Storms and Behavior

Why is it that so many people are fascinated by serious weather? I am including myself in the group. When I know a large storm is coming, and I am at work, I will pull up NOAA's weather loop (http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/loop/DS.p19r0/si.klwx.shtml) and track the storm. I know I'm not the only one in my office. At home I will listen to weather forecasts every ten minutes. This even happens when snow is threatened, even though the weather forecast probably won't change from one hour to the next.

Is it instinctive? I would have thought that was bred out of us...