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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Kentuckyana, Happy Friday to you. We've made it
to the end of the week. The weekend is upon us,
and if you are planning to get out and do something,
this might be your window today Friday, Friday night, whenever
you get off work, because we're about forty hours roughly
away from a winter storm that could drop roughly a
foot of snow across the entire region. So buckle up,
(00:23):
we are we're getting closer. Thanks for joining us this morning. Again,
it's News Radioate forty Whas Coffee and Company with your
fueled by Thornton's, and we will continue our NonStop coverage
of this incoming winter storm throughout the morning. But we'll
start with the latest update from WLKY meteorologist Mount Melosovich.
As you'd expect, Matt's been tracking this thing around the clock,
(00:43):
and it sounds like for the most part, projections pretty
much the same as it was about twenty four hours ago,
other than one particular thing, and that is that the
sleet in freezing rain. It sounds as if that is
expected to more so be south of the area, So
I'll make of that what you will. But here's the
latest from Matt Melosovich recently here this morning on WLKY newscast,
(01:06):
our partners over there at WKY.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Acking and everyone.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
I mean, we've been talking about this four days, so
hopefully you are ready for the weekend winter storm.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
I still have eyes on.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
For the entire Wlky region. We're going to start out
with accumulating snow.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
It could be heavy at times.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
The highest totals do look to be the farther north
you live across the Wlky region. That's been a change
in recent days. We're sneaking some of those higher totals
to the north, farther south Fleet and freezing rain or
that icy potential starts to move in as well. That's
especially a concern a little farther to the south. But
(01:45):
everyone needs to prepare for significant winter storm conditions across
the entire region. That starts to begin late morning midday Tomorrow,
but really build in through the afternoon Saturday and all
the way through our Sunday. This won't wind down really
until Sunday night. Let's talk snow potential across the region.
(02:07):
I think a solid six inches plus in many locations,
piled up with snow and sleet accumulations. At first, the
snow will be fluffy and pile up. The sleep may
pound it down a little bit, and then there'll be
some more snow on top of that. But that heaviest band,
remember we were talking about, that has inched a little
bit north where we're likely to see all snow, and
(02:29):
that's going to be the highest likelihood of seeing those
highest totals perhaps upwards of one foot of snow. We
also have to prepare for icing concerns in our southern communities.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
If you're watching us along in.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
South with the western Kentucky and Bluegrass parkways, in some
locations we're talking about significant ice, maybe up to half
an inch on the power lines and the tree limbs,
and that's when we also start to talk about the
potential for some power concerns and outages. So that starts
to come in with this system as well. On the
southern edge of it. We're building in the cold there
(03:02):
this morning, look at fifteen and Paoli with twenties off
to the south and east, including twenty seven.
Speaker 5 (03:07):
In the metro.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
So we've got an update on the forecast for today
coming your way with Matt in just a moment here.
But Scott John, it sounds like those looking at a
foot of snow or more probably north of Louisville's metro area. Obviously,
there's still plenty of you that I think are considered
north of Louisville that can still listen to us each morning.
And also the sleet and freezing rain, which really is
(03:29):
scary if you think about it, that it sounds like
it's going to be more so towards the south of Louisville,
maybe not necessarily out of the region. So one thing
I will say that really stood out to me this
morning as I was on my way in, and I'm
sure if I looked hard enough, I could find someone.
But rarely do you get a snowstorm with so much
coverage and hype and not really hear anybody denying it
(03:53):
in doubting that it's gonna happen.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Yeah, exactly right. It doesn't it feel different in that way.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
It does.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
I'm usually not one not that it's ever gonna happen,
but like I just you know, I try not to
really get over work. I try to just look at
it from a mild approach as far as okay, let's
just assume that that does happen. But I'm going to
assume that it's it's not nearly as much. It's not
it's not as impactful as maybe they want you to think.
Speaker 6 (04:17):
No, I think you're right, and I like I appreciate
Matt and saying that I heard rumblings of that yesterday,
that the higher snow totals we're going to be to the.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
North, which is typically how it is, right.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Because they're going to push more sleep in our way.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
We're just going to keep the snow down much lower.
So my wife asked me last night, how much do
you think we're going it? I said, I would tell you.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
We'd probably hear.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
There's gonna be spots in Louisver there and get between
four and six.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Yeah, and that, and that's of course very very mild, Yeah,
considering what we've been discussing. But it's still something that's
gonna impact us exactly. I mean that in any other
day is a large amount of snowfall for us. So yeah,
buckle up, folks, we'll get you caught up on traffic
in just a moment. Bobby Ellis would tell us how
the roadways are looking as we get this thing started.
