WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:02.960 All right, let's get it started. Welcome in, Happy Friday. 2 00:00:03.960 --> 00:00:05.759 You can feel it, right, It's Friday. We've made it 3 00:00:05.799 --> 00:00:07.839 to the end of the week and I'm on vacation 4 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:10.919 next week, which is exciting. So I'm gonna make the 5 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:12.679 most of these four hours before I get out of 6 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:15.240 here for a week. I know you'll miss me, right right, 7 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:19.760 everybody will miss me, right Please say please, thank you. 8 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:20.760 I needed that. 9 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:23.000 You won't believe how much on mission Nick, thank you? 10 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:25.280 Yeah really, John and I talked about that yesterday. 11 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:27.359 Yeah, I'm sure it's been a real real process for 12 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:29.359 you guys this week, just the dread and worry of 13 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:32.240 knowing what life will be like without me for a week. 14 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:36.280 But yeah, that's nothing better than to really uh inflate 15 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:39.240 my ego myself. I'm doing it myself clearly to get 16 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:40.679 the show started here on a Friday. But it is 17 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:43.240 Kentucky and this Morning News, Coffee and Company, and we 18 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:45.759 were rolling with you for the next four hours. And 19 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:50.000 I tell you what, We've got cooler temperatures comparatively speaking, 20 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:53.200 this feels I mean, it's not fall weather, nothing close 21 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:54.560 to it, but it kind of feels like it. Given 22 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:57.000 the heat way we've had recently, and we had football 23 00:00:57.039 --> 00:00:59.960 on TV last night. I mean, this is arousing. I mean, 24 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:02.359 this is what we've been waiting for. And we got 25 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:03.759 a long way to go before we actually get to 26 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:06.319 real football games. Well not a super long way, but 27 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:10.040 still long. Yeah, seeing football on TV last night it 28 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:12.439 got me excited again. 29 00:01:12.519 --> 00:01:15.359 Next Saturday, well coming up, not this Saturday, but next Saturday. 30 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:21.599 Will mark the Saturday football every Saturday until February. Mid February, dude, 31 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:24.519 this is the last Saturday. So if you need to 32 00:01:24.519 --> 00:01:28.959 get stuff done and you're distracted by football, tomorrow's the 33 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:29.879 day to get it done. 34 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:33.319 Noted. Everybody, make sure you keep that in mind because 35 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:35.400 he's don't say he didn't try to get your prepared 36 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:37.920 right or what's about to come whenever we actually get 37 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:41.120 to you know, the real stretch of it. And that's fun. 38 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:44.519 I've talked about this before on my sports show, and 39 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:49.840 because of sports just being such a huge part of 40 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:53.519 my life, my lifestyle, and really the older I get, 41 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:56.159 the more I think, you know, I don't think there's 42 00:01:56.159 --> 00:01:58.000 anything wrong with that, but you know, you kind of 43 00:01:58.040 --> 00:01:59.319 grow out of that a little bit because you know, 44 00:01:59.359 --> 00:02:01.519 you got things that you you that are like you can't. 45 00:02:01.760 --> 00:02:03.840 I can't not be a dad for a weekend because 46 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:05.400 Louis was playing in a big game, you know what 47 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:07.840 I mean. Like I've got responsibilities like like most people do. 48 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:13.479 But my years have always not necessarily like mentally, my years, 49 00:02:14.039 --> 00:02:17.800 they don't change over in January. They change over when 50 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:20.680 we get to a new sports season. And and so 51 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:23.039 for me, like once we get past Derby and the 52 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:25.280 sports year, for me, as far as what I really 53 00:02:25.560 --> 00:02:28.800 you know, crave and and love covering, that's kind of like, 54 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:30.840 all right, well, now the off seasons here, the year's over, 55 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:34.199 and then once we get to football starting, then you 56 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:37.199 have that going for obviously the entire season. Then college 57 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:40.400 basketball starts and then you really roll into about Derby 58 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:43.879 and like that. So when a school year starts, football starts, 59 00:02:43.879 --> 00:02:45.439 that's kind of what that to me, that's kind of 60 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:47.240 how I chalk up here we go, there's another year. 61 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:50.919 Because I basically have made my years based off of seasons. 62 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:53.520 There's been there's a magic to your point, I feel 63 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:56.439 your vibe because there's a magic to that that fall 64 00:02:56.560 --> 00:02:59.319 transition when we and what it is the beauty of 65 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:02.319 college football is basically it's it's a summer. It's a 66 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:05.159 it's a fall picnic that breaks us from summer, from 67 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:07.840 coast to coast. That's what college football. As people go out, 68 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:10.280 they tailgate. You see it Louisville games, you see at 69 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:12.080 Kentucky games. You can see it down at Moorehead and 70 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:14.879 Murray wherever you go up there. And I you, John, 71 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:17.039 that's one of my favorite places to tailgate is up 72 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:17.639 in Bloomington. 