Weird TV science

As I was typing, I saw an NBC breaking news report out of the corner of my eye. My first thought was, why do they make the turning globe all red? It looks like the planet Jupiter?
Well, anyway, Brokaw was interrupting to announce that Mount St Helens is starting to vent some steam. Hambet was napping and I thought about waking him up to see it — he is crazy about volcanoes — but then I came to my senses.