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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is the Calm before the Storm. News Radio eight
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will be happy that you did. All right, So, calm
before the storm has been something that has been said
for a long time when there's really actually no storm.
But we actually have the legitimate calm couple of days
here today tomorrow before a winter storm arrives, and it's
gonna be one that is believed to be something we
remember for a long time. Even if this was to
(00:43):
be on the low end of all the various different
projections that are out there, it would still be a
substantial amount of snowfall for this region. And that's something
you got to be mindful of.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Right.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
We make the jokes about bread milk supply, that kind
of stuff. But this is the type of storm that bread,
milk of course, also other things. You may need, medications,
just resources that you know that if you weren't able
to get out of your house and go get it,
then you'd be in trouble. So prepare yourself as best
you can because it's on the way and it's uh,
(01:13):
it's pretty scary, all right. So Matt Melosovich of WLKY,
he just gave a recent update here within the last
few minutes with our partners over there at WLKY, and
we'll let you here in just a second what he
had to say. But as you could expect, this is
likely going to cause probably some cancelations. I mean, I
wouldn't be shocked if by tomorrow, even maybe today, you
(01:34):
start to see events plan for the weekend that they
just go ahead and say, look, because of what's on
the way, we're gonna go ahead and postpone because you
never you never want to do that, and then nothing
end up happening, which sometimes that does happen. But I've
not seen anybody say yeah, we're gonna be just fine.
This is all a hoax, This is all uh, this
(01:54):
is all just for for clicks and to generate attention
and this they're just trying to scare us. I mean
maybe if I looked hard enough, I would find somebody
that is saying that, but I haven't seen it yet,
and I'm going to take caution, and I advise you
do as well. But here's the latest update for Matt
Melosovich of WLKY AID.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
But we turn our attention to the severe alert conditions
with the weekend winter weather, significant impacts are going to
be across the area.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Now, there will be.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
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 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 across the area.
(02:40):
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.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
We are still.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Quiet, but boy, we are gonna be cold. Temperatures in
the twenties all day Tomorrow. Borrow and falling windshills could
be in the single numbers at times. 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 a Sunday, we
(03:15):
watched that transition zone from the blues to the pinks
and oranges. That's that wintry mix of sleet and even
some freezing rain that gets north 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
(03:38):
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 on over to snow.
So again we're 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
(04:00):
much of the Wlky and Ohio Valley region and a
band of heavier snow in between. And the data is
all supporting amounts that go more than twelve inches. There's
some signs some could go a foot and a half
across the region.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
So the last time we had snow like this, it's
been a long time. If it gets to more than
a foot, I mean, that's a real rarity. But what
I want to do coming up on the other side
is take a look back at how the city responded
the last time we were in situations like that. You
got to keep in mind some of these situations are many,
many years ago to where we didn't have access and
(04:36):
resources to things that we do today. But we'll take
a look back because some of these I remember some
of were before my time. But yeah, this is a
if we get even on the low end of what
they're projecting, it'll be one that'll be at least in
the in the same category as far as an all
timer here in Kentuckyana. All right, stick around, We've got
(04:56):
an update on today's forecast coming your way. Also, we'll
take a look at how the roads are looking in fact,
Bobby Ellis is going to take a look and then
tell us that's what's actually going to happen.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
All right, stick around, It's News Radio eight.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Forty Whas so, JCPS decided to go with in person
learning yesterday when most of the most of the districts
in the area decided to do NTI, virtual learning or
just close all together. So there was a bus accident
that took place. It was right before seven am yesterday
(05:28):
on I two sixty four, so that's westbound on the
Waterson near Dixie Highway, and three students were on board.
No injuries reported. JCPS says that a car slid in
front of the bus which caused the collision and no injuries.