73 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:18.599 Oh yeah, beautiful place. 74 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:21.879 Oh my god, in Bloomington in the fall is magical 75 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:22.560 and quick. 76 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:25.120 Right, And my my wife and daughter are not sports 77 00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:27.759 fans by any means, but football is kind of served 78 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:31.479 as a rallying cry for our family. And whether it 79 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:33.759 be a Saturday afternoon where we're all just kind of 80 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:37.960 sitting around, or it'd be Sunday, you know, everybody gathers around. 81 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:40.960 You don't have to be a technical football fan to 82 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:43.199 appreciate the football season. And that's a big part of 83 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:44.000 American culture. 84 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:45.400 Well, yes, that's what I was going to say, the 85 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:47.680 word culture. It is such a it is such a 86 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:51.319 big part of of really, and I know there's not 87 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:53.120 a lot of there's some people that just that really 88 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:56.199 aren't that interested in it. And I live I live 89 00:03:56.360 --> 00:03:59.080 so much of my life thinking, wait a second, it's 90 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:01.080 not a big party every thing you do in your life, 91 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:03.120 and then you know other people do different things. It's 92 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:04.759 it's it's you know, I was in my own world, 93 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:07.960 I suppose. But with this shift, as far as the 94 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:10.919 time of year, you really go from okay, summer break 95 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:14.960 for kids, you've got really really hot temperatures and technically 96 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:17.600 when football starts and school starts, it's still hot outside, 97 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:19.600 but it's going to start to downshift. But you go 98 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:21.920 from you know, kind of having a loose schedule because 99 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:24.560 again not to say that people don't follow baseball, but 100 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:28.000 when high school football starts for families, that's that's a 101 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:30.439 that's it's a huge priority, that takes up a lot 102 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:32.439 of time. It's a big emphasis for them, and that 103 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:34.879 that it's you know, it's it's gonna be here well 104 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:35.560 before you know it. 105 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:37.879 And you get so many communities, not just here in Louisville, 106 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:39.720 but start looking outside the waters and I look at 107 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:42.399 some of these communities in southern Indiana, look at some 108 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:43.560 of them around Kentucky. 109 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:44.480 You go to a place like. 110 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:48.439 Bell County, I mean communities rally around football. Oh yeah, 111 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:51.120 in a lot of ways, dude, So you're you're spot 112 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:53.079 on your assessment. There certainly is a changing of the 113 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:54.920 guard going on right now, and I think flipping the 114 00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:58.120 calendar to August really emphasizes that. 115 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:01.680 I can't wait and again it'll be here soon enough. Yep, 116 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:04.240 good stuff. All right, let's get you caught up on 117 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:07.279 the forecast. I was going to say the warcast. That's 118 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:09.519 not a word. But we'll get you caught up on 119 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:11.519 what we can expect today in the weather with Matt 120 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:13.959 Melissa Bitch of WLK why. Bobby Ellis will give us 121 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:16.279 an update on the traffic, and we'll keep this thing 122 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:18.800 rolling along a lot to get into today. Mayor Greenberg 123 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:21.279 set to join us at eight o'clock this morning, so 124 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:23.560 make sure you stick around for that and stick around 125 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:26.839 for us. We're here for the next three hours four 126 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:28.600 hours roughly, and I hope you stay with us right 127 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:32.680 here on news Radio forty whas. It is five point 128 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:35.399 sixteen here at Kentucky Anda's Morning News Coffee and Company, 129 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:38.600 Nick Coffee with you here on news radio at forty whas. So. 130 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:42.480 One of the big stories yesterday was the explosion that 131 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:47.480 took place in Jeffersonville. There was a house that exploded. 