1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Hammer and Nigel Show. Got there, buddy, 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: My name is Nigel Jasonahmer right over there with a 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: very special in studio guest, the. 4 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:12,120 Speaker 2: Traffic Beast, The best traffic reporter in all of Indianapolis 5 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 2: is our very own Matt Bear. 6 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 3: Matt, how was this morning? 7 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: Now? 8 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 2: I know not everybody was at work today. It wasn't 9 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,279 Speaker 2: the full carnage that we thought it would be. But 10 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 2: how was this morning? 11 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,439 Speaker 4: It was everything we expected it to be. It was 12 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 4: just that bad. I got in and sat down. We 13 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 4: started reporting about six o'clock and I started at six 14 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 4: o five and we already had about seven or eight 15 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 4: incidents on the interstates, and a lot of these being stalls, 16 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 4: you know, people just getting stuck in snow, and some 17 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 4: of them because of the cold weather. Remember we're still 18 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 4: dealing with that and cars are going to break down, 19 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:46,959 Speaker 4: so it's going to get worse. 20 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 3: As the week goes on. 21 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: If you're just talking about cold weather, are you kidding me? Yeah? 22 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's brutal right now, which is why we advise 23 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 4: people to maybe take a blanket toward an extra jacket 24 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 4: code or something like that. Whatever you're going out, But 25 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 4: this morning was rough. This afternoonah, I don't want to 26 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 4: say better necessarily because I said this during one of 27 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 4: the reports earlier. We take a stall out or a 28 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 4: breakdown or somebody getting stuck in snow, and then another 29 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 4: one comes right up. And that's kind of been the 30 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 4: whole day today, especially when you're dealing with snow. People 31 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 4: are getting stuck in snow drifts on the interstates. Not 32 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 4: as bad as this morning, but I've still seen it 33 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 4: happen this afternoon. 34 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 3: So I said earlier, and I think Nige agreed with me. 35 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 2: I said that the main interstates that I drive on 36 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 2: were drivable. 37 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,479 Speaker 3: I'm not saying they were great, but they were drivable. 38 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,639 Speaker 2: As we kind of get into the heart of rush 39 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 2: hour here for those that went to work today or 40 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 2: went to school and had activities whatever, I know, it's 41 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 2: not many. 42 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 3: How are we looking? Is it drivable? Is it any better? 43 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 4: I have not seen an interstate that you can't make 44 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 4: it through. Right now. Everything looks decent enough to be 45 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 4: able to get home and get to wherever you need 46 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 4: to be getting to go. Now, keep in mind we're 47 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 4: still under a travel warning, which means we do not 48 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 4: travel unless they have to. A work emergency person now 49 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 4: and that's going to expire at midnight. So Tuesday morning 50 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 4: rush hour, we're back at it. 51 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 3: We are back. 52 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 4: We're talking about a full boat of cars and trucks 53 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,239 Speaker 4: back on the interstates. And I'm telling you right now 54 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 4: again back to the cold weather. With this cold weather, 55 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 4: there will be no relief on those on an off ramp, 56 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 4: so there will be no relief on those bridges. They 57 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 4: are still going to be very slick and very hazardous. 58 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 4: So when you go to work, allow an extra ten 59 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 4: to fifteen minutes, whatever you have to do. I know 60 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 4: it sucks, it's like going back to work on a Monday, 61 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 4: but still. 62 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 3: Do it because it is easy. I have a rear 63 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 3: wheel drive car. That's oh wow, it was. Oh it 64 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 3: was mister Toad's wild ride. 65 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 4: I'm all over the place here this morning and my 66 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 4: asses one snowbang to another. But we are able to 67 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 4: make it in because I allowed some extra time. Now, 68 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 4: I'm not saying I'm a great driver, but it was 69 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 4: good enough to be able to get in today. Do 70 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 4: the same thing tomorrow. You won't regret it. 71 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: I was on my way in from the northwest side 72 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: from Boone County sixty five South, and I think like 73 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: it was kind of a ghost town, which was good, 74 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: I think because that allowed the plows to do their 75 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: job and to make the streets passable. 