Also again, the forecast for today and the Louisll Department
(05:01):
of Transportation. We heard from the brass there yesterday as
they're getting prepared, and one thing that really stood out,
and this is not new information, but it was reemphasized
yesterday that they did learn from last year's snow storm
in early January that really was at that time one
of the bigger snowstorms we've had in quite some time.
So I get the sense that they are fully prepared
to handle this, handle this as best as possible, But
(05:23):
of course that doesn't mean you shouldn't be patient with them.
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(05:45):
So stop in if you're in Kentucky, NA. There's likely
one near you because they're everywhere, all right. So, the
Lowell Department of Transportation, led by Bill Bell, they've been
they've been putting their plan together for what we are
getting this week in and they're going to start the
salting process tomorrow morning. And also they're going to be
relying on some outside resources. They've got contractors that will
(06:09):
come in as well this weekend, or maybe they're already here.
I'm not sure, but they'll be handling some of those
secondary routes. So certainly resources are there for us to
handle this as best as possible. But I should remind
you that any city that's got great resources to handle
something like this is still going to have some issues
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along the way that you know, it's just part of
this situation, right, a winter weather storm that's going to
impact not just us, but the entire this you know,
the entire region and really a big part of the
eastern part of this country. But here's a little bit
of their conversation yesterday as they met they met with
the media.
Speaker 7 (06:47):
And then we'll start salting it's like Saturday morning, and
then once the cumulation gets above or we're at two inches,
will start dropping.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
The fo.
Speaker 8 (07:01):
Yeah, just lessons learned from from last year.
Speaker 5 (07:06):
We did some kind of consult to come in, did
a report.
Speaker 8 (07:10):
We talked about that a lot mayor has invested a
lot in the recommendations from that report. So we've made
equipment upgrades. We're making sure that our staffing is where
we need needed to be.
Speaker 5 (07:27):
Bill talked about the brinding.
Speaker 8 (07:28):
We've done more of that this year than maybe, uh
several years combined. And so we have a significant snow
event coming in. We just cautioned folks to take their time.
If they have the ability to stay indoors, stay in.
Speaker 5 (07:48):
Let the crews that do an amazing job for Metro,
let them get out and do the work that they do. Also,
if you can exhibit some patients that would be that
would be beneficial.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
If you could exhibit some patients, that would be beneficial.
Can I stamp that on my forehead for my children?
If you could exhibit some patients, that would be great,
be phenomenal. All right, let's get to a quick update
of the roadways. We'll see how traffic's looking this morning. Also,
get to look at today's forecasts. Gonna be cold today,
but don't have to worry about any of that nasty
(08:27):
snow stuff that's on its way to us. Also, sports
updates coming your way from Scott Fitzgerald. As you could
expect a lot of adjustments to the schedule this weekend
with sports, a lot of games moved up, a lot
of events. I'm sure we'll be postpone. We'll get the
latest on that with Scott all right here at news
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(09:14):
So again, Friday's here, and Friday is going to be
your opportunity to really make it a weekend. It seems
like so tomorrow, that's whenever the winter storm that could
drop roughly a foot of snow on us here in
the region is going to hit us. We'll get the
details to you here shortly as far as what is
being projected by our partners over there at WLKY had
(09:35):
a good update this morning within the last hour or
so from for Matt Melosovitch. But last night some awful
news that I'm sure is getting a little bit overshadowed
by this storm is a shooting that took place in
the PRP area. Happened last night about nine to thirty five,
and it was on the sixty five hundred block of
don Bon Court, that's a near Lower Hunter's Trace near
(09:57):
Greenbelt Highway there. But police arrived and found a child
with a gunshot wound and officers rendered aid until ems arrived,
and that child is alert and conscious, was alert and
conscious when transported to Norton's Hospital. But no details as
far as the age, if it was accidental, targeted, stray
(10:18):
gunfire at that point, we don't have any of that information,
but they are investigating it. And certainly a scary situation.
I just mentioned it the other day. Is it ever
going to be? Is it ever going to be you know,
the norm? Because I don't want it to be the
norm that when we see these stories of crime, which
that's never going to go away. That's just life, but
(10:38):
violent crime that involves children and tough to know if
this was just an accident or what happened. But another
story where a gun was utilized and somebody was shot
and it happened to be a child.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
So scary scary stuff there, all right.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
So something I mentioned at the beginning of the show
this morning that really hit me on the way in
is that I've to hear many In fact, I don't
think I've heard anybody truly call this a hoax, and
oftentimes you hear that, I think pretty frequently, Am I right, John, Like,
it's not uncommon for among a crowd there to be
(11:14):
one or two.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Yeah, we'll see they say that all the time. I
think you're right.
