Painting n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.

Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder.

It is spectacular. From about five minutes in when we knew for sure that we were going to have the weather to go the smile on my face just got bigger and bigger and I was just beaming through the whole launch. I mean it is just an amazing ride.

In the U.S. alone weather disasters caused $50 billion in economic damages in 2010.