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<v Speaker 1>Billy cunning Him the great American, the weather terrif the

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<v Speaker 1>correct all health breaking.

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<v Speaker 2>Loose from your trista.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, it is on the reestimated what is happening.

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<v Speaker 1>But we're going to have live coverage all day as

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<v Speaker 1>much as we can about the roads, about the bridges,

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<v Speaker 1>about the thoroughfares, about the hospitals and more. Until then,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to check in with the seven or eight

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<v Speaker 1>counties that surround Hamilton County. The most important, of course

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<v Speaker 1>is Butler County and your good friend Richard K. Jones

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<v Speaker 1>and Sheriff once again, welcome on the snowy Monday afternoon

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<v Speaker 1>in the Tri State to the Bill Cunningham Show. And Sheriff,

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<v Speaker 1>what's the status of Butler County? Other emergencies declared? Is

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<v Speaker 1>at one, two or three? The highways, the bridges, how

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<v Speaker 1>we looking? Give me a full report, Sheriff.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what we got. I started yesterday coming in checking

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<v Speaker 2>the roads out around four pm yesterday as the snow

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<v Speaker 2>was just sprinkling a little bit. The roads were passable.

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<v Speaker 2>A few accidents. At six pm Butler County, we added dispatchers,

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<v Speaker 2>we added our emergency response teams, placed them out throughout

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<v Speaker 2>the County had them on alert. It can help people

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<v Speaker 2>you don't know what happens. We also opened our EOC

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<v Speaker 2>and and we had it operational. We had everybody out.

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<v Speaker 2>We declared a Level one snow emergency in the beginning.

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<v Speaker 2>Level one is just where you can just don't go

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<v Speaker 2>out unless you have to. A Level two is absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>don't go out unless you have two. A Level three

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<v Speaker 2>is it's against the law to go out unless you're

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<v Speaker 2>a emergency worker. We didn't decare declare level two or

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<v Speaker 2>a level three. We declared a level two. Right now,

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<v Speaker 2>it looks like we've got eight to nine inches of snow,

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<v Speaker 2>which is a lot, and people don't have their snow

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<v Speaker 2>legs on. You get snow legs when you have snow.

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<v Speaker 2>Last year, we never had snow. This year we got

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<v Speaker 2>snow or snow. People think they can hit the brakes

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<v Speaker 2>and then they slide and lose control. We've had a

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<v Speaker 2>few accidents. I just got foam with dispatch. I visited

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<v Speaker 2>the dispatch last night and our EOC and right now

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<v Speaker 2>we're maintaining still don't go out unless you have to.

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<v Speaker 2>We still have I think maybe three inches of snow

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<v Speaker 2>depending who you listen to, coming on top of this,

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<v Speaker 2>and I want to put some caution out to people.

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<v Speaker 2>If you go out and shovel snow, a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people do that. They lose their they don't know how

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<v Speaker 2>much they're shoveling, they get out of breath, their heart

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<v Speaker 2>rate gets up, they die, or the life squads have

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<v Speaker 2>to come out. Happens every year. We have it every

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<v Speaker 2>time all over the United States. And if you have

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<v Speaker 2>dogs or animals outside, take care of them. Remember, and

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<v Speaker 2>small dogs their legs might only be two inches tumble

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<v Speaker 2>and if they go outslide, you got to shovel a

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<v Speaker 2>little spot for him. You got to take care of

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<v Speaker 2>your animals. And when I shovel snow, I got a

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<v Speaker 2>shovel snow for a little dog that I got. Legs

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<v Speaker 2>are about two inches. It's a tough business. But right

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<v Speaker 2>now everything's going well. It's still we're under a level two.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't go out unless you have to, and just be

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<v Speaker 2>careful with everything you do until when you go outside

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<v Speaker 2>you slift fall. But in Butler County there will snow

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<v Speaker 2>emergency level two. I don't see I'm going to lift

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<v Speaker 2>that anytime soon.

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<v Speaker 1>Bill, Well, what about the interstate seventy one seventy five

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<v Speaker 1>is that I think it's passable. But seventy one cutting

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<v Speaker 1>the hill and Stewart Road is a semi that's blocking

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<v Speaker 1>all lanes of the travel. What's the condition of seventy

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<v Speaker 1>one seventy five in Butler County?

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<v Speaker 2>It's drive with caution. Sometimes they'll have the drifting snow,

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<v Speaker 2>the blowing snow. You might have one lane open, stay

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<v Speaker 2>in that lane, Go slow, don't go fast, don't get angry,

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<v Speaker 2>don't try to get around somebody. And if you go out,

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<v Speaker 2>put some clothes in there. You don't know what's going

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<v Speaker 2>to happen. Make sure your phone is charged, warm clothes,

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<v Speaker 2>and so you can get somebody to come get you.

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<v Speaker 2>The best thing is to not go out unless you

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<v Speaker 2>have to, because when you get in an accident and the

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<v Speaker 2>emergency people have to come out, they risk their lives

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<v Speaker 2>get out. So right now the roads are passable in

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<v Speaker 2>Butler County, and Greg Wilkins, the engineer, doing a great

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<v Speaker 2>job with his trucks getting up ahead of this. And

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<v Speaker 2>in the cities they've done a great job. Hamilton, Middletown, Fairfield,

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<v Speaker 2>west Chester, they're all doing a good job. These people

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<v Speaker 2>have been up twenty four hours hitting the snow, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's still coming in most of the time. Like on

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<v Speaker 2>Raine fourth, there's one lane open just on either side.

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<v Speaker 2>Just drive the one lane when you turn, be careful.