Speaker 6 (11:18):
And I think part of it's because we're only a
year removed from the most recent winter storm that was
again probably not going to be as bad as what
we're getting in the next couple of days. But up
until last year, when's the last time we had anything
that was worth really talking about for an extended period
of time. So I think the freshness of what happened
last January is making people take extra precaution this year.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
I will say last year that was a snowstorm that
I remember on my sports show. We were not necessarily
calling it a hoax and saying it wasn't going to happen,
but I was very hesitant to just assume we were
going to get anything close to the high range of
what they were projecting. And I do remember that being
like the ultimate they aced it. I mean they I
(12:02):
think what they predict, what they predicted, almost to a t,
is exactly what happens. So that was a reminder that hey,
sometimes they do get it right, and we got to
be prepared regardless. So, uh, this this is an example
of sort of how I am.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
I guess fearful of it like anybody else.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
I don't want to act like I'm shaking in my
boots and worried about my lovelihood, but obviously it's something
that you have to think about when it comes to
your family and your your livelihood as far as making
sure you have what's needed if in fact, you get
snowed in for multiple days. But tomorrow, Uh, we've got
options for tickets because a lot of people, of course
don't want to go to the Louisville game because of
the weather. And it sounds like with the timeline. The
(12:40):
you know, by the time you get out of the
game tomorrow for UL basketball, that is probably when you're
gonna see maybe up to already a half an inch
of snow and it's gonna keep coming down. And that
alone just had me thinking, yeah, I'm gonna I don't
think I'm I'm not gonna do it.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
I'm not gonna risk it because I'm just thinking.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
About, you know, trying to get home while it's you know,
really getting rolling and it just being a polete disaster.
So I think if I was somebody that doubted the
severity of this, which I'm not, maybe I would say, yeah, okay,
I'll risk it. It'll be snow, There'll be snow, but yeah,
not too bad. I'm I'm to the point now where
I'm thinking, yeah, that's just not a good idea, which,
in all honesty, I'm dying to see what kind of
(13:17):
crowd they get tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Oh yeah, that's gonna be interesting.
Speaker 4 (13:20):
I bet.
Speaker 6 (13:20):
I bet it'll be a decent crowd. But I bet
you'll see a lot of people leave at halftime, regardless
of what the score is.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Yeah, I can just see it now.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
There'll be folks during the media timeouts, and of course halftime,
they'll be huddled towards the main entrance at least where
they can visibly see out the window to see what
it's doing out there, or just hanging out where you
can see right there at that second street bridge. That
actually probably the better view as far as what we're
seeing on the on the ground. So buckle up, folks,
it's on its way. We'll keep you updated throughout the
(13:47):
morning and throughout the day as well, so don't go anywhere.
Keep it locked right here with us in news Radio
eight forty whas. We've got Rory O'Neil set to join
us coming up here on the other side. Looking forward
to our conversation with Rory, So stay around again. It's
news Radio eight forty whas. Good morning, Kentucky and a
news Radio eight forty whas Coffee and company with you,
(14:09):
Nick Coffee, that's me. He's Roory O'Neal who joins us
now as we are awaiting a winter storm that's certainly
going to impact us here in the area. We'll keep
you updated on that throughout the day. But it's not
just us here in Louisville and Kentucky in the region
it's a big chunk of the United States. Rory thirty
three states could see some heavy snow or ice. Where
does this rank as far as just the national coverage
(14:30):
and the national impact of a winter weather storm. This
one seems like a big one, no doubt.
