I think I have a solution that is a win-win for everyone. It is an exchange program between the local news and the viewer. For every minute of programming that is interrupted to tell us there is mist in the air, a cloud in the sky, the potential for dangerous storms or bowling ball sized hail, is a minute the viewer gets to interrupt the news.

Here’s how it works:

1. Meteorologist warns us of deadly raindrops.

2. Lost, The Office or any other great program is interrupted.

3. The number of minutes is totaled and given back to the viewer.

4. Each viewer can cash in their minutes and interrupt the news.
   

So let's say KTUL cuts into Lost and 50,000 people were watching. Lost is on for one hour. Each viewer can now reclaim those minutes and interrupt KTUL's news broadcast. Sixty minutes per person would total 3 million minutes owed to the viewer. That equals 273 weeks we're allowed to interrupt the news. A little more than five years. (If we only count the 10 p.m. broadcast.)

When I redeem my minutes, I'm going to broadcast strip poker from a nursing home or shaving my back with a lid from a tuna can.