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<v Speaker 2>But right now, well, I'm watching the snow. It's still

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<v Speaker 2>flaking down and again it looks like we've had eight

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<v Speaker 2>to nine inches someplace, maybe be more some or less,

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<v Speaker 2>and we've still got more coming.

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<v Speaker 1>My friend and sheriff. I'm looking at the forecast. The

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<v Speaker 1>low overnight's going to be nine degrees. I would imagine

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<v Speaker 1>everything on the roadway is going to freeze. It's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be solid ice. And looking forward to Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,

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<v Speaker 1>the low temperatures are single digits or below, and so

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<v Speaker 1>the snow and the ice there now are are going

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<v Speaker 1>to be there. I'm looking ahead ten days next Wednesday

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<v Speaker 1>of next week, the low temperature is six and the

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<v Speaker 1>high temperature is twenty six. So these conditions will be

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<v Speaker 1>present for the next two weeks anyway. And so what

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<v Speaker 1>if you're an employer, there are something most employees have

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<v Speaker 1>shut down, most of them aren't opening up. Would you

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<v Speaker 1>encourage businesses in Butler County not to open?

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<v Speaker 2>That's up to them. But listen, your employees have to

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<v Speaker 2>make make it to work. I have employees that work

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<v Speaker 2>at the Sheriff's office, the civilian employees, and we had

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<v Speaker 2>to pick some of them up to come in. We

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<v Speaker 2>had a massive swearing in ceremony today where we I

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<v Speaker 2>swore all of my employees in roughly five hundred employees

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<v Speaker 2>and they come to work. It's a massive project. You're

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<v Speaker 2>going to swear them each inn and in groups, and

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<v Speaker 2>then the paperwork that has to be done anytime there's

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<v Speaker 2>a new shaff or a new office holder. So what

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<v Speaker 2>I would encourage people to do is a use caution

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<v Speaker 2>and if you can shut down for a little while,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not going to kill anything. But I'm not I

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<v Speaker 2>don't run your business in a Level two. They can

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<v Speaker 2>still come in, but I would recommend that they very

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<v Speaker 2>very patiently and have caution having people come in. It's

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<v Speaker 2>really not worth it to make an extra dollar. I

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<v Speaker 2>understand the American way, but use caution.

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<v Speaker 1>And Level three means if you're out on the road,

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<v Speaker 1>so you'll be arrested. You don't see a level three

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<v Speaker 1>being declared unless something different occurs.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't see a level three at this time. We're

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<v Speaker 2>still monitoring throughout the county, the traffic, the roads, the

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<v Speaker 2>weather conditions. I've talked to other I talked to Preble

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<v Speaker 2>County Sheriff last night and we were in communication. We

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<v Speaker 2>talked to the road crews. We try to make it

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<v Speaker 2>safe for everybody as safe as we can. And I

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<v Speaker 2>want everybody to be assured that your sheriff's office is

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<v Speaker 2>on this and we're out there. Well, hey, we're out

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<v Speaker 2>there at night, we're out there during the day. We're

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<v Speaker 2>out in the rain, tornadoes, hurricanes, and we're on the road.

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<v Speaker 2>And my emergency response cans they're actually trained for this,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're already out anyway. They have several jobs. They're

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<v Speaker 2>patrolled deputies, they're correction officers, and they're already at work,

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<v Speaker 2>and when something bad enough happens, we can activate them

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<v Speaker 2>and send them out to do what they have to do.

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<v Speaker 2>They've been deployed all over the country. And then when

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to you habit something like this here, we're

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<v Speaker 2>prepared for.

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<v Speaker 1>That bill right because of your work in the South

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<v Speaker 1>and elsewhere, well, you know, we're not used to this.

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<v Speaker 1>I can recall back in the good old days that

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<v Speaker 1>really weren't that good anyway, these winter temperatures were kind

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<v Speaker 1>of normal. This is what happened all the time. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think the last several years we've had one snowstorm

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<v Speaker 1>of great significance. I can't recall the last time we

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<v Speaker 1>had ice and freezing rain and ten inches of twelve

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<v Speaker 1>inches of snow and impassable conditions. It's been a long time,

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<v Speaker 1>and people don't know how to drive in this kind

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<v Speaker 1>of weather if they've done it in a while. But

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<v Speaker 1>we'll see what happened. Sheriff, great job. I'm glad you're there,

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<v Speaker 1>and today was the day that you had to come

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<v Speaker 1>to work. You will anyway, but today's the day you've

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<v Speaker 1>got to swear all the new deputies under your leadership in.

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<v Speaker 1>I know the High Supreme Court's got a big investiture tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 1>and I anticipate I'm supposed to be the MC. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna check which Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy later on from

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<v Speaker 1>Butler County, whether that thing's going on. But Sheriff, thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for coming on the Bill Cunningham Show. Stay safe and

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<v Speaker 1>thanks for checking in. I appreciate it very much.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, I'll be in touch with you. Just everybody just

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<v Speaker 2>drive cautiously and be careful and again Sheriff's suss got

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<v Speaker 2>your back.

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<v Speaker 1>Man, Sheriff Richard K. Jones, you're the best. Thanks again

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<v Speaker 1>for coming on the Bill Cunningham Show. Thank you, Sheriff.

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<v Speaker 1>While let's continue with more, we also have weather updates

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<v Speaker 1>constantly from Channel nine and also Chuck Ingram is here

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<v Speaker 1>with the traffic and more. It's your home of the

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<v Speaker 1>Bengals are looking for three or four new coaches on

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<v Speaker 1>news Radio seven hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>You ought to