132 00:05:47.519 --> 00:05:51.759 Five people were injured, and it sounds like the injuries 133 00:05:52.120 --> 00:05:55.759 were not life threatening, which is certainly certainly good. However, 134 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:59.600 still an awful situation. And I didn't see some of 135 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:03.560 the I mean yesterday when looking at the monitor in 136 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:06.439 front of me. The wky coverage is what I saw 137 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:08.959 from a visual standpoint. Obviously was following along and keeping 138 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:11.079 up with what was being reported about it, but it was, 139 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:12.759 I mean, it's what you could expect, I suppose when 140 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:16.279 you hear a house exploding and one of those things 141 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:18.560 that just again from the visual standpoint, to know that 142 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:21.839 no one lost their life is really a miracle just 143 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:24.519 from the looks of it. But they found some of 144 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:27.000 those victims yesterday in the front yard and they flew 145 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:29.040 to to the hospital be a helicopter, while the remaining 146 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:31.959 three were taken to the hospital in an ambulance. So 147 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:36.639 the home completely completely destroyed and there's no evidence at 148 00:06:36.680 --> 00:06:39.720 all of malicious intent, which is also I would say, 149 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:42.360 a good sign. It doesn't change anything as far as 150 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:48.040 the outcome here, but investigators are urging the public not 151 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:50.800 to speculate on the cause and warning that you know, 152 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:55.360 rumors can be harmful and even slanderous, which this is 153 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:58.160 maybe me being the new guy here in following these 154 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:00.879 types of stories a little bit more as far as 155 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:05.160 the detail, But that just to me seems like well, 156 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:08.480 or like right out of the gate. Why would you 157 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:11.160 think people would speculate. I mean, I think more than anything, 158 00:07:12.279 --> 00:07:14.959 people would want to know. But I also think that 159 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:17.920 most would be aware that there's all kinds of different 160 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:22.600 scenarios that could have led to this happening. In fact, 161 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:25.839 I'm willing to acknowledge ignorance as far as how these 162 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:28.600 things happened to where you could tell me this explanation 163 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:30.199 and it may be something I would have never even 164 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:33.480 known possible that could cause that. So it might be 165 00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:38.279 because meaning they might be warning people not to speculate 166 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:41.199 and urging them, I should say, is because there was 167 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:45.839 a house that exploded with a natural gas leak in 168 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:49.319 twenty nineteen that I believe backs up to this house. 169 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:53.920 So to me, just trying to read the situation here, 170 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:57.040 reading between the lines, certainly speculating on my end, not 171 00:07:57.079 --> 00:07:59.480 any proof by any means, but people are going to 172 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:01.279 say this was this was caused by a gas leak, 173 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:05.319 and that of course would be you know, that would 174 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:08.800 be man. There's no there's no good way to have 175 00:08:08.839 --> 00:08:10.560 your house blow up, right, I mean, there's nothing like, 176 00:08:10.600 --> 00:08:12.920 there's no but to know that it was caused because 177 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:14.319 of a gas leak. I mean that would be you know, 178 00:08:14.319 --> 00:08:16.639 at that point, you're going to wonder who's responsible for 179 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:19.519 that gas leak happening. So yeah, the explosion that took 180 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:22.199 place in twenty nineteen on Assembly Drive was due to 181 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:25.439 a natural gas leak, and that explosion killed one man, 182 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:28.240 injured his wife and a neighbor. So one of the 183 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:33.759 attorneys involved in that twenty nineteen case shared that the 184 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:37.399 widow of the man who died that she's you know, 185 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:42.200 she's she's recovered, and she sends her best wishes to 186 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:46.320 the victims of this latest tragedy. So again, it's I 187 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:49.799 guess you could call it speculation, but it's reasonable speculation 188 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:54.600 without question that a house that backs up to a 189 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:58.080 home that previously exploded in twenty nineteen and killed somebody. 190 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:02.559 I mean, let's just be real here, most who are 191 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:05.200 you know, and again I'm not calling anybody else ignorant. 192 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:08.080 I don't know anything about what would lead to this. 193 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:11.320 So again, there's many scenarios that could be explained to me, 194 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:13.240 and I'll just take your word for it. If you're 195 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:15.480 somebody that does, in fact know a lot about this, 196 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.279 you're an expert. But I think most are just going 197 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:19.879 to assume, well, yeah, that can't that's too much of 198 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:24.360 a coincidence. Right. So Centerpoint Energy says no gas leaks 199 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:28.320 have been found in their system, but surveys are still ongoing, 200 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:31.200 and gas service in that area has been shut off 201 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:34.799 as a precaution, which makes total sense. So, yeah, a 202 00:09:34.840 --> 00:09:39.159 scary situation, but