Maelstrom

Severe Weather Watch. Wind Advisory. Tornado Warning. Heat Alert. Local on the Eights.

The Weather Channel is celebrating 25 years on the air this year. There's always something to watch, even as background white noise while working late back at the hotel.

Colourful maps mean lots of weather action. Of course, there's no telling what's happening back home, now or tomorrow. The weather stops politely, right at the Mexican and Canadian borders - Terra Incognita.

There are almost gleeful reports of four inch hail stones. The difference this time, is that I'm sitting inside one of the bright red zones on the screen...