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00:01:37Dr. Evans, please listen to me Topeka is in trouble James
00:01:41I know you think you're a tornado indicator numerical algorithm is going to revolutionize science
00:01:46But 30 years of experience tells me to trust my readings and I'm not seeing anything to suggest a tornado as you can see
00:01:55Temp is nominal pressure is stable and winds are negligible. There's no rear flank downdraft nothing
00:02:02That's because our current tech only has a total detection rate of 60% on average and a 70% false alarm rate
00:02:09Tina's pod is 96% with 5% FAR and is currently predicting an f2 tornado
00:02:15Within the next seven minutes centered in Topeka, Kansas with a ninety eight point three percent accuracy
00:02:21Dr. Evans, I've put countless hours of research into this. I've used research you yourself did with professor Bennett
00:02:28You know, Tina is the future
00:02:30You must issue a warning a I may be the future but it is not the present and I'm not issuing any warnings based on
00:02:37some untested software I
00:02:39Have to at least warn the people I care about
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00:02:58Hey James, I really can't talk right now, but I will call you back in a few I
00:03:03Know to use online today
00:03:06Exactly. Professor Bennett. You need to seek shelter immediately
00:03:09Tina's predicted an f2 tornado about to hit Topeka
00:03:15James I don't see any inflow bands or feel a change in the barometric pressure. Are you sure?
00:03:21Yes, you need to get inside as soon as possible. Okay?
00:03:26Okay, I'm heading to the shelter now
00:03:28Better safe than sorry, right? I'll call you from the side
00:03:36Dr. Evans
00:03:38Even professor Bennett is taking this seriously and I'm taking facts seriously not some untested software
00:03:45Well as head programmer here as your boss here
00:03:48I'm telling you that issuing a false warning can be very dangerous
00:03:52Tina is way too cutting-edge to be useful right now. Once you work the kinks out
00:03:56That's what they said about using microwaves to beam solar energy from space and that took years to be operational. So be patient
00:04:07Dropped in pressure
00:04:09Strong winds with moisture buildup at latitude 39.0 509 80
00:04:14Longitude minus 95 point six seven. Oh four three three
00:04:19Topeka I
00:04:22Need more data from you before I can proceed we need to get this information exactly right before we can alert the authorities
00:04:29Tina confirms the mesocyclone is underway causing temperature differential at the edge of the downdraft an f2 tornado will be destructive and build very fast
00:04:37We have less than five minutes
00:04:39Have the Topeka office issue an imminent tornado warning
00:04:44Hello Rosemary speaking alert the National Guard to start evacuations
00:05:05Oh my god
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00:05:35The rapid gathering of low-level air moisture creating the inflow bands and spiraling formation is
00:05:42Astonishing the dew point usually says it around three point two. This is showing a dew point of negative eight point three
00:05:48It's happening too fast. Oh, we've got a tornado that's about to happen in Pleasant Hill
00:05:52Well, we better tell another in Warrensburg. That can't be correct
00:05:57The rate of atmospheric disruption can't be accurate
00:06:01According to Tina dozens of cyclone storm clusters are forming across the entire Midwest over the next 12 hours
00:06:06What in God's name is going on?
00:06:09The damage to rural and city areas has been catastrophic
00:06:13Rescue crews are hard at work, but preliminary reports from Topeka paint a grim picture
00:06:29What's the status I need info now the tornado caught everyone off guard
00:06:33over 60 dead and counting
00:06:35Property damage in the millions
00:06:40I'm sorry. I
00:06:43Just got off the phone with the National Guard who are already putting shelter in place and evacs
00:06:49good, I
00:06:51Also double-checked Tina's findings
00:06:54Because you're right
00:06:56The amount of cyclonic regeneration needed to cover the entire Midwest is impossible
00:07:00But I had Tina run thousands of mathematical models
00:07:05Arctic sea ice is rapidly melting causing the jet stream to be pulled further north that should reduce the amount of tornadoes
00:07:12Correct, but the Enzo is also an atmospheric variable to consider why the El Nino Southern Oscillation?
