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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, good morning, ladies and gentlemen, welcome in news,
ready to eight forty whas coffee and company with you,
and we are fueled by Thornton's and we were getting set.
This is quite literally the calm before the storm that's
often said when there's really no storm involved. This is
a real winter storm that's on the way. But today, tomorrow,
this is I suppose the days of preparation.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
So it's uh fine to shovel today. Yeah, it's it's happening, folks.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
We've got sure, the bread isles are bare, the milk
supply is low, and your local meteorologist is ready to
step to center stage knowing it's it's their time to shine,
because we're all going to be waiting and seeing what
actually happens, following it closely, and we'll keep you up
to date as best we can.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Here.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
That's kind of what we do, right, But none of
us really know what's going to happen. And this has
been a real reminder of I guess, how with just
how we are as a society when it comes to
being digital, being online and social media. The difference of
opinions from those in the industry right local meteorology. They
have the platforms now to make us stand and say, hey,
(01:07):
I know what you're hearing over there, but I'm telling
you over here, this is what's going down. So I
do find that to be entertaining. But yeah, we've got
a big snowstorm on the way and we're gonna get
you set. I do get the sense that yesterday shifted
to where this is definitely seeming different than a lot
of the recent leadups we've had to a potential snowstorm.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Doesn't it feel like that? It does?
Speaker 3 (01:30):
You're right, Nick, And by the way, I got a
couple of texts already this morning folks that are out
there say beware of black ice. Okay, folks to be
advised that. But I'm with you, bro, I got the
same feeling yesterday. It was a different vibe yesterday it
was and I think your open was on point this morning.
It is the calm before the storm. Get out there,
get what you need now, you know, don't have I
hope employers give folks, you know, a little bit of
(01:51):
a break. Obviously it's up to your boss, but if
you can cut out a little rolling and get to
the store so you're not fighting through that tonight and.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Just just make sure you have it.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
We joke about the break milk and whatnot, but medications
and people don't think about medications and the elderly folks
that need it.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
And this is this is the type of snowstorm as
far as just the amount we're expected to get that
would absolutely make it very difficult for you to in
that moment go get something and and find a way
to obtain something that you really need. So yeah, this
is where there's really it became a running joke, and
it's not just here, it's everywhere the whole Why does
everybody go get bread and milk? I can't tell you
(02:27):
the last time I poured a glass of milk ever,
but but last night I'm thinking, okay, do we have
enough milk? So I'm guilty of doing it myself. But uh, yeah,
this is uh this is probably gonna get if it
hasn't already to the level of where people know, all right,
I don't know how how long I'm gonna be bunkered
down in my home. There's a lot of things I'm
gonna need. Maybe it's medication, Maybe it's just access to
(02:49):
food that kind of stuff.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Maybe it's you want to make sure you have enough
beer for the weekend. I mean, that's my priority.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Everybody's got their own their own way of prioritizing those resources.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
But let's do this. As we get started.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Just a moment ago, as they were in the newscast
over WLKY our partners, we got a chance to hear
a recent update. This was just minutes ago from Matt
Melosavich of WLKY as far as where the storm is now,
what he's seeing, and just what we're expected to be
in for.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
As we get to Saturday.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
Looking over the latest forecast data from overnight, and we're
starting to get into a few more specifics now. One
thing has not changed this weekend winter storm is coming
our way, and that is why there is a severe
alert for the Saturday to Sunday timeframe. We're going to
have a couple of quiet days here Thursday and Friday,
but as we get to the weekend, we're looking at
(03:41):
significant winter weather impacts across the entirety of the WLKY region. Now,
some we'll see some differences. One of the changes over
the last twenty four hours has been for the chances
of some sleet and maybe even some freezing rain or
ice mixing in, especially the farther south you go from Louisville,
(04:02):
as we get towards the parkways and into southern Kentucky,
I think we're gonna see a little bit of this
mixing in, and that can really chop down on overall
snow totals. Having said that, even on the low side,
I think we're gonna see most locations when you put
the snow and sleet together, get half a foot to
maybe even twelve or more inches of snow expected, especially
(04:26):
as you get closer to the Ohio River northward into
southern Indiana, where this will likely stay the majority of
snow across the region and really be able to pile up.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
So this is a big one.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
It's a big one, and I'll take his word for it. So, yeah,
the sleet, we don't want that. That's just gross. But
I guess, you know, it could be more. I was
gonna say it could be safer, but I don't know.
