1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,339 Good morning, Northern Michigan. 2 00:00:03,359 --> 00:00:06,240 This is Cup of Traverse City for the 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,139 12/17/2025, 4 00:00:09,919 --> 00:00:12,639 and I'm Mike. And as usual, we're gonna 5 00:00:12,639 --> 00:00:14,019 start with the weather today. 6 00:00:14,514 --> 00:00:16,594 Some some word that I haven't seen in 7 00:00:16,594 --> 00:00:18,295 a long time. Partly 8 00:00:18,835 --> 00:00:19,335 sunny 9 00:00:20,355 --> 00:00:21,094 with temperature 10 00:00:21,474 --> 00:00:24,675 falling to around 29 by 5PM. Yeah. Right 11 00:00:24,675 --> 00:00:27,335 now, it's, something like 34. 12 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:29,760 So, yeah, it's looking like things are melting 13 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:30,820 down a little bit, 14 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,679 but, it is gonna cool off below freezing. 15 00:00:33,679 --> 00:00:35,440 Wind will be five to 10 miles per 16 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:35,940 hour 17 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:37,780 and from the south. 18 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:41,440 So that's interesting. Mostly cloudy with a temperature 19 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:42,659 tonight of 20 00:00:43,234 --> 00:00:44,695 back up to 34 21 00:00:44,914 --> 00:00:45,975 by 4AM. 22 00:00:46,835 --> 00:00:49,074 Breezy with a south wind five to 10 23 00:00:49,074 --> 00:00:52,295 increasing to 20 miles per hour after midnight. 24 00:00:53,234 --> 00:00:55,975 Winds could get as high as 35 25 00:00:56,114 --> 00:00:56,854 in gusts. 26 00:00:57,810 --> 00:01:01,490 And let's see, Thursday drizzle before 1PM, then 27 00:01:01,490 --> 00:01:02,630 rain showers 28 00:01:03,010 --> 00:01:05,670 after 1PM. Highs near 45, 29 00:01:05,890 --> 00:01:08,310 breezy with a south wind 10 to 20, 30 00:01:09,170 --> 00:01:11,650 and gusts as high as 35. Chance of 31 00:01:11,650 --> 00:01:12,150 precipitation 32 00:01:12,689 --> 00:01:14,375 is 90%. 33 00:01:15,234 --> 00:01:17,715 And I usually don't go on to Thursday 34 00:01:17,715 --> 00:01:19,474 night, you know, a day out, but, 35 00:01:20,114 --> 00:01:23,394 rain and snow showers becoming all snow after 36 00:01:23,394 --> 00:01:24,194 10PM, 37 00:01:24,194 --> 00:01:25,655 so watch out for freezing. 38 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,280 That's gonna get sorta ugly, and I don't 39 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:32,159 know why my phone decided to, talk to 40 00:01:32,159 --> 00:01:33,060 me. Anyway, 41 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:35,780 the foibles of 42 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:36,740 podcasting. 43 00:01:38,515 --> 00:01:41,715 One interesting story I ran across. I I 44 00:01:41,715 --> 00:01:43,635 watched it on the news last night, which 45 00:01:43,635 --> 00:01:46,355 I generally don't watch the news, but, this 46 00:01:46,355 --> 00:01:47,814 one caught my ear. 47 00:01:49,395 --> 00:01:52,055 Michigan lawmakers are proposing telehealth 48 00:01:52,594 --> 00:01:53,655 for pets. 49 00:01:54,569 --> 00:01:56,670 And up until this point, the 50 00:01:56,969 --> 00:01:57,469 veterinarians 51 00:01:57,849 --> 00:02:00,909 had to like, except for during COVID, 52 00:02:01,609 --> 00:02:02,109 the, 53 00:02:03,689 --> 00:02:04,349 the veterinarians 54 00:02:04,650 --> 00:02:06,750 had to have hands on the animals, 55 00:02:07,450 --> 00:02:08,830 you know, to do anything 56 00:02:09,129 --> 00:02:09,870 at all 57 00:02:10,354 --> 00:02:12,614 with, you know, veterinary medicine. 