Speaker 4 (14:35):
Yeah, it really does. And it's the fact that it's
this one two punch of this heavy snowfall and it's
the ice that's really dangerous. But then it's combined with
the cold weather behind it that's going to keep that
ice and snow from melting. You know. Look, you know
places like Nashville and Oklahoma City, they're known to get
snow from time to time, but usually it's forty five
(14:57):
degrees a few hours later, and that was no big
But that's not going to happen here. This stuff is
going to be around for days and not really especially
with the ice that can cause a lot of significant
power outages. I saw some estimates that there will be
a foot of snow stretching from Oklahoma through New England.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
I mean, to me, someone who has no experience in
tracking weather, that to me seems like something unheard of
to have that amount of snow stretching across that stretch
of the country.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
Yeah, and you know, even the National Weather Service is
a little bit dodgy on exactly how much is going
to fall and where, and that's been a real frustration
for a lot of people of as they try to
got through this. I'm sorry, I'm trying to bring up
this Weather Service page because they called for I wanted
to get the verbiage right. Catastrophic ice accumulation is the
(15:51):
phrase that's scary. National Record Service, ye, catastrophic ice accumulation
because again it's in places like Mississippi and Georgia and
all Obama that aren't used to this.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
And obviously we've made some references on the show throughout
the last couple of days as far as the bread
and milk aisles being completely there, and you often wonder
if people really need it during a snowstorm. Well, this
is the type of snowstorm that you need to make
sure not only do you have the essentials when it
comes to food, but medications, things that you know that
you're gonna need. I hope folks everywhere understand that this
(16:24):
is not one that you can just assume won't be
too bad, because I mean, you could lose power, which
is a scary thing. And again, if you don't have access,
if you don't have a supply of things that you
just can't go without, you could be in a tough spot.
Speaker 4 (16:34):
Yeah, it's also a time to be neighborly. You know.
You know old Missus Johnson lives down the street. You know,
if you got your two boys, you send them down
to Missus Johnson's house and have them shovel She might
give them some money, but don't make that the reason.
But yeah, you really have to be checking on your
neighbors at this point as well. Make sure people can
get their front sidewalks shoveled and cleaned away so that
(16:55):
they can get to their cars. You know, take advantage
of the fact if you're healthy and you can help
out your neighbor, please do when the storm clears.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
Well, said Rory riyan Neils our guest joining us here
at news Radio eight forty whas So. Federal authorities say
arrests were made tied to an ice protest that disrupted
a church service in Minneapolis here recently. What is the
latest on this and what do we know as far
as just who's all involved here. There's been some discussion
about this church is led by somebody who works directly
(17:23):
with ICE. There's been some pushback on that. What do
we know about this situation as of Friday morning.
Speaker 4 (17:28):
Right, so, we've had three arrests made. The journalist Don
Lemon is not being charged, by the way. I know,
there was some talk of that happening, but a federal
magistrate swatted that down, saying that Lemon was just working
and wasn't part of the protest. But these anti ICE
protesters went into the church on Sunday where a pastor
at that church is also a local ICE official. Attorney
(17:53):
General Pam Bondi was first to announce the first arrest
following the disruption of the city's church in Saint Paul.
Two others were later charged for their role in this.
The charge is what is it? They violated the law
that prohibits physically obstructing or using the threat of force
to intimidate or interfere with a person seeking to participate
(18:13):
in a service at a house abortion. So that's the potential.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
And I'm sure this type of arrest has happened before,
but certainly rare, I would imagine, right, and.
Speaker 4 (18:23):
You know, even look, even people who are part of
this anti Ice movement. Whoa whoa woll Bridge too far,
you know, because they see that the crossing this line
is being sacricinct. So I think that's why again, even
people who support the calls to stop the ICE operations
in Minnesota are not happy with seeing the demonstrators disrupt
(18:44):
a service inside of a church.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
Last one for you.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
J D Vance's visit yesterday, yesterday to Minneapolis sounds as
if it's exactly what folks expected, as you discussed yesterday,
just a reinforcement that this is still a priority and
they're not going anywhere.
Speaker 4 (18:58):
Right again, the v saying that you know, if you
want to protest, go ahead, but do it peacefully, don't
interfere with the ICE operations. He urged the mayor and
the governor to do more to cooperate with the Feds.
They say a lot of these these operations could be
avoided if there were more cooperation at the state and
local level. So it was, yeah, like I said, it
(19:20):
was the message we pretty much predicted was gonna come yesterday.
But the VP was very blunt in taking a lot
of reporters questions and sort of laying out the situation
as he sees it.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Rory as always, we appreciate your time. Enjoy the weekend,
Stay safe, my friend, and we'll talk soon.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
It's gonna be Sonny in seventy eight today. Yeah, I'm going.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
Oh you rubbing it in?
Speaker 4 (19:38):
Come on now, yes, yes, I am all right.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
Enjoy if out there, enjoy yourself. Rory, that's Rory O'Neil
letting us know it's sunny and in the high seventies
for him, good for him. All right, let's get a
check of traffic in weather. We'll get a look at
today's forecast coming your way with Matt Melosovich. Right now,
we've got twenty eight degrees in clear skies and who's ready?
