I like to see the map so I can tell what's going on. Anything more is way overkill, most of the time. Break in when the sky is about to fall.

On the other hand, sometimes you learn to appreciate when they won't shut up, as long as it's on a station you don't otherwise watch. Funny story: before I moved here, the ABC station in my previous city has a weather guy (their main 10 p.m. guy, whom I like to call "Mr. TV") who doesn't know when to let it go. Anytime there's the least little thunder rumble, he's on. But I never watched the ABC station back then, so it was okay for him to be on because if I thought I needed to know what was going on, I just had to flip over to the ABC affiliate and there was Mr. TV, who, by the way, has stolen Gary England's line of "We'll keep you advised." There was actually some serious weather one morning, so I was flipping around to see what different stations were saying about it. You could hear the hail in the background, and the regular morning guy was doing his best to report what was going on but ol' Mr. TV wouldn't keep his mouth shut and let him do his job. He was yelling directions at him from off camera, and finally just took over. It was funny to watch, but I felt so bad for the other guy. No wonder Mr. TV had a heart attack a few months later! (maybe it was a stroke...I forget)