still expected to be a storm that's
going to impact a lot of us. So we'll keep
you updated as best we can, and that's what we
do here at News Radio eight forty whas not just
on this show but also throughout the day. So again
keep it locked with us at news Radio eight forty wahs.
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