00:07:19Is in the Pacific Ocean while it manifests in the Pacific
00:07:23It's a chain reaction process that shuffles global weather patterns pushing the ocean into the Pacific
00:07:28weather patterns pushing warm moist air north
00:07:32Colliding with the cold Arctic air mass generating a low SIE
00:07:38Creating a once-in-a-generation event of massive instability
00:07:42Across the entire Midwest for the next 12 hours
00:07:45We're talking massive tornadoes lasting for hours on one end of the scale and smaller
00:07:50Tornadoes popping up without warning at the other end. What data set are you using?
00:07:54I thought Tina only predicted the appearance and size of a tornado
00:07:58It did but now Tina uses data from another sensor weather network currently being rolled out your sister's next-gen network
00:08:07Yes
00:08:10Her network has sensors positioned all throughout the Midwest and they're all
00:08:14Bidirectional and Tina has access to this full complete network. The network is incomplete
00:08:19There are still sensors that need to be upgraded to bidirectional variant
00:08:23Once that happens Tina will be able to predict tornadoes from the Gulf of Mexico all the way to the Canadian border with 100% accuracy
00:08:31Then that's the plan. You need to get a hold of Erica and get this system up and running as soon as possible
00:08:37We used to work together
00:08:41her hardware my software
00:08:45Since the incident we haven't spoken then how are you using her hardware?
00:08:51She hasn't changed her credentials
00:08:53So if she finds out she can kick you off and Tina will be useless not useless
00:08:58Just not as useful. Look, I understand what you two went through was very devastating
00:09:04But she has the hardware and you have the software
00:09:07You need to call your sister and work out your dysfunctional relationship
00:09:12This is bigger than the two of you. There's millions of lives at stake
00:09:20Understood
00:09:26Hey, you've reached Erica just leave me a message at the tone Erica. It's James again. Call me. It's an emergency
00:09:36Text Erica Erica call me ASAP. It's an emergency
00:09:41James here. I see your location on SR 350 20.2 miles west of Lone Jack
00:09:47Tina shows an f1 has developed in your location. I have the same reading. Do you have a visual?
00:09:56Negative
00:10:00Wait, I have a visual it just popped up out of nowhere
00:10:06I have a visual
00:10:17Debris is falling from the sky. Are you okay?
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00:11:05James, respond. Are you okay?
00:11:07I'm fine.
00:11:09The funnel's gone. I have clear skies.
00:11:12This climate instability is stranger than predicted.
00:11:15Can you continue?
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00:11:20Yeah.
00:11:23After seeing the tornado pop up out of nowhere,
00:11:26we've got to get this network up so we know exact locations.
00:11:30What's your ETA to Lone Jack?
00:11:3420 minutes.
00:11:36Okay. Let me know when you've reached Erica.
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00:11:50After the devastating news coming out of Topeka today,
00:11:53I'm here with Dr. Erica Garland of NOAA
00:11:56to tell us what is being done to prevent such a loss of life
00:11:59and property in the future.
00:12:01Doctor?
00:12:03Excuse me. I'm sorry.
00:12:05There's some odd readings.
00:12:08But yes, what happened in Topeka today is heartbreaking.
00:12:15Any loss of life is unacceptable.
00:12:18The key is warning time so people can get to shelter.
00:12:21And that's why I have been finishing up the installation
00:12:24of a network of next-generation sensors
00:12:27to help predict severe weather events much faster,
00:12:30especially tornadoes.
00:12:32And Doctor, how exactly does your network of sensors
00:12:34help us to predict such extreme weather events?
00:12:37Well, this sensor network is a bidirectional network,
00:12:41far more accurate than any current technology,
00:12:45allowing for better prediction
00:12:47and more relevant real-time data collection,
00:12:50such as informing if you're dealing with an F1 or an F5.
00:12:54Of course, Midwesterners, we know that F1 and F5
00:12:57are at opposite ends of the Fujita scale.
00:13:00Yes, that's correct.
