There is a certain...large amount of curiosity in Humans. Sometimes it's a great thing and sometimes it gets us in trouble.
Other times our occupations influence/ compound our curiosity for more information. Once we get to a higher level, we still seek more data. Like the Robot in the movie "Short Circuit". He had a appetite for more data, so do we.
I admit to 'watching' for storms in years past...Pre-Andrew. After I saw the devastation that Andrew caused in Florida and Louisiana, I lost the urge to wake up every few hours and check the updates.
Let's all hope that we don't have to learn any more hard lessons in the years and seasons to come. The mental and physical stresses of "The Season from Hell" tm LIPhil , will be around for a long time.