again, fortunately no one is suffering from 203 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:43.200 any life threatening injuries in that explosion. All Right, We've 204 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:44.679 got a loaded show for you guys the rest of 205 00:09:44.720 --> 00:09:46.399 the way, so stick with us. We've got sports coming 206 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:48.679 your way here. In just a few minutes, Scott Fitzgerald 207 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:51.279 will deliver his first sports update of the day, and 208 00:09:51.320 --> 00:09:53.399 of course you've got traffic and weather coming up. Bobby 209 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:55.039 Ellis will get us caught up on how the roadways 210 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:57.360 are looking this morning. Matt Melosa bitch is going to 211 00:09:57.360 --> 00:09:59.399 give us some good news. At least, I think it's 212 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:01.000 good news not to be as hot as it's been 213 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:03.519 the last couple of weeks, which that's that makes me happy, 214 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:05.480 I say, that as I'm heading to Florida, which will 215 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:08.120 probably be brutal humidity and whatnot, but hey, it'll be 216 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:10.159 on the beach and that'll be that'll be the best. 217 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:12.879 That's the best way to deal with some crazy heat, right, 218 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:15.600 all right, stick with us again. It's Kentucky Na's Morning News, 219 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:18.679 Coffee and Company we can hear on news radioaight forty whas. 220 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:23.200 I would certainly hope this is my mother's favorite radio show. 221 00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:25.279 It would really break my heart if it wasn't. But 222 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:26.919 I'm just gonna believe that it is. In fact, I 223 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:30.600 know that it is Happy Friday, everybody. It is Kentucky 224 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:32.600 and is Morning News with Coffee and Company here on 225 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:36.279 news Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee, that's me. You 226 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:39.120 just heard John Shannon prior to that, Scott Fitzgerald in 227 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:41.039 with sports and the one and only John Ald in 228 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:43.559 alongside today. So the team has asseymboled here on a Friday. 229 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:46.679 And just a reminder, I'll be out next week and 230 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:50.440 I'll miss you guys, and I know you'll be struggling 231 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:54.440 without me, I'm sure, but looking forward to a nice getaway. 232 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:57.720 But John, you knew this about me because of the 233 00:10:57.919 --> 00:11:01.960 years we worked together prior to the reunite being reunited 234 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:05.759 here at WHAS. But the pre travel anxiety is not 235 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:06.720 kicked in yet for me. 236 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:08.799 I wonder if it's because of the time of day 237 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:10.720 being so much different than you know, when you were 238 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:11.759 doing the afternoon show. 239 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:14.360 Yeah, I don't know. I usually would just get and 240 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:16.759 I don't know. It's a real thing, and maybe I 241 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:20.360 just looked it up to feel less or to feel 242 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:22.759 more normal, which really you can find anything on the 243 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:24.559 internet this day and age to make you believe whatever 244 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:27.000 it is that you want to believe. But when I 245 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:29.320 would go on any type of really trip, rather it 246 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:33.039 be vacation or just a trip that's you know, associated 247 00:11:33.080 --> 00:11:35.080 with work, but it's also you know, something I'm looking 248 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:37.879 forward to. Right before leaving for any kind of trip, 249 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:40.519 I get I would get this panic and this anxiousness 250 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:42.879 that well, I shouldn't be going. I don't need to 251 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:44.679 do you know, there's no I don't need to go. 252 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:46.919 There's and there's never really been a reason for that, 253 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:50.120 but for some reason, And it's good that hasn't kicked 254 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:52.639 in for me just yet, because I am excited to 255 00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:57.120 get down to Destin, Florida and I'm hoping that we 256 00:11:57.159 --> 00:12:00.559 see a much lighter crowd than when we have been 257 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:03.039 in previous years, because this is the latest we've gone 258 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:07.639 in a while. Once my daughter started school, we could 259 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:11.240 no longer go in early to mid August, just because 260 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:13.399 we needed to be back here so she could start school. 261 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:16.120 And we didn't realize how lucky we had it, because 262 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:19.440 most schools across the country are back when you get 263 00:12:19.480 --> 00:12:22.759 to August, at least early August, mid August. I mean, heck, 264 00:12:22.840 --> 00:12:24.440 it's wild to think that some of these schools in 265 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:27.000 southern Indiana started school in July and that could. 