76 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 3: Again, this wasn't six o'clock in the morning, this is noon. 77 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,799 Speaker 1: This was six hours later, so I think the road 78 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: conditions probably improved. But man, the other thing is make 79 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: way for the plows. If you see one coming up 80 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: on you, or you're coming up on one, just get 81 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: the hell out. 82 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 3: Of the way. 83 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 4: A lot of these guys have been working forty an hours, 84 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 4: twenty four hours, I know with the city contractors. Like 85 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 4: for the residential streets, the city brings out contractors and 86 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 4: they've been working since I believe about five pm yesterday night. 87 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 4: So these contractors that go into the residential neighborhoods, they're 88 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 4: the ones Allison was talking about earlier, and you guys 89 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 4: as well. You know, they're the ones that get the 90 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 4: side streets and they have to have their jobs done, 91 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 4: their shifts finished by tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday afternoon. 92 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 3: That's the way this thing is set up. 93 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 4: So with the Idiotapolis new snow removal policy, they are 94 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 4: in the tier three. These are the people they bring 95 00:03:58,040 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 4: out to do the side streets. 96 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 3: So time is a factory. 97 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 4: Time is a factor, and you have the contractors only 98 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 4: come out with four inches plus of snow, so that's 99 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 4: what we had and they're doing their jobs. And I 100 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 4: believe DPW just sent out an email about forty five 101 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 4: minutes ago saying as of this morning, fifty percent out 102 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 4: of the nine townships were completed. Nine townships, fifty percent 103 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,359 Speaker 4: of that snow removal is completed. So we still have 104 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 4: waste to go before tomorrow afternoon. But they are working 105 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 4: on it, and they are due diligence right now and 106 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:27,600 Speaker 4: they've been really good. 107 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 2: So just like the wine moms in Westfield on a 108 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 2: Friday night, there's a lot of plowing still to be done. 109 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 3: I didn't know that was a thing. 110 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 4: You're all gonna make a no man go to Westfield, 111 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 4: never go, thank you, hammer. 112 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 3: Met bear traveling to Westfield this night, no or no 113 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 3: snow thing. 114 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 2: I mean, it's just a cross country tour, but it's 115 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 2: spelled differently. 116 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: Wow. 117 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 3: Oh, come on, that's a good joke. 118 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: Though. 119 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 3: That's a good joke. I was just gonna say. 120 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: The other thing is with the temperature, Matt, I mean 121 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 1: the white stuff that we're sitting on the sides of 122 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: the roads, and even on portions of the interstate. It's 123 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: going to be around for. 124 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 3: A while, Yeah, it is. 125 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 4: And you get on those interstates and like we were 126 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 4: talking at the top of the break here, you look 127 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 4: at the interstates, you're like, I can do this. I 128 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 4: can do this, even my crappy little car. But it 129 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 4: lures us into a false sense of security. 130 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 1: I saw it today with the Honda Pilot in front 131 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: of me. Man, that guy did like a three sixty 132 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: coming up on twenty first Street on sixty five South 133 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: coming into downtown. I've like he was one hundred yards 134 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: in front of me and he passed me. I don't 135 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: think he was necessarily driving erradically, but man, he hit 136 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: a patch. Yeah, and he'd spun out, hit the embankment 137 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: and snow and I saw some parts of his fender 138 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 1: go flying. Now he was able to kind of turn 139 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: around and get back out. But it like a false 140 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: sense of security just because you see a clear patch. 141 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 4: On the road, right, Yeah, And nothing makes you feel 142 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 4: cooler than having a small car and spitting out in 143 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 4: the middle of the road. 144 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:52,359 Speaker 3: I can tell you that. 145 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 4: These intersections like this morning and This is something to 146 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 4: watch out for when you go to work tomorrow. Like 147 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 4: I'm trying to get on which is a very major 148 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 4: thoroughfare here in downtown. I'm coming from a Seine street 149 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 4: with the plowing. The plowing is good, the snow drifts 150 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 4: are bad. I have to like go ramming speed to 151 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 4: get through the. 152 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 3: She on my rear wheel. You're gonna get stuck. 