Maybe not because all it taking that's w Yeah, the
sleet in real time is just just messy, annoying and
certainly deceiving, which could be more dangerous for sure. But yeah,
(05:00):
once it gets I mean, we're not at a point
where we're gonna hover aboff freezing for a long stretch,
which makes it to where anything you get at any moment,
it's gonna get cold enough to where it freezes, and
that's where it's really dangerous. So yesterday, man, right now,
we're a buff freezing temperatures as we speak, but that
doesn't mean that there's not some slick spots still out there,
as you mentioned, some black ice potentially. So these next
couple of days, prepare yourself. We'll keep you updated as
(05:23):
best we can. That's again what we do. It's Radiate
forty whs. Let's get a quick check of traffic and weather.
Melissavitch will give us anupdate on what we're looking at
today as far as the forecast, and we got a
lot more to get to, so stick around. It's news
Radio eight forty whas. That's four straight for Mark Pope
and Kentucky. How about that win last night. Not a
signature win necessarily, but given the way there's season looked
(05:47):
just a couple of weeks ago, heck even maybe a
week ago, they're in a much better situation now, that's
for sure. We'll talk more sports coming up here in
just a few minutes as Scott'll be back with us.
But now we resume our coverage of a snowstorm that
is on the way. It's not here. We've got a
couple of days where we're gonna get prepared, and I
(06:07):
don't mean necessarily, just like prepare you as far as
what you need to know.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
We are going to do that.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
But if you need things that you know you can't
go without, this seems like the type of winter storm
that you don't want to. I mean, you can do
what you want, but I wouldn't I wouldn't doubt it.
I wouldn't downplay it as if all this is going
to be nothing, because even if we were to get
the low end of what's projected by just about anybody,
because yes, there are a lot of different projections out there,
(06:31):
even the low end anywhere would be a substantial amount
of snow that we often don't get around here. But
right now, it's expected to get started during the day
Saturday and continue through Sunday, and the Louisville Metropublic Works
they've got, of course, plans to really ramp up and
start treating roads.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
They're going to be doing it.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Today Friday, and they're going to be prepared as best
they can, and we'll wait and see what it is
that actually happen. And so I don't mean to say
that to downplay it, but again, there are there's always
an element of unknown when it comes to to these
kind of things. But man, as I just mentioned a
moment ago, there are big time differences between certain projections
(07:14):
from national folks even some of the local folks. And
I don't have any real UH I'm not keeping stats, right.
I can't go to the UH to the to the
win loss column here and tell you who's the most trusted.
But I can tell you I do trust our friends
over at wk WHY and we'll keep you updated this morning.
I know Matt Melosovich he'll continue to update us on
the forecast for today. That's that's that's his role within
(07:35):
the show. But also we will check in with him
live during their newscast this morning, because obviously this is UH,
this is an ever changing thing as far as what
it looks like as it is heading our way. All right, So, yesterday,
as you could expect, Louisville Department of Transportation leader, the director,
I should say, Bill Bell, he spoke to the media
(07:55):
and let us know a little bit about what what
they've got, what they've got prepared here. A lot of
salt to be needed, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
That's almost like the road whoops.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
That's the wrong clip. Probably works better if I make
sure I've got the right one seat.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Here we go.
Speaker 6 (08:10):
We're still probably two thirds of the way full on
our salt homes, et cetera. We still have room to go.
So if we use a lot of that, we have
enough in our budget to replenish that.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
And also with the.
Speaker 6 (08:26):
Additive coming in, we can brind at the lower tempts now.
So I'm confident we can handle whatever comes our way.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
So it seems as if everybody here, as far as
city leaders and folks that sort of, you know, are
called upon in a big way when these things happen.
They're all getting ready. And now we wait. All right,
let's get to a traffic update. We'll see how the
roadways are looking this morning. Bobby Ellis will get us
caught up there. It is five to twenty and right
now it's a pretty mild early Thursday morning here for
(09:00):
for late January, thirty six degrees.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
It's not so bad.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
It feels like twenty eight but again, we'll get the forecast,
and we've also got sports coming up next, so stick around.
It's news Radio eight forty. Whas I don't think I'm
alone here. Isn't there something exciting about a winter storm
on the way?