00:13:02The Fujita scale assigns the tornado strength a number
00:13:05starting from F0, meaning that your winds,
00:13:09they can start at 85 miles per hour causing light damage
00:13:13all the way to an F5, with winds starting at 200 miles per hour,
00:13:16destroying everything in its path.
00:13:18So Doctor, what was the rating of the tornado
00:13:20that hit Topeka today?
00:13:22That was an F2.
00:13:24Unfortunately, that tornado developed so fast
00:13:27that people were unable to get to safety.
00:13:30My hope is that we can use this network to alert authorities
00:13:34and powering an app on people's phones,
00:13:37giving them at least a 40-minute head start
00:13:40instead of the current 13 minutes.
00:13:43That information, it's life or death.
00:13:46And if available an app like that,
00:13:50it may have saved countless lives in Topeka.
00:13:53Thank you, Dr. Garland.
00:13:55I'm Claudia Santiago with TABN Kansas City News,
00:13:58back to you in the studio.
00:14:00And we're out.
00:14:02Thank you so much for your time.
00:14:06So?
00:14:07It was pretty good.
00:14:09Erica.
00:14:11I just feel like we need to be doing better.
00:14:14What do you want, James?
00:14:16Your sensors and my A.I.
00:14:18are predicting an unprecedented set of storm cells
00:14:21developing in the next 12 hours.
00:14:23I've tried to call you and text you, but I've gotten no response.
00:14:26Yeah, well, that's because the block to James.
00:14:29Why hasn't NOAA sent out a shelter-in-place order?
00:14:31We have.
00:14:33The amount of area needed to prepare is vast.
00:14:35It takes time to align the agencies and get them active.
00:14:38So why are you here?
00:14:46What do you mean, your A.I. and my sensors?
00:14:50I used Tina with your sensors.
00:14:52You did what?
00:14:53I know, I'm sorry.
00:14:54But it was the only way I could get a full, accurate prediction.
00:14:57Plus, we can determine the length of the storm as well.
00:15:00James!
00:15:01Look, I know you're upset with me and you're furious,
00:15:03and you can yell at me later.
00:15:05But Dr. Evans sent me here to help you finish installing your sensors
00:15:08as soon as possible and get Tina's A.I. downloaded to the network
00:15:12so we can predict these tornadoes with full accuracy
00:15:15and help the emergency services teams and anyone else who can't get out.
00:15:19Look, I know that my sensors are real and accurate,
00:15:22but your artificial intelligence and all those large number sets, it's B.S.
00:15:27That's where science turns to probability.
00:15:29I fixed the error in the code.
00:15:31Tina is an exponential leap in the algorithm.
00:15:35Your mistake cost us the lives of six people.
00:15:39And you destroyed my life.
00:15:43Erica, I'm sorry.
00:15:47And maybe someday you'll realize that and believe me.
00:15:50But today, today we have to work together,
00:15:53otherwise millions of people are going to die.
00:15:56Excuse me, you're saying you knew about today's tornado?
00:16:00It's a little more complicated than a sound bite.
00:16:02How do you know this isn't just a lucky guess?
00:16:04Check the data. It also predicted another tornado before it happened,
00:16:08before I could see it.
00:16:10Is that right, Dr. Garland?
00:16:12Can you please just give us a little space?
00:16:16What's happening?
00:16:18The S.I.E. is pulling the ENSO warm air mass up north from the Gulf of Mexico.
00:16:22And it's causing massive instability across the Midwest.
00:16:27No, that's not correct.
00:16:29The sensor IDs are referenced. Check it against your own data.
00:16:37Okay, yeah, no, the data is lining up,
00:16:39but this is predicting something that has never happened before.
00:16:43Because it's a combination of two massive weather anomalies
00:16:46creating a once in a generation occurrence.
00:16:49Please, what exactly are you saying?
00:16:51Look, it's not conclusive, okay?
00:16:55It's just that there is preliminary evidence
00:16:59that's showing a massive series of storm cells
00:17:03just all up and down Tornado Alley.
00:17:05Yes, but isn't that normal for this time of year?