And obviously, whenever you've got snow ice on the roads,
and this being the one school district that decided to
(05:50):
just have a regular day, there was plenty of parents
expressing their frustration and disagreed with the decision to have
in person learning. But as we've just guss before that decision,
no matter which decision you make, you're going to have
people upset because if you did have a snow day
or NTI, you'll have parents complaining about being inconvenience for that,
(06:13):
and then of course yesterday the bus accident led to
people claiming, well, there's your proof that that was the
wrong decision. So it's a tough decision to make. No
matter what you do, you're going to face backlash. But
obviously the bus crash gave more ammunition as opposed to
those who say, well, you got it wrong JCPS. Now,
they did say that the the overall day was not
(06:35):
unusual as far as anything that's out of the norm,
so again, not a huge deal. But maybe I'm not
saying this, but there was no shortage of conspiracy theorists
out there saying, well, hey, there's a lot of attention
on JCPS because of these decisions that are being made
about the budget cuts. That let's bring the attention away
(06:56):
from that and shift it on the controversy about should
we or should we not have school day because the
snow so not a surprise, there was some conspiracy theorists
out there. But yeah, again, whoever makes these decisions, I
don't envy them because no matter what, you're going to
make a wrong decision that's going to upset a lot
of people. All right, So the snowstorm's on its way,
and we'll keep you updated throughout the morning here also
(07:16):
throughout the day.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
That's what we do.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
We will get you the latest whenever it becomes available
as far as what to prepare for, and right now
as it stands, we are preparing for some snowfall that
you don't see around here very often. And if you
go back and look at the most impactful snowstorms that
we've had in Louisville, here are the three that are
(07:40):
really kind of in a class of their own as
far as the impact that they had. In February of
ninety eight, that was the all time snowstorm champion here
in Louisville, twenty two point four inches over three days.
I remember this one because I remember, and it's also yeah,
I mean I was ten years old, so at that point,
(08:01):
I mean I would remember, but I just remember being
out of school for a long time. And I also
remember the one in ninety four, which is the second
biggest snowstorm we've had, which is fifteen point nine inches.
So ninety four, I remember being outside and knowing that
snow was taller than me, and that was at least
you know that that's something you don't really forget and
then of course we've got a bunch of family pictures
(08:23):
that show my sister, myself and mom and dad just
you know, out in something that you know, you rarely
see around here. But let's go to the ninety eight storm.
That was again the biggest snowstorm we've ever had here
in Louisville. That was snow falling almost NonStop for three
full days, shattered any record that it ever existed, and
(08:46):
thirty six of Kentucky's counties had ten plus inches on
the ground. State of emergency was declared across much of Kentucky.
Power lines collapsed, traveled nearly impossible. So here's a wild detail.
Temperatures near freezing, so the snow compacted as it fell,
meaning Louisville never officially measured all twenty two inches on
(09:06):
the ground at once. Now, the ninety four that was
what they call a knockout punch, a marathon. I'm sorry,
ninety eight was the marathon. Ninety four was the knockout punch.
I don't know how I got those two things confused,
because this was just a rare three inches per hour.
That's what we were seeing. As far as the snow falling.
Back in ninety four by breakfast you were buried. Also,
(09:31):
that was on MLK Day, by the way, So thunder
snow was reported, which that's lightning and thunder that you
can get during heavy snow, a rare thing. And then
you saw some areas east of Louisville, I suppose Oldham
County that area there they saw nearly two feet. And
here's the real issue there. As far as the aftermath,
(09:52):
Louisville hit negative twenty two after this snowstorm, Shelbyville got
down to negative thirty seven, which is Kentucky's all time
record low, and five interstates shut down for five straight days.
Forty two thousand people without power, Forty six counties in
the state declared federal disaster areas. JCPS missed six days
(10:15):
of school, where some districts closed for over a month.
UPS estimated one hundred and ten million dollars in losses.
And if you remember, they considered it leaving Louisville. That's
something I don't remember at the time. I was very young,
but it's a story that gets shared often that, yeah,
we realized that if we don't have a better way
of dealing with big time snowfall ups A big employer
(10:38):
for this area. They'll just leave, And they were pretty
Terry was talking about this a little bit yesterday. They
were pretty direct. Yeah, yeah, we'll just pack up and
go somewhere else. If you can't, you better accommodate us. So, yeah,
the Ohio River also was frozen. It trapped the Bell
of Louisville crazy times. So and then one that I
(11:02):
don't remember, and I'm sure a lot of you don't,
but I'm sure there's plenty of you that do. In
nineteen seventy eight, that was an all timer, not just
the snowstorm, but the month of January. We'll talk about
some details there coming up a little bit later on.