Speaker 2 (09:17):
I'm with you on that app Okay, thank you.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
I was gonna say, if I was doing this show
in front of an audience, maybe people would throw things
at me, because it does sound kind of crazy, right,
because nobody wants to be inconvenienced by a foot of snow, right,
I mean, nobody wants power outages or dangerous roads. But
I think it's because it's rare, and you can sort
of feel the collective awareness. There's this weird buzz around it.
(09:42):
Like if you're out and about today, you're gonna hear
people talking about this winter storm that's on the way
at the grocery store, at work, on the street. It's
something that folks are some are obviously plugged into a
little bit more than others. But like it'd be tough
for you to avoid this new and just this buzz
because it's a big deal. It's the type of snowstorm
(10:03):
that we don't get around here very often, all Right,
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(10:24):
be too, all right, So we'll talk to Roy O'Neil
coming up here in about ten minutes or so, and
he'll give us, I guess, an update on what this
storm is supposed to do from a national level, not
just here in the Louisville area Kentucky, Ina, because we're
not the only ones that's gonna get hit. In fact,
there's areas that are gonna get hit a lot worse
than us. That's how severe this winter storm is.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Also.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Jd Vance set to visit Minneapolis today. So when I
visualize sort of that first thing that pops into my
mind as far as just a picture, a visual again
of what I can just see him being you know,
protect and of course by security and people just yelling
at him, like everybody that's out protesting that's just been
(11:05):
you know, NonStop, like they're salivating. I'm sure just to
scream at him, and I'm sure he's prepared for that.
But again, Rory's going to join us at about five
forty five. All right, So the latest on this storm, Well,
I want to let you hear the latest update we
have from Matt Melosovich of WLKY. This was from their
(11:26):
morning newscast at WKY within the last hour. As all
the local meteorologists, including the team at WLKY and Matt,
they are tracking this thing as it's head in our way.
And again here's the latest from mister Matt Melosovich.
Speaker 5 (11:40):
Looking over the latest forecast data from overnight, and we're
starting to get into a few more specifics now. One
thing has not changed this weekend winter storm is coming
our way and that is why there is a severe
alert for the Saturday to Sunday timeframe. We're going to
have a couple of quiet days here Thursday and Friday,
but as we get to the weekend, we're looking at
(12:01):
significant winter weather impacts across the entirety of the Wlky region.
Now some we'll see some differences. One of the changes
over the last twenty four hours has been for the
chances of some sleet and maybe even some freezing rain
or ice mixing in, especially the farther south you go
from Louisville, as we get towards the parkways and into
(12:23):
southern Kentucky, I think we're going to see a little
bit of this mixing in and that can really chop
down on overall snow totals. Having said that, even on
the low side, I think we're going to see most
locations when you put the snow and sleep together, get
half a foot to maybe even twelve or more inches
(12:44):
of snow expected, especially as you get closer to the
Ohio River northward into southern Indiana, where this will likely
stay the majority of snow across the region and really
be able to pile up.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
So this is a big one.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
It's a big one, and we'll get you prepared as
best weekend as far as just having all the information
that it is available out there. All right, let's get
to a traffic update. We'll see how the roadways are
looking as we get this Thursday started. Also, we're going
to look at the forecast for today. Currently we've got
thirty six degrees with fair skies, feels like twenty eight,
so a very mild, mild day as far as late January,
(13:20):
but that will change here soon in the coming days,
so be prepared. And again, Roy O'Neil, he's going to
join us on the other side.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Stick around.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
It's news Radio eight forty whas it's news Radio eight
forty whas Roory O'Neil he's with us. And Rory we've
talked a lot this morning about the weather that's on
the way here to us in Kentuckyana. But it's not
just this area. More than one hundred and eighty million
Americans stretching from Texas to the Midwest into New England
(13:48):
going to be hit with some major winter weather.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Where is this supposed to be the worst?
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Who's really really worried about what's about to hit them?