00:17:07Yes, tornadoes are normal.
00:17:09But what's not normal is the potential of dozens of F5 tornadoes
00:17:12with wind speeds of over 400 miles per hour.
00:17:15Look, if you were correct about this,
00:17:17without this network, we won't be able to alert
00:17:19the military, emergency services, or citizens.
00:17:22I'm not wrong about this.
00:17:26Fine.
00:17:28But this is about protecting lives,
00:17:31not repairing our relationship.
00:17:35Fair enough.
00:17:37Okay.
00:17:41All right.
00:17:43So we have updated sensors here and here.
00:17:48We need to upgrade here and here.
00:17:56Tina is predicting an F3 tornado in our location.
00:18:00When?
00:18:01Now.
00:18:02Look, I know that my sensors are accurate.
00:18:04Are you sure that you actually programmed it correctly?
00:18:06Yes, Erica.
00:18:07Tina is a predictive AI program using your sensors.
00:18:10But nothing is happening here, James.
00:18:12Barometric pressure is nominal.
00:18:14No inflow bands are indicating any air moisture movement.
00:18:17Check again.
00:18:18What does your sensor say?
00:18:20The air pressure is changing now.
00:18:23Barometric pressure, it's dropping like a stone.
00:18:26I hate to say it, James,
00:18:28but I think that your software, it might be right.
00:18:37It's happening again.
00:18:41I know, I know.
00:18:43But we need to get out of here.
00:18:45We need to get out of here.
00:18:48I know, I know.
00:18:49But we need to get into that farmhouse.
00:18:51Let's go.
00:18:52No, no.
00:18:53Just go.
00:18:54We are right behind you.
00:18:55I gotta film this.
00:18:56No, no.
00:18:57You don't.
00:18:58Okay?
00:18:59We need to get everything secure and we've got to get inside.
00:19:02Come on.
00:19:03Go.
00:19:04Get inside.
00:19:05Let's go.
00:19:06Go, go.
00:19:07Hurry.
00:19:08Come on, move.
00:19:18James!
00:19:19Oh, Jesus!
00:19:31Everybody, grab on to something!
00:19:34James, find something to hook everybody down with.
00:19:37James!
00:19:38He's still upstairs.
00:19:39Go!
00:19:40Oh, God.
00:19:48James!
00:19:59Step out of it, James!
00:20:00Come on!
00:20:05Go!
00:20:06Go!
00:20:07Run!
00:20:08Go!
00:20:18Oh, God!
00:20:19This is just the beginning!
00:20:21What now?
00:20:22Max, Max.
00:20:23How are we supposed to run?
00:20:24He's just out here from California.
00:20:26Okay, okay.
00:20:27Listen to me.
00:20:28That is an F3 up there.
00:20:29We need to hunker down until it passes.
00:20:31Stay in the middle of the room and away from the walls.
00:20:33Oh, my God.
00:20:34This is just like an earthquake.
00:20:35Okay?
00:20:36It's just like an earthquake.
00:20:37We'll see.
00:20:38We'll see.
00:20:39Relax.
00:20:40Hold on.
00:20:41Earthquakes are over in a matter of seconds.
00:20:42We're all gonna die!
00:20:43Listen to me.
00:20:44We're going to make it if we stay calm and don't panic.
00:20:47Do you understand?
00:20:48Okay.
00:20:49Listen.
00:20:50You heard that?
00:20:51You got this one.
00:20:52Okay.
00:20:53Stop pacing.
00:20:54Hold on.
00:20:55Sit down.
00:20:56Oh, my God.
00:21:02Hold on!
00:21:03Everybody!
00:21:04Hold tight!
00:21:05Steve!
00:21:06I can't hold on!
00:21:07Help!
00:21:08Help!
00:21:09I'm coming!
00:21:10Help!
00:21:11Steve!
00:21:12I can't hold on!
00:21:14Hold on!
00:21:15Stay calm!
00:21:16Steve!
00:21:17I can't hold on!
00:21:18Grab a rope!