153 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, You're gonna get stuck. And the thing that's I mean, 154 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,119 Speaker 4: it's good, it's four thirty in the morning. There aren't 155 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 4: a lot of people out. But what sucks is if 156 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 4: that was a busy time at Delaware, I. 157 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 3: Could have been screwed. And that's you're like d Day 158 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 3: and Animal House driving the death mobile. 159 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 1: I have the welder's mask and everything like let's go ference. 160 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, those that's something to watch out for tomorrow because 161 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 4: the intersections with the plowing could be tough to get through, 162 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 4: especially if you're toting. 163 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 3: So please be careful of that. 164 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 2: All right, So last thing here and somewhat serious. I 165 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 2: know we've been trying to have a lighthearted conversation about 166 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 2: the chaos that is our roads here. What advice do 167 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 2: you give somebody that's like like poor Allison. She lives 168 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,679 Speaker 2: in an area where it's nothing but like county roads 169 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 2: before you get to a highway. Well, there's a lot 170 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 2: of people that can't get to the highway where it 171 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 2: might be clear, like the county road areas are a mess. 172 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 3: I don't want to call the hotline and bombard. 173 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 2: These people because I feel like it's going to be 174 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 2: ignored in the order it's received. What advice would you 175 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 2: give somebody like Alison that lives in the sticks or 176 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 2: an area where there's no plow trucks of any kind, 177 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 2: what can they do? 178 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 4: Well, it's not the sexiest answer, but just to stay put. 179 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 4: That was really the thing we learned from this morning. 180 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 4: And I know in Allison's case, you know, she could 181 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 4: wait until noon to get your streets cleared and everything 182 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 4: ready to go. But that's I mean, that's not going 183 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 4: to be a lot of cases. I think as some 184 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 4: of the rural roads I used to live nearby in 185 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 4: rural Indiana up north. Add Yeah, I feel like I'd 186 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 4: take forever, maybe days sometimes. But if you can stay put, 187 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 4: if you have a boss that's sympathetic, and I'm sure 188 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 4: they are, stay home. If you can't. I did get 189 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 4: a tweet today and says, hey, I'm non essential and 190 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 4: my boss is making me go to work and I 191 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 4: hate that, but that's that's kind of the way it is. 192 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 4: So if you can stay put, that would be fantastic, because, again, 193 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 4: as we alluded to, the plows are out there, the 194 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 4: cops are doing I've seen so many pictures of the 195 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 4: State Police digging out other motorists today. It's super cool 196 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 4: on them. But again, we want to give them plenty 197 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 4: of rooms. So stay put if you can. That travel 198 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 4: warning still exist until midnight, and. 199 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 2: Coming up here a little bit after five o'clock Sergeant 200 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 2: John Parry. 201 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 3: And if the Indiana State Police will join. 202 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 2: Us with the latest on what he's seeing and some 203 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 2: more tips until then, Matt, behar. 204 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 3: Before your next traffic hit. 205 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 2: Any area that we need to be concerned with around 206 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 2: central Indie right. 207 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 4: Now, I've had good reports people saying they're taking sixty 208 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 4: five from four to sixty five down to Louisville. 209 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 3: They said, that looks really good. 210 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 4: As far as the areas that are going to be 211 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 4: a little more difficult, think about those rural areas and 212 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 4: driving on interstates. I'm thinking for seventy four for some 213 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 4: reason by Brownsburg and between that and Pittsburgh. I mean, 214 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,199 Speaker 4: these rural areas, that's where you get into the big 215 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 4: time blowing and driftings. Know, that is trouble for me 216 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 4: because I am not high off the ground, and all 217 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 4: of a sudden you can get on you a squaw squawking, 218 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 4: get all you and the next thing you know, you 219 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 4: can't see anything. So when you're out in the rural areas, 220 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 4: watch out for that blowing and drifting snow. 221 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 3: It's just I mean, it's tough to drive right now. 222 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 3: It's tough traveling. It's Indiana traveling. 223 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 4: It's January and Indiana. 224 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 3: It's sex. 225 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 4: But we're dealing with it and we're doing well. 226 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 3: Matt Bear, the traffic Beast. We'll touch base with you 227 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 3: here in a few minutes. My friend. 228 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 4: Thank you, privilege guys, thank you. 229 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 3: It's the Hammer and Nigel Show.