But now we've got an update of trafficking weather for you,
and we hope you stick around. Currently, we're going to
get the forecasts for Matt Melosovich, but as of right now,
(11:22):
we are looking at thirty six degrees and it feels
like twenty six here at news Radio eight forty whas.
Thank you very much, John Shannon, six thirty five Here
on a Thursday morning, it is news Radio eight forty
whas Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's Thanks for hanging
out with us.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
Nick coffee. That's me.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
You just heard John Shannon. We've got John Alden alongside
our national champion, John Alden. They got to cancel, or
at least not cancel postpone. Not going to cancel it,
but they should go ahead and postpone the celebration this
weekend in Bloomington.
Speaker 4 (11:52):
Right, I have to it's right now scheduled for Saturday
at one o'clock. I don't know what the snow totals
are expected to be in Bloomington specifically, but I would imagine.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
When you're snow up there than here, you would think so.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
And then when you take in just the surrounding area
in general, or the entire state of Indiana and even
where we are in Kentucky, like a lot of people
from those areas are gonna want to go to this thing.
This is the first, maybe only time this could ever
happen for Indiana football.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Who knows. There's a lot of reasons why you should.
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 4 (12:19):
Of course I'm somebody who was planning on going, and
because of everything going on right now, it's something that
I won't be able to do unfortunately.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Yeah, And I think, look, I'm not sure there's anything
that could bring Indiana fans down. But when you know
that the potential turnout is obviously going to be lower
because of this, it'd be foolish not to push it down.
I mean, obviously you'd still have people there regardless, because
that's how excited the fans are, and there's some people
that live there. There's just walk down the street essentially.
(12:45):
But yeah, that's one of the many events. I wouldn't
be shocked if you see some rescheduling, just because that's
the type of storm that is on that is on
its way, and right now we are in the calm
before the storm phase because today tomorrow is going to
be mild as far as just winter weather right to
be rather warm actually for late January. But by the
time we get to late Friday into Saturday, that's whenever
(13:07):
we've got a lot of snow sleet coming our way.
And the projections out there, you know, six to twelve
is what we've been tracking from our own Matt Melosovich
of WLKY, but you could find projections that are way
more than that. And even if we end up on
the low end of whateverybody's projecting, still going to be
(13:28):
something that causes a big impact. But I do want
to let you know that we are your home for
everything winter weather. As this storm approaches the region, we'll
keep you updated from the first flake to the final cleanup.
It's kind of what we do. That's what news Radio
eight forty WHS is done for generations, So we're not
going to change that now. So just know that we'll
be here for you to keep you updated, let you
know what you need to know, and we become a
(13:50):
little bit more valuable if, in fact, you end up
with some internet outages, some power outages, and those are
the kind of things that can happen when you have
this kind of winter weather on the way.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
So just just be advised, all right.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
So Matt Melosa bitch a WKY just gave a live
update at six point thirty. In fact, it was closer
through about six thirty five, and we'll let you hear
what he has to say as he continues to track
this winter storm that's on the way.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
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. Those will go into effect Saturday, lasting
through Monday morning, and I tell you what, even beyond
Monday morning, we're going to talk about bitter cold snow
that doesn't get removed from neighborhoods, side streets, in your driveway,
(14:40):
isn't going anywhere for a time. It's significant impacts across
the entire region. This weekend, 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 up above a foot in
(15:01):
a band of heavy snow that'll be immediately north of
that sweet and freezing rain line. So that's what we're
watching closely.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Fourth, so we'll get the latest on today's forecast from
Matt coming up here in just a couple of minutes,
and we'll also take a look at traffic and see
how roadways are this morning as we get this Thursday started.
What I want to get to on the other side,
a couple of non winter weather items to discuss, one
being the appeal that was filed yesterday from brooks How
(15:28):
because he's appealing the verdict that came in where he
was found guilty and of course sentenced to life in prison.