Speaker 4 (13:55):
Well, it's interesting because you know, if a place in
New England gets a lot of snow and it's well,
they're sort of used to it and that's not really
a big deal. But when it's happening in Dallas and
Austin and Little Rock and maybe Rawley and Atlanta and
Oklahoma City in particular through Nashville. You know, they're not
as ready, so that's why it can be more crippling
(14:16):
depending on where this comes down. And you've seen the
reports right, the accumulation numbers and who gets snow and
who gets I it is all over the map that
in terms of the ranges are pretty incredible. There's a
lot of uncertainty about the forecast.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
That was gonna be my next question. As someone who
has tracked these big storms before, I don't know if
I can think of you again, You've done this longer
than I have. I've never seen so sorry, I've never
seen so many wide ranges as far as what's to
be expected. Maybe it's just a reminder that everybody's got
the platform of social media to let everybody know, Hey,
this is this may be what you're hearing, but I'm
(14:52):
telling you this is going to happen. But yeah, it
sounds like the projections are all over the place.
Speaker 4 (14:57):
They are and it shows you how this is a
combination of both art and science to get to the weather.
But again, my concern is, and at being in New England,
to myself, my concern is the ice right a nice,
fluffy snow, that's easy. But when it comes to this
ice that can bring down branches and then power lines,
(15:18):
you know, that can be crippling and that can take
a long time to recover from. On the positive side,
this does seem to be hitting Friday, Saturday, Sunday, so hopefully,
you know, not as many people are going to work.
People can stay home, stay off the roads, hopefully stay
safer there. Obviously, though, concerns about widespread power outa just
lasting long periods of time in some bitter cold weather,
(15:40):
because as you know, you've got this bad weather and
then there's the cold snap that comes behind it. That's
almost unprecedented.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
So there are cities that typically don't get any snow,
and they if they do, it's very rare. In some cities,
in fact, Nashville south of US, it sounds as if
they may get more snow than they've ever received ever.
And those cities, for understandable reasons, don't have resources within
the city to handle that. What do they, I mean, obviously,
do they call upon other cities to help out? What's
(16:09):
the protocol whenever you know, Hey, as a city leader,
we don't have the resources in the infrastructure to handle
something like this.
Speaker 4 (16:15):
Yeah, you know, some things can be pre positioned, that's
what they do. You know, FEMA is good at prepositioning things,
you know, so they're ready to roll out. But you know,
doing things like powing the highways in Nashville is going
to be difficult. And then you also, I mentioned the
cold snap because that means that this whatever falls ain't
going away. Because look, the forecast at high in Nashville
(16:36):
on Sunday is twenty eight on Sunday, it's twenty degrees
on Monday, finally gets up to thirty eight on Tuesday
as the high in Nashville. So that means whatever falls
is going to be around for at least a few
days could And that's why this could be crippling and
so dangerous. When you think of elderly populations, people are
families that are unable to move around a lot, or
(17:00):
you know, aren't as agile, can't clean the front step
or shovel the sidewalk up. Yeah, there are some serious
concerns about the well being of a lot of people
who could be trapped by some of the snow and ice.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Royo O neils ourg guest he joins us here at
news Radio eight forty whas VP jd vance. He is
set to visit Minneapolis today. What can we expect here?
I mean, what's the overall I mean, him being there
given what's going on is not a huge surprise, but
what is the overall purpose of this visit? And should
we have our popcorn ready?
Speaker 4 (17:30):
Well? Look, he's going to be meeting with the Immigration
and Customs Enforcement agents who've been on the ground there
for the past few weeks and reinforce the message that
they're not going to back off this push that has
seen about three thousand ICE agents deployed to Minnesota. By
the way, we also saw a pretty big deployment in Maine,
another state with a pretty large Somogian population. So yeah,
(17:53):
Essentially the administration is signaling like, despite these protests, we're
going to keep on keeping on and continue this enforce
because they say, look, this is why we got elected
in twenty twenty four and we are following through on
that commitment.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Rory, you're the best.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
As always, we appreciate your time, enjoy the rest of
your day and bundle up all right, Thanks Dick, take care.
That's Rorey O'Neil. Always appreciate his time, and he's right.
This is a reminder that, yeah, there's the jokes for
obvious reasons when it comes to the bread and milk
when there's flurries in the forecast, right, the bread and
milk is just gone. But this is the type of
snow that's going to hit a lot of folks, not
(18:29):
just around here, but across the country that it's scary. Legitimately,
I'm not trying to put fear into you. You know,
if you're not scared, I'm not trying to change that.
But just make sure you are prepared because this is
not the typical snowstorm really for anybody. All right, let's
get to a quick time out. We'll look at the
forecast for the day. Also get an update on traffic
situation and another sports update. All that's next right here
(18:51):
at news Radio eight forty whas
All right, good morning, ladies and gentlemen, welcome in news,
ready to eight forty whas coffee and company with you,
and we are fueled by Thornton's and we were getting set.
