The Morning Meltdown, TGIF Edition

Hey Mike waters here from the waters wake-up call and this is the morning meltdown Friday edition And I want to thank everyone who came out to Duncan for cop on a rooftop and donated to the special Olympics of Iowa's great-weeding athletes and our local law enforcement And it was especially nice to meet you so many people stopped by with the one guy stopped by with the the stormtrooper Star Wars pickup.

That was awesome Tom stopped by Trevor stopped by

Katelyn, stop by, it's great to meet Katelyn and two of her four kids, apparently the two older kids at school, were big fans.

Wish I could have met ya.

Dog mom was there, that's what she wants me to call her dog mom, so I'm gonna call ya dog mom.

Madison and Gracie, oh, it was great meeting everybody.

So thanks again for coming out, it's always great when I can meet as many of you as possible.

And otherwise on Friday I had a blast, you know, we did the five things you didn't know you needed to hear, they hit and run headlines, and started on

like every other day at 550 width.

Let's look at the bright side,

okay?

Let's look on the bright side with Mike Waters on 1057 KOKZ.

Well,

I have Emily on the phone.

She is over at Four Oaks.

And is that correct?

Is that the full name, Emily?

Four Oaks?

Yep, we're Four Oaks Family Connection.

And I know you guys are doing such great things over there.

And what I love to do with the bright side, and a lot of times it starts with kind of a darker side that is turned into a bright side by whether it's

People are businesses and just doing good things for the community.

And when you talk about four Oaks, we're talking about kids.

And Emily, I know you take kids with psychological problems, mental health issues, or they've been through something really tough or traumatic.

I can't imagine how overwhelming that would be for the kids and to have a facility like four Oaks.

I mean, thank goodness.

Yeah, there are kids out there in hard situations, but four Oaks and reconnections is there to support them.

So.

4 Oak Family Connections handles all of the licensing, training, matching, and ongoing support of foster families throughout Iowa.

So when kids are having a hard time and they can't live with their birthed families, we come alongside and we support those kids and we support those foster families, equip them and train them to come alongside a birthed family in a really hard and hurting time and provide a safe and stable home for those kids while their parents

are working or meeting their goals and getting those kids back.

I'll tell you it takes a special person to do this kind of thing and when you're talking about people helping whether it's the community or just people in the community to get a foster family that will take in some of these kids who really need some help and I know you're needing more families to step up and take care of these kids.

Absolutely.

May is National Foster Care Month so we have a lot of foster families that are so wonderful that we're just

so thankful for, especially, you know, wanting to bring attention to those families in May.

But the reality is that we need more families.

We do not have enough families in the area.

And we are looking for families that can come alongside a kid and walk alongside them in their their hurt and their challenges and support them.

And Toro Software's a lot of support, too, will help you find those kids the resources that they need, therapy, support.

that sort of thing to help them feel safe and stable and healthy and successful.

And what you guys do over there is is so good for the kids and good for the community.

And I'm curious, what are the kids doing while they're while they're waiting for that special family?

Yeah, four Oaks and the Department of Health and Human Services does everything they can to make sure that kids are in a family, right, thriving in a family in a family setting.

And so we do a lot to make

those transitions as smooth as possible on everyone's end.

But if that's not an option and if those kids can't find a family, sometimes they're sitting in a group home setting or something like that.

that can be less than ideal at times.

So, we

really need those families to provide those places for those kids and those teenagers.

And Emily, I'm sure there are a few families listening right now thinking, how can I take in some of these kids?

What do they need to do?

Right, thanks for asking.

The first step would be to go to our website, www.iowafosterandadaption.org.

And from there, you can learn all about us.

And I would encourage you to sign up.

for an orientation.

We have virtual live orientations every Sunday and Wednesday night at 8pm.

And it's an overview of the foster care system.

So it gives you all the information that you need to know in order to make a decision and to decide, you know, is this the right thing for me?

Emily, thank you for what you guys are doing for the for the community and our kids.

Well, I think our foster families are the real heroes.

Well, of course they are.

But if there wasn't somebody coordinating to get the families with the kids.

Take the village, doesn't

it?

Absolutely.

Emily from Four Oaks Family Connections, thank you for your.

and good luck on getting some good families for these kids.

Thank you for having us.

That's pretty bright, and I don't want to darken things at all, but I think, what else can you classify a hit and

run?

About the headline?

Yeah, that meant a hit and run this

morning.

Americans, and this is sad, Americans are more depressed than ever.

See what happens when we put Martha Stewart on the sports illustrated swimsuit issue?

You see?

I'm just kidding, Martha, you look awesome.

Five servings of produce is the same as getting 4,000 steps.

I had no idea.

Five servings of produce is the same as getting 4,000 steps.

Or as America put it, something we never do is like something else we never do.

A British couple is being judged for naming their baby Lucifer.

You know, it could have been worse.

They could have gone with Kanye.

Scientists discovered microbes that digest plastic.

They'll be used to reduce the planet's non-biodegradable trash, like real housewives, for instance.

The Pope interrupted his St.

Peter's Square audience to take a phone call.

Can you blame him?

I finally got a call back from Verizon customer service, you know?

A passenger on a cruise ship used a hidden camera to film people going to the bathroom.