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Eight forty whas
Good morning, Kentuckyana, Happy Friday to you. We've made it
to the end of the week. The weekend is upon us,
and if you are planning to get out and do something,
this might be your window today Friday, Friday night, whenever
you get off work, because we're about forty hours roughly
away from a winter storm that could drop roughly a
foot of snow across the entire region. So buckle up,
(00:23):
we are we're getting closer. Thanks for joining us this morning. Again,
it's News Radioate forty Whas Coffee and Company with your
fueled by Thornton's, and we will continue our NonStop coverage
of this incoming winter storm throughout the morning. But we'll
start with the latest update from WLKY meteorologist Mount Melosovich.
As you'd expect, Matt's been tracking this thing around the clock,
(00:43):
and it sounds like for the most part, projections pretty
much the same as it was about twenty four hours ago,
other than one particular thing, and that is that the
sleet in freezing rain. It sounds as if that is
expected to more so be south of the area, So
I'll make of that what you will. But here's the
latest from Matt Melosovich recently here this morning on WLKY newscast,
(01:06):
our partners over there at WKY.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Acking and everyone.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
I mean, we've been talking about this four days, so
hopefully you are ready for the weekend winter storm.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
I still have eyes on.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
For the entire Wlky region. We're going to start out
with accumulating snow.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
It could be heavy at times.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
The highest totals do look to be the farther north
you live across the Wlky region. That's been a change
in recent days. We're sneaking some of those higher totals
to the north, farther south Fleet and freezing rain or
that icy potential starts to move in as well. That's
especially a concern a little farther to the south. But
(01:45):
everyone needs to prepare for significant winter storm conditions across
the entire region. That starts to begin late morning midday Tomorrow,
but really build in through the afternoon Saturday and all
the way through our Sunday. This won't wind down really
until Sunday night. Let's talk snow potential across the region.
(02:07):
I think a solid six inches plus in many locations,
piled up with snow and sleet accumulations. At first, the
snow will be fluffy and pile up. The sleep may
pound it down a little bit, and then there'll be
some more snow on top of that. But that heaviest band,
remember we were talking about, that has inched a little
bit north where we're likely to see all snow, and
(02:29):
that's going to be the highest likelihood of seeing those
highest totals perhaps upwards of one foot of snow. We
also have to prepare for icing concerns in our southern communities.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
If you're watching us along in.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
South with the western Kentucky and Bluegrass parkways, in some
locations we're talking about significant ice, maybe up to half
an inch on the power lines and the tree limbs,
and that's when we also start to talk about the
potential for some power concerns and outages. So that starts
to come in with this system as well. On the
southern edge of it. We're building in the cold there
(03:02):
this morning, look at fifteen and Paoli with twenties off
to the south and east, including twenty seven.
Speaker 5 (03:07):
In the metro.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
So we've got an update on the forecast for today
coming your way with Matt in just a moment here.
But Scott John, it sounds like those looking at a
foot of snow or more probably north of Louisville's metro area. Obviously,
there's still plenty of you that I think are considered
north of Louisville that can still listen to us each morning.
And also the sleet and freezing rain, which really is
(03:29):
scary if you think about it, that it sounds like
it's going to be more so towards the south of Louisville,
maybe not necessarily out of the region. So one thing
I will say that really stood out to me this
morning as I was on my way in, and I'm
sure if I looked hard enough, I could find someone.
But rarely do you get a snowstorm with so much
coverage and hype and not really hear anybody denying it
(03:53):
in doubting that it's gonna happen.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Yeah, exactly right. It doesn't it feel different in that way.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
It does.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
I'm usually not one not that it's ever gonna happen,
but like I just you know, I try not to
really get over work. I try to just look at
it from a mild approach as far as okay, let's
just assume that that does happen. But I'm going to
assume that it's it's not nearly as much. It's not
it's not as impactful as maybe they want you to think.
Speaker 6 (04:17):
No, I think you're right, and I like I appreciate
Matt and saying that I heard rumblings of that yesterday,
that the higher snow totals we're going to be to the.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
North, which is typically how it is, right.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Because they're going to push more sleep in our way.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
We're just going to keep the snow down much lower.
So my wife asked me last night, how much do
you think we're going it? I said, I would tell you.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
We'd probably hear.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
There's gonna be spots in Louisver there and get between
four and six.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Yeah, and that, and that's of course very very mild, Yeah,
considering what we've been discussing. But it's still something that's
gonna impact us exactly. I mean that in any other
day is a large amount of snowfall for us. So yeah,
buckle up, folks, we'll get you caught up on traffic
in just a moment. Bobby Ellis would tell us how
the roadways are looking as we get this thing started.