This is quite literally the calm before the storm that's
often said when there's really no storm involved. This is
a real winter storm that's on the way. But today, tomorrow,
this is I suppose the days of preparation.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
So it's uh fine to shovel today. Yeah, it's it's happening, folks.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
We've got sure, the bread isles are bare, the milk
supply is low, and your local meteorologist is ready to
step to center stage knowing it's it's their time to shine,
because we're all going to be waiting and seeing what
actually happens, following it closely, and we'll keep you up
to date as best we can.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Here.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
That's kind of what we do, right, But none of
us really know what's going to happen. And this has
been a real reminder of I guess, how with just
how we are as a society when it comes to
being digital, being online and social media. The difference of
opinions from those in the industry right local meteorology. They
have the platforms now to make us stand and say, hey,
(01:07):
I know what you're hearing over there, but I'm telling
you over here, this is what's going down. So I
do find that to be entertaining. But yeah, we've got
a big snowstorm on the way and we're gonna get
you set. I do get the sense that yesterday shifted
to where this is definitely seeming different than a lot
of the recent leadups we've had to a potential snowstorm.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Doesn't it feel like that? It does?
Speaker 3 (01:30):
You're right, Nick, And by the way, I got a
couple of texts already this morning folks that are out
there say beware of black ice. Okay, folks to be
advised that. But I'm with you, bro, I got the
same feeling yesterday. It was a different vibe yesterday it
was and I think your open was on point this morning.
It is the calm before the storm. Get out there,
get what you need now, you know, don't have I
hope employers give folks, you know, a little bit of
(01:51):
a break. Obviously it's up to your boss, but if
you can cut out a little rolling and get to
the store so you're not fighting through that tonight and.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Just just make sure you have it.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
We joke about the break milk and whatnot, but medications
and people don't think about medications and the elderly folks
that need it.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
And this is this is the type of snowstorm as
far as just the amount we're expected to get that
would absolutely make it very difficult for you to in
that moment go get something and and find a way
to obtain something that you really need. So yeah, this
is where there's really it became a running joke, and
it's not just here, it's everywhere the whole Why does
everybody go get bread and milk? I can't tell you
(02:27):
the last time I poured a glass of milk ever,
but but last night I'm thinking, okay, do we have
enough milk? So I'm guilty of doing it myself. But uh, yeah,
this is uh this is probably gonna get if it
hasn't already to the level of where people know, all right,
I don't know how how long I'm gonna be bunkered
down in my home. There's a lot of things I'm
gonna need. Maybe it's medication, Maybe it's just access to
(02:49):
food that kind of stuff.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Maybe it's you want to make sure you have enough
beer for the weekend. I mean, that's my priority.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Everybody's got their own their own way of prioritizing those resources.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
But let's do this. As we get started.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Just a moment ago, as they were in the newscast
over WLKY our partners, we got a chance to hear
a recent update. This was just minutes ago from Matt
Melosavich of WLKY as far as where the storm is now,
what he's seeing, and just what we're expected to be
in for.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
As we get to Saturday.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
Looking over the latest forecast data from overnight, and we're
starting to get into a few more specifics now. One
thing has not changed this weekend winter storm is coming
our way, and that is why there is a severe
alert for the Saturday to Sunday timeframe. We're going to
have a couple of quiet days here Thursday and Friday,
but as we get to the weekend, we're looking at
(03:41):
significant winter weather impacts across the entirety of the WLKY region. Now,
some we'll see some differences. One of the changes over
the last twenty four hours has been for the chances
of some sleet and maybe even some freezing rain or
ice mixing in, especially the farther south you go from Louisville,
(04:02):
as we get towards the parkways and into southern Kentucky,
I think we're gonna see a little bit of this
mixing in, and that can really chop down on overall
snow totals. Having said that, even on the low side,
I think we're gonna see most locations when you put
the snow and sleet together, get half a foot to
maybe even twelve or more inches of snow expected, especially
(04:26):
as you get closer to the Ohio River northward into
southern Indiana, where this will likely stay the majority of
snow across the region and really be able to pile up.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
So this is a big one.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
It's a big one, and I'll take his word for it. So, yeah,
the sleet, we don't want that. That's just gross. But
I guess, you know, it could be more. I was
gonna say it could be safer, but I don't know.