58 00:02:13,394 --> 00:02:13,894 And 59 00:02:14,754 --> 00:02:15,574 they've proposed 60 00:02:16,034 --> 00:02:16,854 a a thing 61 00:02:17,634 --> 00:02:18,134 where, 62 00:02:18,914 --> 00:02:21,314 you know, as long as it's the pet's 63 00:02:21,314 --> 00:02:24,514 vet, so, like, my dog, Benny, you know, 64 00:02:24,514 --> 00:02:25,495 he goes to 65 00:02:26,110 --> 00:02:26,770 a particular 66 00:02:27,150 --> 00:02:27,650 veterinarian, 67 00:02:28,509 --> 00:02:30,610 practice here in Traverse City. And 68 00:02:31,229 --> 00:02:33,709 if this law gets passed, I'll be able 69 00:02:33,709 --> 00:02:34,209 to 70 00:02:35,069 --> 00:02:38,610 instead of bringing him in every time for 71 00:02:38,989 --> 00:02:40,129 every little thing, 72 00:02:40,985 --> 00:02:43,064 I'll be able to do a telehealth appointment 73 00:02:43,064 --> 00:02:44,664 with him, you know, kinda like we do 74 00:02:44,664 --> 00:02:46,824 with, you know, with the regular doctors and, 75 00:02:46,824 --> 00:02:47,805 you know, sometimes. 76 00:02:48,824 --> 00:02:50,365 So that'll be interesting. 77 00:02:50,745 --> 00:02:53,305 You know, it'll save some time, save, 78 00:02:53,625 --> 00:02:55,965 a little bit of driving around, and, 79 00:02:56,349 --> 00:02:59,710 hey. You know? We talked yesterday about working 80 00:02:59,710 --> 00:03:01,710 from home. I guess vets could work from 81 00:03:01,710 --> 00:03:03,490 home part time anyway, 82 00:03:04,590 --> 00:03:07,010 doing, telehealth appointments with, 83 00:03:08,395 --> 00:03:10,474 you know, with pets. So what what do 84 00:03:10,474 --> 00:03:11,435 you think of that? 85 00:03:11,995 --> 00:03:13,675 That that, again, like I said, it's a 86 00:03:13,675 --> 00:03:16,715 statewide thing, not not necessarily a Traverse City 87 00:03:16,715 --> 00:03:17,215 thing. 88 00:03:18,955 --> 00:03:21,115 And, yeah, one other thing I I wanna 89 00:03:21,115 --> 00:03:21,935 bring up 90 00:03:22,395 --> 00:03:22,634 is 91 00:03:23,210 --> 00:03:25,050 yeah. And I'm not gonna cover this kind 92 00:03:25,050 --> 00:03:25,790 of stuff 93 00:03:26,490 --> 00:03:27,310 on this 94 00:03:27,849 --> 00:03:29,790 little show that I do every morning, 95 00:03:30,650 --> 00:03:32,430 but there's been a lot 96 00:03:34,010 --> 00:03:37,550 of violent stuff going on. I got this 97 00:03:37,925 --> 00:03:40,405 app on my phone, and let me see 98 00:03:40,405 --> 00:03:41,384 what it's called. 99 00:03:41,685 --> 00:03:42,585 But it's interesting, 100 00:03:43,604 --> 00:03:46,085 but it's a little scary at the same 101 00:03:46,085 --> 00:03:46,585 time. 102 00:03:47,044 --> 00:03:47,544 Yeah. 103 00:03:47,844 --> 00:03:48,745 Crime Radar. 104 00:03:49,525 --> 00:03:51,525 And, you know, it's an AI powered thing, 105 00:03:51,525 --> 00:03:53,444 and it listens to the police scanner, I 106 00:03:53,444 --> 00:03:56,349 guess. And, it it but, man, I'll tell 107 00:03:56,349 --> 00:03:59,389 you, there is some crazy stuff going on 108 00:03:59,389 --> 00:04:01,310 here in Traverse City and, you know, in 109 00:04:01,310 --> 00:04:01,969 the area. 110 00:04:02,750 --> 00:04:04,349 And, you know, I guess that's the same 111 00:04:04,349 --> 00:04:06,849 everywhere when you see it all the time, 112 00:04:06,944 --> 00:04:09,344 you know, where you've got an AI watching 113 00:04:09,344 --> 00:04:11,685 the scanner and then putting out messages. 114 00:04:12,784 --> 00:04:13,605 It is interesting 115 00:04:13,905 --> 00:04:16,485 but a little scary, you know, we've had 116 00:04:17,345 --> 00:04:19,285 an actual murder here, 117 00:04:19,824 --> 00:04:22,085 recently. We've had a few other, 118 00:04:22,829 --> 00:04:24,990 you know, things, and and that usually makes 119 00:04:24,990 --> 00:04:26,850 big news. You know, I had the Walmart 120 00:04:27,310 --> 00:04:27,810 stabbing 121 00:04:28,269 --> 00:04:30,209 incident this summer and, 122 00:04:30,589 --> 00:04:32,050 you know, so, you know, 123 00:04:32,589 --> 00:04:34,589 be careful out there. You know, we're in 124 00:04:34,589 --> 00:04:36,449 a relatively safe place, 125 00:04:36,750 --> 00:04:37,250 but 126 00:04:37,805 --> 00:04:41,004 no place is perfectly safe. So just be 127 00:04:41,004 --> 00:04:43,644 careful out there and drive like a sane 128 00:04:43,644 --> 00:04:45,104 person. We'll catch you tomorrow.