It’s A Kat Country Snow Day + Animals Shelter Slumber Party

It’s a Kat Country Snow Day! Sarah Lee goes over how she got her outside animals ready for the storm. Sarah Lee’s Top 3 stories of the day. Lincoln County Animal Services had a slumber party with their shelter animals because of the ice storm.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Happy Monday. It is cold and icy outside.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Officials aren't urging you if you can stay home, stay
home and off the roads DOT. They have been working
non stop to clear this ice and they want you
to stay safe. So big thank you to DOT firemen,
police officers, medic keeping us safe throughout this ice storm.
All of Charlotte and surrounding schools have been closed for

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the day. Cats have suspended bus and light rail service.
So it's just a mess out there and we want
to keep you safe. We will keep you up to
date on the weather and all things happening all morning long.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
Ninety six point nine.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
The Cat our Carolina guy Eric Church is coming to town,
and imagine not only go into the concert, but walcome
backstage spending some quality face to face time with the
Chief himself. That's what we're gonna do. We're gonna give
you tickets and take you backstage. Your chance to win
your way in coming up in seven minutes.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
Ninety six point nine.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
The Cat get a lot of snow, but we did
get a lot of ice and it is still out there,
so officials are urging you.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
To please stay up the road if you can.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
I worked extra hard Saturday before the storm hit. To
make sure that my mini horse, Pinto, had his enclosure
super warm. He was gonna be nice and toasty, and
I was worried sick.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
I bought so much.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
Hey, and this little mini horse decided he wanted to
stand outside during the ice storm and not.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
In his spin. I have had a weekend. I'm telling you.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
He just loves to He literally rolled around in the ice.
His fur was frozen. But he's doing great today. And
I hope you are stay warm, stay up the roads,
and we'll keep you up to date with all the
latest weather. All morning, ninety six point nine the cat.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
What's the Carolina is talking about today? Sarah Lee's Top three.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
The Patriots are taking on the Seahawks in the Super Bowl.
This is the first time in Big Game history as
Charlotte native is leading one of the teams as quarterback.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
And that's Drake May.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
He was the quarterback at Myers Park High School, went
on to play for the Tar Hills, and ten years
ago he and his dad went to his first and
only Super Bowl game. That was to cheer on our
Carolina Panthers and he was only thirteen years old. And
he's not the only Charlotte native going to the big game.
Garrett Bradberry played at Charlotte Christian. He is the center

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for the New England Patriots, so I'm may be a
little biased, but I'm going New England Patriots all the
way taking down the Seahawks.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
Let's go.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
No, hopefully you don't have to go into work today.
Officials are urging everyone to stay off the road if
you can.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
Big thank you to DOT.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
They have been working around the clock to clear up
the roads and make them safe again, but with all
this ice, they are working overtime and so is Duke Energy.

Speaker 1 (02:56):
Lots of people woke up without power this morning.

Speaker 2 (02:59):
Out of just have been reported off Still Creek, Ashley
Park area, Wesley Hills, some off Highway twenty nine up
towards China Grove. So big thank you to the linemen
out there working in this ice.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
Please be safe.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
And lots of cancelations this morning. If you feel like
you do have to leave your house, you want to
make sure the business that you're trying to get to
is open. Lots of doctors' offices, the schools in our
area are closed, and you could check out the latest
closings and delays up on our Instagram page and I'll
keep you up today all morning long.

Speaker 1 (03:31):
Thanks for waking up with the ninety six point nine
The Cat.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
Animal lovers, you are gonna love what Lincoln County Animal
Services did for their animals during the ice dorm. Their
team had a slumber party at this shelter to make
sure that all fifty six animals in their care were
safe from the storm. You should see the dogs smiling
in these pictures. If you've never seen an animal smile,
they actually do. I shared it with you on Facebook.

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Go check it out. Thanks for waking up with ninety
six point nine the Cat. You may make it into
work today, but we're gonna make sure you still get paid.
We've got one thousand dollars. It's a part of our
thirteen kpay day. We give away one thousand dollars thirteen
times a day. You're just gonna listen for that keyword
coming up at ten o'clock. When you hear it, enter

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Speaker 1 (04:18):
Is that easy to win? Good luck? Thanks for waking
up with ninety six point nine in the Cat.