So we'll give you the details there as far as
the ultimate and it's probably not a surprise to you
as far as what the defense is here, as far
as why he should be given a new trial or
just have the charges thrown out or the verdict thrown out,
(15:49):
I should say, So we'll get to that and a
lot more right now at six forty. We've got thirty
four degrees, although it feels colder, feels like twenty six,
but clear sky's high. Today's forty again. The details coming
up for Matt Melosavitch right here right now at news
Radio eight forty whas Good morning, Kentucky. Had a happy Thursday.
See thanks for hanging with us here at news Radio
(16:09):
eight forty whas Nick Coffee. That's me John All on
the alongside. We've got the full crew here, John Shannon
and Scott Fitzgerald as we take you up till nine o'clock.
And as you could expect, we've had a lot of
coverage about the winter storm that's on the way, the
call before the storm, that is the phase that we
are in right now, and we'll continue to keep you
updated as best we can is you've got a couple
(16:30):
of days here today and tomorrow to prepare for what
is supposed to be an all timer when it comes
to just winter storms that really impact us and for
sometimes not so good reasons. We remember these storms for
a long long time, all right. So yesterday Brooks holc
filed his appeal, and that was expected. I think not
(16:52):
only did you just expect it because a lot of
people take this path after being convicted, but even some
of the jailhouse conversations that he's had via phone that
were obtained in the media, he was quite clear throughout
those conversations that he was going to go into appeal.
So it probably shouldn't surprise you that the big picture
(17:14):
defense theme here is that you know, you can't convict
a man of murder when the state can't even prove
a murder happened, much less who did it, And that
was of course the real emphasis in the defense during trial.
And I don't know where everybody else stood, but I
know I kept thinking, well, surely he's going to be
(17:35):
found guilty, because come on, like, we all know that
he had something to do with this, but it's not
about what you know. It's about what you can prove,
and at times would have doubt that he would be
found guilty because of that fact that you really just
can't ignore that there was never a body found, and
with that, you can't prove that a murder even took place.
(17:57):
No body, no murder weapon, no known crime case, no
proof of how, where, or by whom she was killed. Again,
this is all the defense and of course this appeal.
So what they're asking in the appeal and this is
their first choice. It's just an outright acquittal, good luck.
But they want to have the whole thing thrown out.
(18:20):
And again the argument is that the evidence was so
thin a reasonable jury could not legally find Brooks guilty
beyond a reasonable doubt. And there's probably going to be
mentioned of, hey, the he was guilty before he ever
he ever even was charged because of the coverage of
this story. And again that's that's not something I'm saying.
(18:42):
It's just what you would hear, and it certainly said
to an extent during the during the trial, and there's
not there's not anything that I think. I mean, Look,
this was one of the most discussed cases ever in
the history of Kentucky and all the different TV shows,
all the different documentaries that covered it. I don't think
they did anything to mislead it. They just I mean,
(19:04):
and that's not uncommon in true crime types of productions
that they can frame it sometimes for entertainment, or they
can just frame it and it's not you know, putting
it together a documentary or TV show that will have
the majority of its audience thinking they know exactly who
done it if you will, is much different than actually
binding somebody guilty with a trial. So I don't think
(19:29):
that his trial will be or his appeal will be successful.
But I always come back to, well, they never actually
were able to prove without it.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
You know.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
Again, we all know she's not with us anymore, she's
no longer alive. But they never found a body, and
that that has, as we discussed at the time of
the trial, that has led to many people being able
to have even more evidence against them than is against
Brooks howc. But yet because there was no body, then
a jury just couldn't couldn't seem to to find him guilty.
(19:58):
So again not a real shock there.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
So the other.
Speaker 1 (20:02):
Option here that they want in this appeal is to
get a new trial. So if the court won't quit,
the defense wants a brand new trial in front of
a different judge and obviously a different jury that they
hope to be better properly screened. That is what is
in the appeal here. All right, let's get it update
on traffic. We'll see how the roadways are looking as
Bobby Ellis will get us caught up there. We had
(20:23):
a rough morning yesterday. Here's to hoping that this morning
is much better. But again, Bobby has the latest there.
We've also got a sports update coming your way, and
we'll take a look at today's forecast because obviously we're
looking at a mild late January Thursday today, but that
cold weather's on its way and again by Saturday. Buckle up,
all right, stick around, it's News Radio eight forty whas
It is the Calm before the Storm. News Radio eight
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(00:20):
will be happy that you did. All right, So, calm
before the storm has been something that has been said
for a long time when there's really actually no storm.