00:21:19Grab a rope!
00:21:20Grab a rope!
00:21:21Here!
00:21:22Grab it!
00:21:23Got it!
00:21:24Grab it!
00:21:31I don't think I can do this!
00:21:33Just stay calm, Steve!
00:21:35I don't think I can do this!
00:21:40You got this, man!
00:21:41Tie it!
00:21:42Tie it!
00:21:43Strap it, Steve!
00:21:44I can't do this!
00:21:45Steve, come on, man!
00:21:46Do it!
00:21:47Steve!
00:21:48I can't do this!
00:21:51Steve!
00:21:52I can't do this!
00:21:53Steve!
00:21:54I can't do this!
00:21:55I can't do this!
00:21:56Steve!
00:21:57Steve!
00:21:58Steve, let go!
00:22:08No!
00:22:12No!
00:22:22I can't believe we're never going to see Steve again.
00:22:31He was a good kid.
00:22:35The best.
00:22:36I can't keep doing this, Erica.
00:22:38We lost another one.
00:22:39I know.
00:22:40I know, but we have to keep going.
00:22:42Otherwise, we're going to lose a lot more if we don't.
00:22:50Yeah.
00:23:07Dr. Evans, are you seeing this?
00:23:09Yes.
00:23:10Tina's predicting four massive F5s that will converge into the largest tornado event ever recorded.
00:23:15It looks like they're all joining together near Wichita.
00:23:17That's where the last sensor is.
00:23:19Well, you need to get there as fast as you can and get your sensor up and running.
00:23:23We need a way to stop these tornadoes from converging.
00:23:25The sensors are meant for detection, not prevention.
00:23:28We need options.
00:23:29These tornadoes will be as destructive as six Hiroshima nuclear explosions,
00:23:34sending over a hundred terajoules of energy across the Midwest.
00:23:38Even with evacuations in place, the loss of life would be massive.
00:23:43You need to get those sensors up and running and give me options and think outside of the box.
00:23:48Understand?
00:23:49Understood.
00:23:50Well, give me updates.
00:23:51I'm off to make sure that the military has evacuations and its own game plan.
00:23:58How are we supposed to stop a tornado, James?
00:24:01She's asking the impossible.
00:24:02Nothing is impossible.
00:24:03We just haven't figured it out yet.
00:24:05Let's get that sensor upgraded, and then we can worry about the impossible.
00:24:08We just need a ride.
00:24:10You can, um, could use a newsman.
00:24:13It's, uh, built for severe weather, and, uh, I don't want anybody else getting hurt.
00:24:20So...
00:24:22One condition.
00:24:23We're going with you.
00:24:25Deal.
00:24:26Okay.
00:24:27Um, bad news is, uh, Steve had the keys.
00:24:33You don't have an extra set?
00:24:35No.
00:24:36There's an extra set back in KC, but that does us no good, so, uh...
00:24:39Do you think that you could hotwire it?
00:24:41No.
00:24:42This is, uh, digital recognition, so I would need either a code or a clone of the keys.
00:24:47So, no.
00:24:48If it's digital, I can hack it with my tablet via the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi system.
00:24:52It's just gonna take some time.
00:24:54Well, what other choice do we have?
00:24:55Let's do it.
00:24:56Okay.
00:25:03All right, I'm gonna run an algorithm.
00:25:10I'll check in in a minute.
00:25:13While we have the time, we may as well get back to the impossible.
00:25:16Okay.
00:25:17Let's get back to the basic principles.
00:25:19What causes a tornado?
00:25:21Temperature differences around a mesocyclone.
00:25:23So, if we wanted to stop a tornado, we would need to normalize the temperature differential.
00:25:27Yeah.
00:25:28Okay, but maybe by adding additional amounts of energy to change the thermodynamic gradients within the vertex.
00:25:35Exactly.
00:25:36Blow up the Clausius-Clapeyron equation.
00:25:38Like blowing up a burrito in the microwave.
00:25:44Anything?
00:25:47No.
00:25:48Dead stick.
