Usually, it is good to get a verb in a headline. It makes it active.

I do hope that those who keep track of grammar and usage forgive me here. I used what is called a label headline. People like to point out the faults of others, it sometimes raises their own self-worth … at one time or another we are all guilty of having simple minds.

I found myself doing that yesterday morning. It was hot. I was sweating just sitting in the chair of my living room. I complained how we were robbed of a spring. It was winter, then it was summer. No transition, and I hate the weather. Too cold and dreary, now too hot. This was unbearable.

Then I was humbled. How small minded I was, complaining about the weather.

The TV images started streaming in from Oklahoma, showing the death and destruction left in the wake of a tornado. Here I was, safe in Wisconsin, complaining how the weather was making me feel. How sheepish I felt for raising my fist to the heavens in a how-dare-you fashion.

I have nothing to say. None of us do. We watch the news coverage, we reflect on what took place, we pray for those that lost loved ones.

"Praying for the victims of the Tornadoes in OKC these last few days … Everybody stay safe!" basketball star Kevin Durant sent out in a tweet yesterday.

The words were nice, but he walked his talk without fanfare. The Oklahoma City Thunder player donated $1 million for relief efforts, according to the Red Cross. There were no cameras and a large check to create a press event … no, just a gesture to do what he could to help.

CBS had to make a gesture of its own on Monday, running a repeat show in place of the season finale of "Mike & Molly."

"Due to the tragic events this afternoon in Oklahoma, we are pre-empting tonight’s season finale of 'Mike & Molly,' which has a related storyline," a CBS spokeswoman told TheWrap.

Apparently the show’s plot placed the title characters in Chicago during a tornado.

Blake Shelton, a celebrity judge on NBC’s "The Voice" offered his thoughts during Monday night’s live broadcast.

"They're going through hell there, right now," he said. "When we went live here, I finally had to set my phone down. The bad news keeps coming in ..."

Tonight the peacock network is preempting it’s 7 p.m. recap of "The Voice" and instead are airing a one-hour special to offer an update from Oklahoma. NBC news host Brian Williams will anchor the coverage.

ABC’s "Dancing With The Stars" host Tom Bergeron also led the audience in a moment of silence and then a round of applause for the first responders on the scene so many miles away.

"While we’re having a celebration here," Bergeron said, "we want you to know our thoughts are with everyone who’s been affected by the devastating tornado in Oklahoma City."

Weather is a universal connector, where we are all affected by it. TV news is most powerful when it covers universal connectors. As images of the tragedy beam back to us, we can only hope that the human spirit shines brighter than anything else.