But we actually have the legitimate calm couple of days
here today tomorrow before a winter storm arrives, and it's
gonna be one that is believed to be something we
remember for a long time. Even if this was to
(00:43):
be on the low end of all the various different
projections that are out there, it would still be a
substantial amount of snowfall for this region. And that's something
you got to be mindful of.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Right.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
We make the jokes about bread milk supply, that kind
of stuff. But this is the type of storm that bread,
milk of course, also other things. You may need, medications,
just resources that you know that if you weren't able
to get out of your house and go get it,
then you'd be in trouble. So prepare yourself as best
you can because it's on the way and it's uh,
(01:13):
it's pretty scary, all right. So Matt Melosovich of WLKY,
he just gave a recent update here within the last
few minutes with our partners over there at WLKY, and
we'll let you here in just a second what he
had to say. But as you could expect, this is
likely going to cause probably some cancelations. I mean, I
wouldn't be shocked if by tomorrow, even maybe today, you
(01:34):
start to see events plan for the weekend that they
just go ahead and say, look, because of what's on
the way, we're gonna go ahead and postpone because you
never you never want to do that, and then nothing
end up happening, which sometimes that does happen. But I've
not seen anybody say yeah, we're gonna be just fine.
This is all a hoax, This is all uh, this
(01:54):
is all just for for clicks and to generate attention
and this they're just trying to scare us. I mean
maybe if I looked hard enough, I would find somebody
that is saying that, but I haven't seen it yet,
and I'm going to take caution, and I advise you
do as well. But here's the latest update for Matt
Melosovich of WLKY AID.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
But we turn our attention to the severe alert conditions
with the weekend winter weather, significant impacts are going to
be across the area.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Now, there will be.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
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 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 across the area.
(02:40):
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.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
We are still.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Quiet, but boy, we are gonna be cold. Temperatures in
the twenties all day Tomorrow. Borrow and falling windshills could
be in the single numbers at times. 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 a Sunday, we
(03:15):
watched that transition zone from the blues to the pinks
and oranges. That's that wintry mix of sleet and even
some freezing rain that gets north 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
(03:38):
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 on over to snow.
So again we're 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
(04:00):
much of the Wlky and Ohio Valley region and a
band of heavier snow in between. And the data is
all supporting amounts that go more than twelve inches. There's
some signs some could go a foot and a half
across the region.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
So the last time we had snow like this, it's
been a long time. If it gets to more than
a foot, I mean, that's a real rarity. But what
I want to do coming up on the other side
is take a look back at how the city responded
the last time we were in situations like that. You
got to keep in mind some of these situations are many,
many years ago to where we didn't have access and
(04:36):
resources to things that we do today. But we'll take
a look back because some of these I remember some
of were before my time. But yeah, this is a
if we get even on the low end of what
they're projecting, it'll be one that'll be at least in
the in the same category as far as an all
timer here in Kentuckyana. All right, stick around, We've got
(04:56):
an update on today's forecast coming your way. Also, we'll
take a look at how the roads are looking in fact,
Bobby Ellis is going to take a look and then
tell us that's what's actually going to happen.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
All right, stick around, It's News Radio eight.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Forty Whas so, JCPS decided to go with in person
learning yesterday when most of the most of the districts
in the area decided to do NTI, virtual learning or
just close all together. So there was a bus accident
that took place. It was right before seven am yesterday
(05:28):
on I two sixty four, so that's westbound on the
Waterson near Dixie Highway, and three students were on board.
No injuries reported. JCPS says that a car slid in
front of the bus which caused the collision and no injuries.