Maybe not because all it taking that's w Yeah, the
sleet in real time is just just messy, annoying and
certainly deceiving, which could be more dangerous for sure. But yeah,
(05:00):
once it gets I mean, we're not at a point
where we're gonna hover aboff freezing for a long stretch,
which makes it to where anything you get at any moment,
it's gonna get cold enough to where it freezes, and
that's where it's really dangerous. So yesterday, man, right now,
we're a buff freezing temperatures as we speak, but that
doesn't mean that there's not some slick spots still out there,
as you mentioned, some black ice potentially. So these next
couple of days, prepare yourself. We'll keep you updated as
(05:23):
best we can. That's again what we do. It's Radiate
forty whs. Let's get a quick check of traffic and weather.
Melissavitch will give us anupdate on what we're looking at
today as far as the forecast, and we got a
lot more to get to, so stick around. It's news
Radio eight forty whas. That's four straight for Mark Pope
and Kentucky. How about that win last night. Not a
signature win necessarily, but given the way there's season looked
(05:47):
just a couple of weeks ago, heck even maybe a
week ago, they're in a much better situation now, that's
for sure. We'll talk more sports coming up here in
just a few minutes as Scott'll be back with us.
But now we resume our coverage of a snowstorm that
is on the way. It's not here. We've got a
couple of days where we're gonna get prepared, and I
(06:07):
don't mean necessarily, just like prepare you as far as
what you need to know.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
We are going to do that.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
But if you need things that you know you can't
go without, this seems like the type of winter storm
that you don't want to. I mean, you can do
what you want, but I wouldn't I wouldn't doubt it.
I wouldn't downplay it as if all this is going
to be nothing, because even if we were to get
the low end of what's projected by just about anybody,
because yes, there are a lot of different projections out there,
(06:31):
even the low end anywhere would be a substantial amount
of snow that we often don't get around here. But
right now, it's expected to get started during the day
Saturday and continue through Sunday, and the Louisville Metropublic Works
they've got, of course, plans to really ramp up and
start treating roads.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
They're going to be doing it.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Today Friday, and they're going to be prepared as best
they can, and we'll wait and see what it is
that actually happen. And so I don't mean to say
that to downplay it, but again, there are there's always
an element of unknown when it comes to to these
kind of things. But man, as I just mentioned a
moment ago, there are big time differences between certain projections
(07:14):
from national folks even some of the local folks. And
I don't have any real UH I'm not keeping stats, right.
I can't go to the UH to the to the
win loss column here and tell you who's the most trusted.
But I can tell you I do trust our friends
over at wk WHY and we'll keep you updated this morning.
I know Matt Melosovich he'll continue to update us on
the forecast for today. That's that's that's his role within
(07:35):
the show. But also we will check in with him
live during their newscast this morning, because obviously this is UH,
this is an ever changing thing as far as what
it looks like as it is heading our way. All right, So, yesterday,
as you could expect, Louisville Department of Transportation leader, the director,
I should say, Bill Bell, he spoke to the media
(07:55):
and let us know a little bit about what what
they've got, what they've got prepared here. A lot of
salt to be needed, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
That's almost like the road whoops.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
That's the wrong clip. Probably works better if I make
sure I've got the right one seat.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Here we go.
Speaker 6 (08:10):
We're still probably two thirds of the way full on
our salt homes, et cetera. We still have room to go.
So if we use a lot of that, we have
enough in our budget to replenish that.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
And also with the.
Speaker 6 (08:26):
Additive coming in, we can brind at the lower tempts now.
So I'm confident we can handle whatever comes our way.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
So it seems as if everybody here, as far as
city leaders and folks that sort of, you know, are
called upon in a big way when these things happen.
They're all getting ready. And now we wait. All right,
let's get to a traffic update. We'll see how the
roadways are looking this morning. Bobby Ellis will get us
caught up there. It is five to twenty and right
now it's a pretty mild early Thursday morning here for
(09:00):
for late January, thirty six degrees.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
It's not so bad.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
It feels like twenty eight but again, we'll get the forecast,
and we've also got sports coming up next, so stick around.
It's news Radio eight forty. Whas I don't think I'm
alone here. Isn't there something exciting about a winter storm
on the way?
