The balloon reported to be floating across Colorado with a 6 year old child trapped in it has finally landed:

The bizarre scene played out live on television and prompted fears that the mushroom-shaped balloon would crash. The balloon rotated slowly in the wind, tipping precariously at times.

The boy's family had been building an experimental aircraft that had a large helium balloon attached to it at their home, KUSA-TV reported. The aircraft, which resembled a flying saucer, was approximately 20 feet by 5 feet and had a foil top.

The balloon is down now and they are saying there was no kid in in it when it landed.

Remind never to build a big balloon like that in my backyard. I hope the kid never actually got on the balloon.

Slow news day in some areas -- and in others, simply stunning weather.

In and around the Boston area, it's in the 80s today; 90s expected tomorrow.  First time this year for either.  There are signs of people getting up and about, moving 'round outside, prepping their yards and in general enjoying the warmth of the sun as it beats mercilessly down upon their formerly frozen, now soggy, patches of planet Earth.

What's it like 'round y'all?

OhioNews Bureau

ONB COLUMBUS: In the 60s, Bob Dylan sang about the metaphorical "hard rain" that was going to fall in poetic response to the tumbling, trying tumult of the time.

Stormy Weather Ahead

Whether meteorological or economic in nature, the stormy weather being felt in parts of the nation today may simply be a brief taste of what is to come.

Starting with the meteorological via CNN,

Severe storms that have brought heavy rain, snow and high winds to California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado claimed their first victim and probably triggered a levee break Saturday.