What is wrong with you?

Unfortunately, this incident didn't even crack the top 10 million on the list of most disturbing things ever to happen on a cruise ship.

Red wine drinkers are more likely to be introverts, while sparkling wine drinkers are more likely to be extroverts.

while two Bachuk drinkers are more likely to be asked to leave when attending a BYOB party.

Hundreds of people who bought tickets for U2's Las Vegas residency are being given refunds because they weren't told their seats had an obstructed view.

Apparently their section was directly behind Bono's ego.

Johnny Depp says he has no further need for Hollywood.

And by the looks of it, he feels the same way about toothpaste.

Jason Momoa will host this year's Shark Week.

You can tell Jason's excited.

He's already picked out which shirt he won't wear.

Oh, you know, I think we should trade insurance.

You know, before we wrap this up, I want to give you the five things.

I think we should do that before sending you off into the weekend.

And now, the water's wake-up call with this morning's five things you didn't know you needed to hear.

So without further ado... This is in Japan, and you're not going to believe how expensive this scoop of ice cream is.

It's an ice cream company in Japan and they just broke the record for most expensive ice cream.

So here's what it's got.

It's got some, uh, edible gold leaf.

Mmm.

Mmm.

A fancy per, uh, fancy Parmesan.

Parmesan.

Parmesian.

No, Parmesan cheese.

I think anybody who mispronounces Parmesan probably can't afford this scoop of ice cream.

Uh, rare white truffles from Italy and it costs $6,700.

per scoop.

What?

If you can afford a $6,700 per scoop ice cream, I would hope you'd have your priority straight and spend it on something better than that.

But with that said, I wonder if I could get like one one millionth of a scoop.

I wonder how much that would cost.

Well, if I go to Japan, I will certainly let you know.

Speaking of

Japan.

Yeah,

22-year-old in Japan was angry at his driving school.

Apparently, he failed his driver's test.

I'd be a little mad too.

I'd be frustrated with myself more so with, you know, than with the driving school, but he got arrested.

And you know what the threat was?

Oh, it's pretty tough.

It's got to be pretty tough in Japan.

I'd kind of like to see it here, but in Japan, big no-nos.

He sent them 1500 paper cranes as a threat.

The threat of what?

Origami paper cuts?

A news site in Japan joked that it might be the first time origami has ever been used with pure malicious intent.

I would have to think so, for God's

sake.

Give us

this third thing.

I was reading about this TikTok trend, and whenever you hear TikTok trend, be afraid.

I mean, extremely afraid.

But it's hit London now.

It's people walking into random strangers home.

for clout.

What kind of clout do you get for walking into random strangers' homes?

What, TikTok clout?

You know, you could get arrested for this kind of thing.

But here's audio from a video of a couple of guys walking into a random family's home while they were on TikTok.

Listen.

Oh, sorry.

Sorry.

I didn't know you had children.

All right.

We'll leave.

We'll go into another random place.

What is wrong with people?

What is wrong

with...

What is wrong with TikTok people?

Okay.

Moving on to the happiest place on Earth.

Of course, I'm talking Disney World.

Oh, this has to be a nice, friendly story.

Well, let's see.

Two people have been banned from Disney World after a fistfight broke out when two separate families were arguing over a spot to take a photo.

My goodness, here are a couple of tourists talking about what happened at the park.

It's crazy.

You pay to take your kids to the most magical place in the world and then they have to stand and watch other people fight over a photo.

It's just ridiculous.

It's a bad picture for someone who got no picture.

Your kids aren't supposed to think that that happens anywhere, let alone in Disney.

When they're going to see Mickey Mouse, you shouldn't have adults fighting.

Yeah, what are people Mickey mouncin' around with fights at Disney World for?

That's what I wanna know.

I want answers.

All

right,

so I thought we'd end with a nice story.

This is a police officer in New York.

He grabbed a suicidal passenger.

in first rescue of its kind on Staten Island Ferry.

So this is the NYPD Emergency Service Unit Sergeant Darian Brooks and officers Elijah Breyer and Giancarlo Gambino talking about this rescue.

Pretty

cool.

This is a first as far as rescuing somebody in distress on the outside of the ferry.

We immediately saw the gentleman hanging off the side of the boat.

Some people were in dry suits and some

people were in rope harnesses just in case he actually went into the water or if he stayed on the ferry, we were prepared for both.

My father reached around me, grabbed me, and then everybody came in.

We were able to secure him without any incident.

All of your training comes together, and you can successfully save someone's life, somebody who's in distress.

It makes it all worth it.

Oh, thank goodness we had a nice story to end on, you know, from expensive $6,000 scoops of ice cream to Oregon.

Gummy threats to TikTok trends of walking into strangers' homes to fights at Disney World to a New York police officer saving a suicidal passenger on the ferry first time ever.

Thank goodness we have some good people out there and I think that's five things.

take those five things and go out into the world and see what kind of good you can do I know there wasn't a whole lot of good in there but I'm pretty sure you can take those and you can do some good on your own and I don't know just do what you can will you that's all I ask of you have a great weekend thank you for listening thank you for clicking thank you for downloading the waters wake up call morning meltdown and that'll do it until Monday morning 5 30 to 10

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