Speaker 2 (09:17):
I'm with you on that app Okay, thank you.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
I was gonna say, if I was doing this show
in front of an audience, maybe people would throw things
at me, because it does sound kind of crazy, right,
because nobody wants to be inconvenienced by a foot of snow, right,
I mean, nobody wants power outages or dangerous roads. But
I think it's because it's rare, and you can sort
of feel the collective awareness. There's this weird buzz around it.
(09:42):
Like if you're out and about today, you're gonna hear
people talking about this winter storm that's on the way
at the grocery store, at work, on the street. It's
something that folks are some are obviously plugged into a
little bit more than others. But like it'd be tough
for you to avoid this new and just this buzz
because it's a big deal. It's the type of snowstorm
(10:03):
that we don't get around here very often, all Right,
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(10:24):
be too, all right, So we'll talk to Roy O'Neil
coming up here in about ten minutes or so, and
he'll give us, I guess, an update on what this
storm is supposed to do from a national level, not
just here in the Louisville area Kentucky, Ina, because we're
not the only ones that's gonna get hit. In fact,
there's areas that are gonna get hit a lot worse
than us. That's how severe this winter storm is.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Also.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Jd Vance set to visit Minneapolis today. So when I
visualize sort of that first thing that pops into my
mind as far as just a picture, a visual again
of what I can just see him being you know,
protect and of course by security and people just yelling
at him, like everybody that's out protesting that's just been
(11:05):
you know, NonStop, like they're salivating. I'm sure just to
scream at him, and I'm sure he's prepared for that.
But again, Rory's going to join us at about five
forty five. All right, So the latest on this storm, Well,
I want to let you hear the latest update we
have from Matt Melosovich of WLKY. This was from their
(11:26):
morning newscast at WKY within the last hour. As all
the local meteorologists, including the team at WLKY and Matt,
they are tracking this thing as it's head in our way.
And again here's the latest from mister Matt Melosovich.
Speaker 5 (11:40):
Looking over the latest forecast data from overnight, and we're
starting to get into a few more specifics now. One
thing has not changed this weekend winter storm is coming
our way and that is why there is a severe
alert for the Saturday to Sunday timeframe. We're going to
have a couple of quiet days here Thursday and Friday,
but as we get to the weekend, we're looking at
(12:01):
significant winter weather impacts across the entirety of the Wlky region.
Now some we'll see some differences. One of the changes
over the last twenty four hours has been for the
chances of some sleet and maybe even some freezing rain
or ice mixing in, especially the farther south you go
from Louisville, as we get towards the parkways and into
(12:23):
southern Kentucky, I think we're going to see a little
bit of this mixing in and that can really chop
down on overall snow totals. Having said that, even on
the low side, I think we're going to see most
locations when you put the snow and sleep together, get
half a foot to maybe even twelve or more inches
(12:44):
of snow expected, especially as you get closer to the
Ohio River northward into southern Indiana, where this will likely
stay the majority of snow across the region and really
be able to pile up.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
So this is a big one.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
It's a big one, and we'll get you prepared as
best weekend as far as just having all the information
that it is available out there. All right, let's get
to a traffic update. We'll see how the roadways are
looking as we get this Thursday started. Also, we're going
to look at the forecast for today. Currently we've got
thirty six degrees with fair skies, feels like twenty eight,
so a very mild, mild day as far as late January,
(13:20):
but that will change here soon in the coming days,
so be prepared. And again, Roy O'Neil, he's going to
join us on the other side.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Stick around.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
It's news Radio eight forty whas it's news Radio eight
forty whas Roory O'Neil he's with us. And Rory we've
talked a lot this morning about the weather that's on
the way here to us in Kentuckyana. But it's not
just this area. More than one hundred and eighty million
Americans stretching from Texas to the Midwest into New England
(13:48):
going to be hit with some major winter weather.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Where is this supposed to be the worst?
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Who's really really worried about what's about to hit them?