And obviously, whenever you've got snow ice on the roads,
and this being the one school district that decided to
(05:50):
just have a regular day, there was plenty of parents
expressing their frustration and disagreed with the decision to have
in person learning. But as we've just guss before that decision,
no matter which decision you make, you're going to have
people upset because if you did have a snow day
or NTI, you'll have parents complaining about being inconvenience for that,
(06:13):
and then of course yesterday the bus accident led to
people claiming, well, there's your proof that that was the
wrong decision. So it's a tough decision to make. No
matter what you do, you're going to face backlash. But
obviously the bus crash gave more ammunition as opposed to
those who say, well, you got it wrong JCPS. Now,
they did say that the the overall day was not
(06:35):
unusual as far as anything that's out of the norm,
so again, not a huge deal. But maybe I'm not
saying this, but there was no shortage of conspiracy theorists
out there saying, well, hey, there's a lot of attention
on JCPS because of these decisions that are being made
about the budget cuts. That let's bring the attention away
(06:56):
from that and shift it on the controversy about should
we or should we not have school day because the
snow so not a surprise, there was some conspiracy theorists
out there. But yeah, again, whoever makes these decisions, I
don't envy them because no matter what, you're going to
make a wrong decision that's going to upset a lot
of people. All right, So the snowstorm's on its way,
and we'll keep you updated throughout the morning here also
(07:16):
throughout the day.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
That's what we do.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
We will get you the latest whenever it becomes available
as far as what to prepare for, and right now
as it stands, we are preparing for some snowfall that
you don't see around here very often. And if you
go back and look at the most impactful snowstorms that
we've had in Louisville, here are the three that are
(07:40):
really kind of in a class of their own as
far as the impact that they had. In February of
ninety eight, that was the all time snowstorm champion here
in Louisville, twenty two point four inches over three days.
I remember this one because I remember, and it's also yeah,
I mean I was ten years old, so at that point,
(08:01):
I mean I would remember, but I just remember being
out of school for a long time. And I also
remember the one in ninety four, which is the second
biggest snowstorm we've had, which is fifteen point nine inches.
So ninety four, I remember being outside and knowing that
snow was taller than me, and that was at least
you know that that's something you don't really forget and
then of course we've got a bunch of family pictures
(08:23):
that show my sister, myself and mom and dad just
you know, out in something that you know, you rarely
see around here. But let's go to the ninety eight storm.
That was again the biggest snowstorm we've ever had here
in Louisville. That was snow falling almost NonStop for three
full days, shattered any record that it ever existed, and
(08:46):
thirty six of Kentucky's counties had ten plus inches on
the ground. State of emergency was declared across much of Kentucky.
Power lines collapsed, traveled nearly impossible. So here's a wild detail.
Temperatures near freezing, so the snow compacted as it fell,
meaning Louisville never officially measured all twenty two inches on
(09:06):
the ground at once. Now, the ninety four that was
what they call a knockout punch, a marathon. I'm sorry,
ninety eight was the marathon. Ninety four was the knockout punch.
I don't know how I got those two things confused,
because this was just a rare three inches per hour.
That's what we were seeing. As far as the snow falling.
Back in ninety four by breakfast you were buried. Also,
(09:31):
that was on MLK Day, by the way, So thunder
snow was reported, which that's lightning and thunder that you
can get during heavy snow, a rare thing. And then
you saw some areas east of Louisville, I suppose Oldham
County that area there they saw nearly two feet. And
here's the real issue there. As far as the aftermath,
(09:52):
Louisville hit negative twenty two after this snowstorm, Shelbyville got
down to negative thirty seven, which is Kentucky's all time
record low, and five interstates shut down for five straight days.
Forty two thousand people without power, Forty six counties in
the state declared federal disaster areas. JCPS missed six days
(10:15):
of school, where some districts closed for over a month.
UPS estimated one hundred and ten million dollars in losses.
And if you remember, they considered it leaving Louisville. That's
something I don't remember at the time. I was very young,
but it's a story that gets shared often that, yeah,
we realized that if we don't have a better way
of dealing with big time snowfall ups A big employer
(10:38):
for this area. They'll just leave, And they were pretty
Terry was talking about this a little bit yesterday. They
were pretty direct. Yeah, yeah, we'll just pack up and
go somewhere else. If you can't, you better accommodate us. So, yeah,
the Ohio River also was frozen. It trapped the Bell
of Louisville crazy times. So and then one that I
(11:02):
don't remember, and I'm sure a lot of you don't,
but I'm sure there's plenty of you that do. In
nineteen seventy eight, that was an all timer, not just
the snowstorm, but the month of January. We'll talk about
some details there coming up a little bit later on.