Also again, the forecast for today and the Louisll Department
(05:01):
of Transportation. We heard from the brass there yesterday as
they're getting prepared, and one thing that really stood out,
and this is not new information, but it was reemphasized
yesterday that they did learn from last year's snow storm
in early January that really was at that time one
of the bigger snowstorms we've had in quite some time.
So I get the sense that they are fully prepared
to handle this, handle this as best as possible, But
(05:23):
of course that doesn't mean you shouldn't be patient with them.
All right, stick around. It's news RADIOA forty whas. It
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So stop in if you're in Kentucky, NA. There's likely
one near you because they're everywhere, all right. So, the
Lowell Department of Transportation, led by Bill Bell, they've been
they've been putting their plan together for what we are
getting this week in and they're going to start the
salting process tomorrow morning. And also they're going to be
relying on some outside resources. They've got contractors that will
(06:09):
come in as well this weekend, or maybe they're already here.
I'm not sure, but they'll be handling some of those
secondary routes. So certainly resources are there for us to
handle this as best as possible. But I should remind
you that any city that's got great resources to handle
something like this is still going to have some issues
(06:29):
along the way that you know, it's just part of
this situation, right, a winter weather storm that's going to
impact not just us, but the entire this you know,
the entire region and really a big part of the
eastern part of this country. But here's a little bit
of their conversation yesterday as they met they met with
the media.
Speaker 7 (06:47):
And then we'll start salting it's like Saturday morning, and
then once the cumulation gets above or we're at two inches,
will start dropping.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
The fo.
Speaker 8 (07:01):
Yeah, just lessons learned from from last year.
Speaker 5 (07:06):
We did some kind of consult to come in, did
a report.
Speaker 8 (07:10):
We talked about that a lot mayor has invested a
lot in the recommendations from that report. So we've made
equipment upgrades. We're making sure that our staffing is where
we need needed to be.
Speaker 5 (07:27):
Bill talked about the brinding.
Speaker 8 (07:28):
We've done more of that this year than maybe, uh
several years combined. And so we have a significant snow
event coming in. We just cautioned folks to take their time.
If they have the ability to stay indoors, stay in.
Speaker 5 (07:48):
Let the crews that do an amazing job for Metro,
let them get out and do the work that they do. Also,
if you can exhibit some patients that would be that
would be beneficial.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
If you could exhibit some patients, that would be beneficial.
Can I stamp that on my forehead for my children?
If you could exhibit some patients, that would be great,
be phenomenal. All right, let's get to a quick update
of the roadways. We'll see how traffic's looking this morning. Also,
get to look at today's forecasts. Gonna be cold today,
but don't have to worry about any of that nasty
(08:27):
snow stuff that's on its way to us. Also, sports
updates coming your way from Scott Fitzgerald. As you could
expect a lot of adjustments to the schedule this weekend
with sports, a lot of games moved up, a lot
of events. I'm sure we'll be postpone. We'll get the
latest on that with Scott all right here at news
Radio eight forty whas. It is five thirty five here
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So again, Friday's here, and Friday is going to be
your opportunity to really make it a weekend. It seems
like so tomorrow, that's whenever the winter storm that could
drop roughly a foot of snow on us here in
the region is going to hit us. We'll get the
details to you here shortly as far as what is
being projected by our partners over there at WLKY had
(09:35):
a good update this morning within the last hour or
so from for Matt Melosovitch. But last night some awful
news that I'm sure is getting a little bit overshadowed
by this storm is a shooting that took place in
the PRP area. Happened last night about nine to thirty five,
and it was on the sixty five hundred block of
don Bon Court, that's a near Lower Hunter's Trace near
(09:57):
Greenbelt Highway there. But police arrived and found a child
with a gunshot wound and officers rendered aid until ems arrived,
and that child is alert and conscious, was alert and
conscious when transported to Norton's Hospital. But no details as
far as the age, if it was accidental, targeted, stray
(10:18):
gunfire at that point, we don't have any of that information,
but they are investigating it. And certainly a scary situation.
I just mentioned it the other day. Is it ever
going to be? Is it ever going to be you know,
the norm? Because I don't want it to be the
norm that when we see these stories of crime, which
that's never going to go away. That's just life, but
(10:38):
violent crime that involves children and tough to know if
this was just an accident or what happened. But another
story where a gun was utilized and somebody was shot
and it happened to be a child.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
So scary scary stuff there, all right.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
So something I mentioned at the beginning of the show
this morning that really hit me on the way in
is that I've to hear many In fact, I don't
think I've heard anybody truly call this a hoax, and
oftentimes you hear that, I think pretty frequently, Am I right, John, Like,
it's not uncommon for among a crowd there to be
(11:14):
one or two.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Yeah, we'll see they say that all the time. I
think you're right.