Speaker 4 (13:55):
Well, it's interesting because you know, if a place in
New England gets a lot of snow and it's well,
they're sort of used to it and that's not really
a big deal. But when it's happening in Dallas and
Austin and Little Rock and maybe Rawley and Atlanta and
Oklahoma City in particular through Nashville. You know, they're not
as ready, so that's why it can be more crippling
(14:16):
depending on where this comes down. And you've seen the
reports right, the accumulation numbers and who gets snow and
who gets I it is all over the map that
in terms of the ranges are pretty incredible. There's a
lot of uncertainty about the forecast.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
That was gonna be my next question. As someone who
has tracked these big storms before, I don't know if
I can think of you again, You've done this longer
than I have. I've never seen so sorry, I've never
seen so many wide ranges as far as what's to
be expected. Maybe it's just a reminder that everybody's got
the platform of social media to let everybody know, Hey,
this is this may be what you're hearing, but I'm
(14:52):
telling you this is going to happen. But yeah, it
sounds like the projections are all over the place.
Speaker 4 (14:57):
They are and it shows you how this is a
combination of both art and science to get to the weather.
But again, my concern is, and at being in New England,
to myself, my concern is the ice right a nice,
fluffy snow, that's easy. But when it comes to this
ice that can bring down branches and then power lines,
(15:18):
you know, that can be crippling and that can take
a long time to recover from. On the positive side,
this does seem to be hitting Friday, Saturday, Sunday, so hopefully,
you know, not as many people are going to work.
People can stay home, stay off the roads, hopefully stay
safer there. Obviously, though, concerns about widespread power outa just
lasting long periods of time in some bitter cold weather,
(15:40):
because as you know, you've got this bad weather and
then there's the cold snap that comes behind it. That's
almost unprecedented.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
So there are cities that typically don't get any snow,
and they if they do, it's very rare. In some cities,
in fact, Nashville south of US, it sounds as if
they may get more snow than they've ever received ever.
And those cities, for understandable reasons, don't have resources within
the city to handle that. What do they, I mean, obviously,
do they call upon other cities to help out? What's
(16:09):
the protocol whenever you know, Hey, as a city leader,
we don't have the resources in the infrastructure to handle
something like this.
Speaker 4 (16:15):
Yeah, you know, some things can be pre positioned, that's
what they do. You know, FEMA is good at prepositioning things,
you know, so they're ready to roll out. But you know,
doing things like powing the highways in Nashville is going
to be difficult. And then you also, I mentioned the
cold snap because that means that this whatever falls ain't
going away. Because look, the forecast at high in Nashville
(16:36):
on Sunday is twenty eight on Sunday, it's twenty degrees
on Monday, finally gets up to thirty eight on Tuesday
as the high in Nashville. So that means whatever falls
is going to be around for at least a few
days could And that's why this could be crippling and
so dangerous. When you think of elderly populations, people are
families that are unable to move around a lot, or
(17:00):
you know, aren't as agile, can't clean the front step
or shovel the sidewalk up. Yeah, there are some serious
concerns about the well being of a lot of people
who could be trapped by some of the snow and ice.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Royo O neils ourg guest he joins us here at
news Radio eight forty whas VP jd vance. He is
set to visit Minneapolis today. What can we expect here?
I mean, what's the overall I mean, him being there
given what's going on is not a huge surprise, but
what is the overall purpose of this visit? And should
we have our popcorn ready?
Speaker 4 (17:30):
Well? Look, he's going to be meeting with the Immigration
and Customs Enforcement agents who've been on the ground there
for the past few weeks and reinforce the message that
they're not going to back off this push that has
seen about three thousand ICE agents deployed to Minnesota. By
the way, we also saw a pretty big deployment in Maine,
another state with a pretty large Somogian population. So yeah,
(17:53):
Essentially the administration is signaling like, despite these protests, we're
going to keep on keeping on and continue this enforce
because they say, look, this is why we got elected
in twenty twenty four and we are following through on
that commitment.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Rory, you're the best.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
As always, we appreciate your time, enjoy the rest of
your day and bundle up all right, Thanks Dick, take care.
That's Rorey O'Neil. Always appreciate his time, and he's right.
This is a reminder that, yeah, there's the jokes for
obvious reasons when it comes to the bread and milk
when there's flurries in the forecast, right, the bread and
milk is just gone. But this is the type of
snow that's going to hit a lot of folks, not
(18:29):
just around here, but across the country that it's scary. Legitimately,
I'm not trying to put fear into you. You know,
if you're not scared, I'm not trying to change that.
But just make sure you are prepared because this is
not the typical snowstorm really for anybody. All right, let's
get to a quick time out. We'll look at the
forecast for the day. Also get an update on traffic
situation and another sports update. All that's next right here
(18:51):
at news Radio eight forty whas
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