But now we've got an update of trafficking weather for you,
and we hope you stick around. Currently, we're going to
get the forecasts for Matt Melosovich, but as of right now,
(11:22):
we are looking at thirty six degrees and it feels
like twenty six here at news Radio eight forty whas.
Thank you very much, John Shannon, six thirty five Here
on a Thursday morning, it is news Radio eight forty
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Speaker 2 (11:38):
Nick coffee. That's me.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
You just heard John Shannon. We've got John Alden alongside
our national champion, John Alden. They got to cancel, or
at least not cancel postpone. Not going to cancel it,
but they should go ahead and postpone the celebration this
weekend in Bloomington.
Speaker 4 (11:52):
Right, I have to it's right now scheduled for Saturday
at one o'clock. I don't know what the snow totals
are expected to be in Bloomington specifically, but I would imagine.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
When you're snow up there than here, you would think so.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
And then when you take in just the surrounding area
in general, or the entire state of Indiana and even
where we are in Kentucky, like a lot of people
from those areas are gonna want to go to this thing.
This is the first, maybe only time this could ever
happen for Indiana football.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Who knows. There's a lot of reasons why you should.
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 4 (12:19):
Of course I'm somebody who was planning on going, and
because of everything going on right now, it's something that
I won't be able to do unfortunately.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Yeah, And I think, look, I'm not sure there's anything
that could bring Indiana fans down. But when you know
that the potential turnout is obviously going to be lower
because of this, it'd be foolish not to push it down.
I mean, obviously you'd still have people there regardless, because
that's how excited the fans are, and there's some people
that live there. There's just walk down the street essentially.
(12:45):
But yeah, that's one of the many events. I wouldn't
be shocked if you see some rescheduling, just because that's
the type of storm that is on that is on
its way, and right now we are in the calm
before the storm phase because today tomorrow is going to
be mild as far as just winter weather right to
be rather warm actually for late January. But by the
time we get to late Friday into Saturday, that's whenever
(13:07):
we've got a lot of snow sleet coming our way.
And the projections out there, you know, six to twelve
is what we've been tracking from our own Matt Melosovich
of WLKY, but you could find projections that are way
more than that. And even if we end up on
the low end of whateverybody's projecting, still going to be
(13:28):
something that causes a big impact. But I do want
to let you know that we are your home for
everything winter weather. As this storm approaches the region, we'll
keep you updated from the first flake to the final cleanup.
It's kind of what we do. That's what news Radio
eight forty WHS is done for generations, So we're not
going to change that now. So just know that we'll
be here for you to keep you updated, let you
know what you need to know, and we become a
(13:50):
little bit more valuable if, in fact, you end up
with some internet outages, some power outages, and those are
the kind of things that can happen when you have
this kind of winter weather on the way.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
So just just be advised, all right.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
So Matt Melosa bitch a WKY just gave a live
update at six point thirty. In fact, it was closer
through about six thirty five, and we'll let you hear
what he has to say as he continues to track
this winter storm that's on the way.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
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. Those will go into effect Saturday, lasting
through Monday morning, and I tell you what, even beyond
Monday morning, we're going to talk about bitter cold snow
that doesn't get removed from neighborhoods, side streets, in your driveway,
(14:40):
isn't going anywhere for a time. It's significant impacts across
the entire region. This weekend, 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 up above a foot in
(15:01):
a band of heavy snow that'll be immediately north of
that sweet and freezing rain line. So that's what we're
watching closely.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Fourth, so we'll get the latest on today's forecast from
Matt coming up here in just a couple of minutes,
and we'll also take a look at traffic and see
how roadways are this morning as we get this Thursday started.
What I want to get to on the other side,
a couple of non winter weather items to discuss, one
being the appeal that was filed yesterday from brooks How
(15:28):
because he's appealing the verdict that came in where he
was found guilty and of course sentenced to life in prison.