Speaker 6 (11:18):
And I think part of it's because we're only a
year removed from the most recent winter storm that was
again probably not going to be as bad as what
we're getting in the next couple of days. But up
until last year, when's the last time we had anything
that was worth really talking about for an extended period
of time. So I think the freshness of what happened
last January is making people take extra precaution this year.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
I will say last year that was a snowstorm that
I remember on my sports show. We were not necessarily
calling it a hoax and saying it wasn't going to happen,
but I was very hesitant to just assume we were
going to get anything close to the high range of
what they were projecting. And I do remember that being
like the ultimate they aced it. I mean they I
(12:02):
think what they predict, what they predicted, almost to a t,
is exactly what happens. So that was a reminder that hey,
sometimes they do get it right, and we got to
be prepared regardless. So, uh, this this is an example
of sort of how I am.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
I guess fearful of it like anybody else.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
I don't want to act like I'm shaking in my
boots and worried about my lovelihood, but obviously it's something
that you have to think about when it comes to
your family and your your livelihood as far as making
sure you have what's needed if in fact, you get
snowed in for multiple days. But tomorrow, Uh, we've got
options for tickets because a lot of people, of course
don't want to go to the Louisville game because of
the weather. And it sounds like with the timeline. The
(12:40):
you know, by the time you get out of the
game tomorrow for UL basketball, that is probably when you're
gonna see maybe up to already a half an inch
of snow and it's gonna keep coming down. And that
alone just had me thinking, yeah, I'm gonna I don't
think I'm I'm not gonna do it.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
I'm not gonna risk it because I'm just thinking.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
About, you know, trying to get home while it's you know,
really getting rolling and it just being a polete disaster.
So I think if I was somebody that doubted the
severity of this, which I'm not, maybe I would say, yeah, okay,
I'll risk it. It'll be snow, There'll be snow, but yeah,
not too bad. I'm I'm to the point now where
I'm thinking, yeah, that's just not a good idea, which,
in all honesty, I'm dying to see what kind of
(13:17):
crowd they get tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Oh yeah, that's gonna be interesting.
Speaker 4 (13:20):
I bet.
Speaker 6 (13:20):
I bet it'll be a decent crowd. But I bet
you'll see a lot of people leave at halftime, regardless
of what the score is.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Yeah, I can just see it now.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
There'll be folks during the media timeouts, and of course halftime,
they'll be huddled towards the main entrance at least where
they can visibly see out the window to see what
it's doing out there, or just hanging out where you
can see right there at that second street bridge. That
actually probably the better view as far as what we're
seeing on the on the ground. So buckle up, folks,
it's on its way. We'll keep you updated throughout the
(13:47):
morning and throughout the day as well, so don't go anywhere.
Keep it locked right here with us in news Radio
eight forty whas. We've got Rory O'Neil set to join
us coming up here on the other side. Looking forward
to our conversation with Rory, So stay around again. It's
news Radio eight forty whas. Good morning, Kentucky and a
news Radio eight forty whas Coffee and company with you,
(14:09):
Nick Coffee, that's me. He's Roory O'Neal who joins us
now as we are awaiting a winter storm that's certainly
going to impact us here in the area. We'll keep
you updated on that throughout the day. But it's not
just us here in Louisville and Kentucky in the region
it's a big chunk of the United States. Rory thirty
three states could see some heavy snow or ice. Where
does this rank as far as just the national coverage
(14:30):
and the national impact of a winter weather storm. This
one seems like a big one, no doubt.
