CHILL GREY HAS YIELDED TO THE FULL WARMTH OF SPRING

THE NEW SEASON'S SEEDLINGS AWAKE FROM THEIR SLUMBER AND BURST

THROUGH THE THAWING LOAM BLOSSOMING IN GLORIOUS COLORS

AND RELEASING ANOTHER YEAR'S BOUNTY OF POLLEN

WHICH WHILE IT IS NICE FOR

THE PLANTS, THREATENS TO KILL US ALL!

>> ALLERGY EXPERTS THIS MORNING ARE WARNING OF A

POLLEN TSUNAMI. >> A POLLEN TSUNAMI IS SWEEPING

ACROSS MOST OF AMERICA RIGHT NOW.

>> POLLEN TSUNAMI SUDDENLY HITTING VERY HARD.

>> POLLEN TSUNAMI, SOUNDS LIKE WE MADE IT UP.

>> Jon: NO!

(LAUGHTER) NO, NO, POLLEN TSUNAMI,

DEFINITELY SOUNDS LIKE A REAL SCIENTIFIC TERM.

AND INCREDIBLY APPROPRIATE ONE COMPARING ITCHY EYES AND

SNEEZING TO NATURAL DISASTERS THAT KILL HUNDREDS

OF THOUSANDS.

REALLY! I CHECKED IN A BOTANY TEXTBOOK, POLLEN TSUNAMI.

RIGHT THERE IN THE GLOSSARY

NO, I DON'T EVEN NEED TO CHECK IT I TRUST YOU, YOU ARE

THE NEWS.

ALTHOUGH I FEEL LIKE LAST YEAR THEY GAVE ALLERGY

SEASON A DIFFERENT DISASTER MOVIE NAME.

>> WE ARE DONE AND DONE WITH THAT POLAR VORTEX FOR THIS

YEAR BUT WHAT ABOUT THE POLLEN VORTEX.

>> WHAT SOMEWHERE NOW CALLING THE POLLEN VORTEX.

>> THE POLLEN VORTEX IS LAUNCHING AN ASSAULT.

>> YES, YES, YES.

POLLEN VORTEX OR AS IT IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO, THE

GARDEN.

(LAUGHTER) SO SOMETIMES THE CREATIVE

DESCRIPTIONS OF ALLERGY SEASON MISS THE MARK.

BUT ISN'T THAT WHY GOD INVENTED CLICHES

>> ABOUT 40 MILLION AMERICAN SUFFER FROM SEASONAL

ALLERGIES.

AND THIS SPRING THEY'RE GETTING HIT WITH A PERFECT

STORM OF MISERY.

>> A PERFECT STORM FOR ALLERGY SUFFERERS.

>> THE PERFECT STORM OF ALLERGIES.

>> PERFECT STORM FOR ALLERGY SUFFERERS.

>> THE PERFECT STORM, A LOT OF SNOW, A LOT OF WATER AND

NOW A LOT OF WARM WEATHER, PERFECT STORM.

(LAUGHTER) >> IF IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR

AT THE SAME TIME, THAT DOESN'T REALLY COUNT AS A

PERFECT STORM, REALLY.

IT'S JUST A [BLEEP] STORM.

IN FACT THE ONLY THING PERFECT HERE IS HOW

PREDICTABLE THE COVERAGE OF POLLEN IS YEAR AFTER YEAR.

>> THIS SPRING IS SHAPING UP TO BE THE WORSE ALLERGY

SEASON IN YEARS.

>> ONE OF THE WORST ALLERGY SEASONS IN AREAS.

>> THE WORST ALLERGY SEASON THAT WE HAVE EVER, EVER

SEEN.

>> ONE OF THE WORST ALLERGY SEASONS ON RECORD.

>> ONE OF THE WORSE ALLERGY SEASONS EVER.

>> ONE OF THE WORSE ALLERGY SEASONS IN YEARS.

>> ALLERGY SEASON IS ALREADY ONE OF THE WORST IN RECENT

MEMORIES.

>> THIS IS THE WORST ALLERGY SEASON EVER.

>> ONE OF THE WORST ALLERGY SEASONS IN YEARS.

>> THE WORST ALLERGY SEASON IN A DECADE.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> HOW CAN EVERY YEAR BE THE

WORST EVER.

WHAT, IS IT THE KNICKS?

YEAH, BOO ME, I OWN THE TEAM.