266 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:29.840 Again, it doesn't make any sense to me. 267 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:32.240 It felt early. But I went to dinner with my 268 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:37.399 dad yesterday and he pointed out that he couldn't believe 269 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:39.759 that those schools were already back in Those schools were 270 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:41.679 already back to school, And then he mentioned that it's 271 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:43.360 just in July, and I'm like, yeah, you know what 272 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:44.919 I hadn't thought about that. Just the optics of that 273 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:47.279 is it sounds like these kids are being robbed of 274 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:49.440 summer to know that they're back in school in the 275 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:51.039 month of July. Now again, it was only like one 276 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:54.320 or two days, but still it's really early, and I 277 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:56.279 don't I don't think. 278 00:12:56.080 --> 00:12:58.720 About the amount of snow days we had this past year. 279 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:00.960 I'm sure, I don't know for sure, but it wouldn't 280 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:03.159 surprise me if some of the Indiana schools went into 281 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:06.360 June before they got out for summer break. That seems 282 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:07.039 very short. 283 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:09.639 I feel like if you started school at the end 284 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:12.279 of July and let's just say, you only get a 285 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:16.120 few snow days, which honestly, last year was the worst 286 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:17.759 winter we've had in a while. I mean, we hadn't 287 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:20.759 had that many. I mean there was some what was 288 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:23.679 it the first week back to school from Christmas break 289 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:25.639 here in Louisville. I don't think they went back to school. No, 290 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:27.240 I think they got like a three week break. So, 291 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:30.240 but I'm just saying, if we get the average amount 292 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:32.919 of snow days within the last decade, it won't be 293 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:36.200 that many. To be honest with you, and you started 294 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:39.519 school in July, are you out by like Derby? I mean, 295 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:42.679 it's that would mean that would make sense as far 296 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:47.240 as with the typical school year when it lasts. But yeah, 297 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:49.919 I can imagine those kids knowing that they got to 298 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:52.080 go back to school and it's not you know. I mean, 299 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:54.679 I think we went back to school whenever I was 300 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:56.440 like in high school. I want to I think it 301 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:59.960 was like mid August, like two weeks from now, which 302 00:14:00.039 --> 00:14:03.320 maybe I'm wrong on that, but yeah, back to school. 303 00:14:04.440 --> 00:14:06.559 I mean, if you're in j CPS or the other 304 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:09.159 school districts here in the area, you'll it'll be your 305 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:12.840 day soon. In fact, it's next Thursday when JCPS starts, 306 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:16.159 so be prepared. But again, I'm out next week. You'll 307 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:17.840 be in good hands. It'll be the crew that you 308 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:21.320 typically get every morning here minus myself and then Joe 309 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:24.039 Elliott's going to be mixed in in some form or 310 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:26.960 fashion within the week. So you'll be in good hands. 311 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:28.480 And I'll miss you, and trust me, I know you 312 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:30.840 guys are gonna miss me like crazy. And I hope 313 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:32.200 you guys have been able to pick up on my 314 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:35.039 poor attempt at sarcasm here and there. We've got Rory 315 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:37.519 o Heil coming your way in about five minutes. Looking 316 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:40.320 forward to to the conversation with him, and it sounds 317 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:42.679 like he's gonna be able to give us some encouraging 318 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:45.720 news as far as the prices of homes, which if 319 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:48.919 you have not bought a home recently despite maybe needing 320 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:50.960 one looking for one because of the prices. I totally 321 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:53.000 get it. So maybe Roy is gonna Rory's gonna give 322 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:55.039 us some good news here in just a few minutes. 323 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:57.240 But your next update of traving weather, Bobby Ellis, will 324 00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:58.720 getus caught up on the roadways. As far as how 325 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:01.519 we're looking to get this Friday start, Matt Melosevich, we'll 326 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:03.320 tell us what we're in for as far as weather 327 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:08.399 right here on news radio eight forty whas Happy Friday, 328 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:11.240 ladies and gentlemen. It is Kentucky AND's morning news here 329 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:14.639 on news Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee with you, 330 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:18.759 and we now bring in Rory O'Neil of NBC News. Rory. 331 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:22.360 Home prices have dropped in fourteen of the major cities 332 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:25.120 here in the United States. What does this mean for 333 00:15:25.200 --> 00:15:28.320 buyers when it comes to, you know, finally being able 334 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:31.399 to feel more comfortable in making what is a huge 335 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:34.639 investment in a big purchase in anyone's life. It sounds 336 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:36.519 like things are getting better for those folks. 