Speaker 4 (14:35):
Yeah, it really does. And it's the fact that it's
this one two punch of this heavy snowfall and it's
the ice that's really dangerous. But then it's combined with
the cold weather behind it that's going to keep that
ice and snow from melting. You know. Look, you know
places like Nashville and Oklahoma City, they're known to get
snow from time to time, but usually it's forty five
(14:57):
degrees a few hours later, and that was no big
But that's not going to happen here. This stuff is
going to be around for days and not really especially
with the ice that can cause a lot of significant
power outages. I saw some estimates that there will be
a foot of snow stretching from Oklahoma through New England.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
I mean, to me, someone who has no experience in
tracking weather, that to me seems like something unheard of
to have that amount of snow stretching across that stretch
of the country.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
Yeah, and you know, even the National Weather Service is
a little bit dodgy on exactly how much is going
to fall and where, and that's been a real frustration
for a lot of people of as they try to
got through this. I'm sorry, I'm trying to bring up
this Weather Service page because they called for I wanted
to get the verbiage right. Catastrophic ice accumulation is the
(15:51):
phrase that's scary. National Record Service, ye, catastrophic ice accumulation
because again it's in places like Mississippi and Georgia and
all Obama that aren't used to this.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
And obviously we've made some references on the show throughout
the last couple of days as far as the bread
and milk aisles being completely there, and you often wonder
if people really need it during a snowstorm. Well, this
is the type of snowstorm that you need to make
sure not only do you have the essentials when it
comes to food, but medications, things that you know that
you're gonna need. I hope folks everywhere understand that this
(16:24):
is not one that you can just assume won't be
too bad, because I mean, you could lose power, which
is a scary thing. And again, if you don't have access,
if you don't have a supply of things that you
just can't go without, you could be in a tough spot.
Speaker 4 (16:34):
Yeah, it's also a time to be neighborly. You know.
You know old Missus Johnson lives down the street. You know,
if you got your two boys, you send them down
to Missus Johnson's house and have them shovel She might
give them some money, but don't make that the reason.
But yeah, you really have to be checking on your
neighbors at this point as well. Make sure people can
get their front sidewalks shoveled and cleaned away so that
(16:55):
they can get to their cars. You know, take advantage
of the fact if you're healthy and you can help
out your neighbor, please do when the storm clears.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
Well, said Rory riyan Neils our guest joining us here
at news Radio eight forty whas So. Federal authorities say
arrests were made tied to an ice protest that disrupted
a church service in Minneapolis here recently. What is the
latest on this and what do we know as far
as just who's all involved here. There's been some discussion
about this church is led by somebody who works directly
(17:23):
with ICE. There's been some pushback on that. What do
we know about this situation as of Friday morning.
Speaker 4 (17:28):
Right, so, we've had three arrests made. The journalist Don
Lemon is not being charged, by the way. I know,
there was some talk of that happening, but a federal
magistrate swatted that down, saying that Lemon was just working
and wasn't part of the protest. But these anti ICE
protesters went into the church on Sunday where a pastor
at that church is also a local ICE official. Attorney
(17:53):
General Pam Bondi was first to announce the first arrest
following the disruption of the city's church in Saint Paul.
Two others were later charged for their role in this.
The charge is what is it? They violated the law
that prohibits physically obstructing or using the threat of force
to intimidate or interfere with a person seeking to participate
(18:13):
in a service at a house abortion. So that's the potential.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
And I'm sure this type of arrest has happened before,
but certainly rare, I would imagine, right, and.
Speaker 4 (18:23):
You know, even look, even people who are part of
this anti Ice movement. Whoa whoa woll Bridge too far,
you know, because they see that the crossing this line
is being sacricinct. So I think that's why again, even
people who support the calls to stop the ICE operations
in Minnesota are not happy with seeing the demonstrators disrupt
(18:44):
a service inside of a church.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
Last one for you.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
J D Vance's visit yesterday, yesterday to Minneapolis sounds as
if it's exactly what folks expected, as you discussed yesterday,
just a reinforcement that this is still a priority and
they're not going anywhere.
Speaker 4 (18:58):
Right again, the v saying that you know, if you
want to protest, go ahead, but do it peacefully, don't
interfere with the ICE operations. He urged the mayor and
the governor to do more to cooperate with the Feds.
They say a lot of these these operations could be
avoided if there were more cooperation at the state and
local level. So it was, yeah, like I said, it
(19:20):
was the message we pretty much predicted was gonna come yesterday.
But the VP was very blunt in taking a lot
of reporters questions and sort of laying out the situation
as he sees it.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Rory as always, we appreciate your time. Enjoy the weekend,
Stay safe, my friend, and we'll talk soon.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
It's gonna be Sonny in seventy eight today. Yeah, I'm going.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
Oh you rubbing it in?
Speaker 4 (19:38):
Come on now, yes, yes, I am all right.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
Enjoy if out there, enjoy yourself. Rory, that's Rory O'Neil
letting us know it's sunny and in the high seventies
for him, good for him. All right, let's get a
check of traffic in weather. We'll get a look at
today's forecast coming your way with Matt Melosovich. Right now,
we've got twenty eight degrees in clear skies and who's ready?
Speaker 2 (19:57):
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