So we'll give you the details there as far as
the ultimate and it's probably not a surprise to you
as far as what the defense is here, as far
as why he should be given a new trial or
just have the charges thrown out or the verdict thrown out,
(15:49):
I should say, So we'll get to that and a
lot more right now at six forty. We've got thirty
four degrees, although it feels colder, feels like twenty six,
but clear sky's high. Today's forty again. The details coming
up for Matt Melosavitch right here right now at news
Radio eight forty whas Good morning, Kentucky. Had a happy Thursday.
See thanks for hanging with us here at news Radio
(16:09):
eight forty whas Nick Coffee. That's me John All on
the alongside. We've got the full crew here, John Shannon
and Scott Fitzgerald as we take you up till nine o'clock.
And as you could expect, we've had a lot of
coverage about the winter storm that's on the way, the
call before the storm, that is the phase that we
are in right now, and we'll continue to keep you
updated as best we can is you've got a couple
(16:30):
of days here today and tomorrow to prepare for what
is supposed to be an all timer when it comes
to just winter storms that really impact us and for
sometimes not so good reasons. We remember these storms for
a long long time, all right. So yesterday Brooks holc
filed his appeal, and that was expected. I think not
(16:52):
only did you just expect it because a lot of
people take this path after being convicted, but even some
of the jailhouse conversations that he's had via phone that
were obtained in the media, he was quite clear throughout
those conversations that he was going to go into appeal.
So it probably shouldn't surprise you that the big picture
(17:14):
defense theme here is that you know, you can't convict
a man of murder when the state can't even prove
a murder happened, much less who did it, And that
was of course the real emphasis in the defense during trial.
And I don't know where everybody else stood, but I
know I kept thinking, well, surely he's going to be
(17:35):
found guilty, because come on, like, we all know that
he had something to do with this, but it's not
about what you know. It's about what you can prove,
and at times would have doubt that he would be
found guilty because of that fact that you really just
can't ignore that there was never a body found, and
with that, you can't prove that a murder even took place.
(17:57):
No body, no murder weapon, no known crime case, no
proof of how, where, or by whom she was killed. Again,
this is all the defense and of course this appeal.
So what they're asking in the appeal and this is
their first choice. It's just an outright acquittal, good luck.
But they want to have the whole thing thrown out.
(18:20):
And again the argument is that the evidence was so
thin a reasonable jury could not legally find Brooks guilty
beyond a reasonable doubt. And there's probably going to be
mentioned of, hey, the he was guilty before he ever
he ever even was charged because of the coverage of
this story. And again that's that's not something I'm saying.
(18:42):
It's just what you would hear, and it certainly said
to an extent during the during the trial, and there's
not there's not anything that I think. I mean, Look,
this was one of the most discussed cases ever in
the history of Kentucky and all the different TV shows,
all the different documentaries that covered it. I don't think
they did anything to mislead it. They just I mean,
(19:04):
and that's not uncommon in true crime types of productions
that they can frame it sometimes for entertainment, or they
can just frame it and it's not you know, putting
it together a documentary or TV show that will have
the majority of its audience thinking they know exactly who
done it if you will, is much different than actually
binding somebody guilty with a trial. So I don't think
(19:29):
that his trial will be or his appeal will be successful.
But I always come back to, well, they never actually
were able to prove without it.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
You know.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
Again, we all know she's not with us anymore, she's
no longer alive. But they never found a body, and
that that has, as we discussed at the time of
the trial, that has led to many people being able
to have even more evidence against them than is against
Brooks howc. But yet because there was no body, then
a jury just couldn't couldn't seem to to find him guilty.
(19:58):
So again not a real shock there.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
So the other.
Speaker 1 (20:02):
Option here that they want in this appeal is to
get a new trial. So if the court won't quit,
the defense wants a brand new trial in front of
a different judge and obviously a different jury that they
hope to be better properly screened. That is what is
in the appeal here. All right, let's get it update
on traffic. We'll see how the roadways are looking as
Bobby Ellis will get us caught up there. We had
(20:23):
a rough morning yesterday. Here's to hoping that this morning
is much better. But again, Bobby has the latest there.
We've also got a sports update coming your way, and
we'll take a look at today's forecast because obviously we're
looking at a mild late January Thursday today, but that
cold weather's on its way and again by Saturday. Buckle up,
all right, stick around, it's News Radio eight forty whas
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