337 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:39.320 Well, yeah, so it is shifting a bit to the 338 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:42.600 buyers side of the equation, but things are still pretty 339 00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:46.120 jammed up right now. You're right. Medium home sales prices 340 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:50.200 fell in fourteen of the fifty biggest areas in the country, 341 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:53.559 and prices are falling because the housing market is slow 342 00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:56.519 due to the high housing costs and a lot of 343 00:15:56.559 --> 00:15:59.879 the economic uncertainty out there. Homes are also taking long 344 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:02.879 longer to sell than a year ago in just about 345 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:06.279 every major metropolitan area. A lot of people are still 346 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:08.960 waiting for perhaps that interest rate cut that could lower 347 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:11.559 mortgage rates, so that's kept a lot of buyers on 348 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:12.600 the sidelines as well. 349 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:15.080 I tell you what, I was thinking about this the 350 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:18.080 other day, and it may just be because it's something 351 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:20.720 I'm giving more thought to, But I can't remember the 352 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:24.360 last time I knew someone that was purchasing a home, 353 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:27.120 rather be the first time, or maybe they're just moving 354 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:29.879 up just because right now, with all things considered, it's 355 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:33.679 just a scary thing to do because of the economic uncertainty. 356 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:36.399 Do we know sort of those that are buying? Is 357 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:38.679 it people that are just not as worried about the 358 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:41.240 market because maybe they're financially just in a situation to 359 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:43.240 where it really won't matter to them. Because I just 360 00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:46.120 I'm trying to think of who right now unless you 361 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:48.039 just have to have somewhere to live, which again that 362 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:49.919 may be the case for some, but I just tarked 363 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:51.519 for me to envision when it comes to the average 364 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:53.720 American who's buying houses. 365 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:57.679 Well, right, and look, plenty of people still relocate, usually 366 00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:59.759 for work, so you know, there was still a lot 367 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:02.240 of mobility in the country for you know, and taking 368 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:04.920 new opportunities things like that, and a lot of people 369 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:08.200 are cashing out and perhaps downsizing a little bit, which 370 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:10.240 is also why we've seen a lot of pressure on 371 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:13.200 those entry level homes. You know, if you had a 372 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:15.519 family home in the Northeast, now you want to move 373 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:18.519 to Florida. You're you know, you had the four or 374 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:20.599 five bedroom house, Now you like just want a two 375 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:22.759 bedroom because it's just the two of you. That kind 376 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:26.039 of thing. Those small entry level houses are very tough 377 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:28.279 to find. But the you know, there are some hot 378 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:31.720 spots still. I mean a year in Cleveland, for instance, 379 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:36.319 prices are up fifteen percent. Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, is up 380 00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:39.640 about nine percent. Detroit is up about seven percent. But 381 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:42.440 then you go to Oakland, California, and then in Florida, 382 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:46.079 West Palm Beach and Jacksonville both have seen prices. Same 383 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:49.000 with Austin, Texas and Houston, Texas as well, where there's 384 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:52.039 been a big, big building boom. So that's a matter 385 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:54.799 of supply and demand in places like Austin and Houston. 386 00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:58.640 I feel like empty nesters may may not be able 387 00:17:58.640 --> 00:18:01.599 to become empty nestors as quickly as they wanted to, 388 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:04.160 or maybe they won't be able to stay in that 389 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:06.799 situation quite as long. Because if if you're finishing college 390 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:09.400 and you are looking to you know, you're no longer 391 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:12.039 living on campus because you graduated, I mean, you probably 392 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:15.000 don't have it right away. A job that financially puts 393 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:16.960 you in a spot where you're comfortably able to get 394 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:19.039 a lease on an apartment and certainly buy a home. 395 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:21.920 But he knows, maybe the empty nesters are thinking, Okay, 396 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:23.519 I need some relief. Yeah, you can come back, give 397 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:24.759 us a little bit of rent money to help with 398 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:25.559 this mortgage. 399 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:28.680 Well right, Well that's the other thing. So if you 400 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:32.359 have the empty nesters, though, say they're sixty five, you 401 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:34.920