00:25:49I'll try another algorithm.
00:25:51We don't blow up tornadoes because it's too destructive.
00:25:54As destructive as four F5 tornadoes?
00:25:57Good point.
00:25:58Okay, so assuming we move forward with this, how do we target the tornadoes?
00:26:03We can use my sensors.
00:26:05Okay, we can adjust the telemetric data and change it from a sensor network into a targeting network.
00:26:12So now we would have a targeting system to another algorithm, just like you're doing now.
00:26:17Perfect.
00:26:19Try it.
00:26:21Still nothing.
00:26:23Here comes another algorithm.
00:26:25So we target the source with your sensor network.
00:26:27Now we just need an energy source to target the cyclone.
00:26:30Too bad we can't put it into a giant microwave.
00:26:32See your example.
00:26:34Wait, I was just talking to Dr. Evans about solar satellites that beam energy waves down to Earth as microwaves.
00:26:40So we use TINA to identify the tornadoes.
00:26:43And have your sensor network target them.
00:26:45Theoretically, we could use those satellites to blast those tornadoes with microwave beams.
00:26:49We would need military and government approval, of course.
00:26:52Science is solid, if a little unorthodox.
00:26:55Okay, so we've got a plan.
00:26:57I'll let Dr. Evans know and she can get military approval for the satellite use.
00:27:00Try it again.
00:27:04That's it.
00:27:05We got it.
00:27:06Alright, let's get in the van. Let's get to Wichita and upgrade that next sensor.
00:27:09We've only got 10 hours and 37 minutes to calibrate all the sensors.
00:27:16Wait, you're changing the purpose of the sensors?
00:27:18Yes, we'd be using the sensors as a targeting system to pinpoint the tornadoes' location.
00:27:23Then use the satellites to overload the tornadoes with microwaves, thus ending their formations.
00:27:28Well, I asked you for choices and you gave me one.
00:27:30It's definitely thinking outside of the box.
00:27:33I'm going to have to contact the Joint Chiefs and see what's possible.
00:27:36Maybe get a military liaison here to help coordinate.
00:27:39I'll let you know if we can do this.
00:27:49Encouraging?
00:27:51We'll find out.
00:27:56Hey, James.
00:27:58You're a veteran storm chaser.
00:28:01So what happened back at the farm?
00:28:05You froze for a moment and then seemed to get back into it.
00:28:09You don't have to answer that, James.
00:28:13It's okay.
00:28:15PTSD.
00:28:16PTSD.
00:28:21But then I knew I had to do what I could to help.
00:28:26Sorry I couldn't help Steven in time.
00:28:30It's not your fault.
00:28:33It's not anybody's fault.
00:28:36No, it was my fault this time.
00:28:41Like it was last time.
00:28:43We need to stay focused, James.
00:28:46No need to explain.
00:28:49Thanks.
00:28:51But it helps me to talk about it.
00:28:53What if I don't want to talk about it?
00:28:56It was the worst day of my life, James.
00:28:58Mine too.
00:29:02We both lost a lot that day.
00:29:09Okay, then.
00:29:11Tell her.
00:29:19Erica and I were on a team chasing storms all over Tornado Alley.
00:29:24Retrieving the most accurate information we could gather.
00:29:28My best friend, Dan, was on that team.
00:29:31On that team.
00:29:36On one particular chase,
00:29:40we were tracking an F4.
00:29:45The data we were getting was amazing.
00:29:53But...
00:29:55Erica felt it was too dangerous and too unpredictable to follow the tornado anymore.
00:30:08Dan and I felt the information we were gathering was worth the risk.
00:30:15I did everything I could to talk Dan out of continuing.
00:30:21He believed in the cause.
00:30:25And he went.
00:30:27Our team, minus Erica, took off in two trucks after the tornado.
00:30:34Dan took one truck and I was in the other.
00:30:43We were getting fantastic data.
00:30:49Until, out of nowhere, the tornado turned into an F5.
00:30:55It was a monster.
00:31:00Wait, you're talking about the El Reno tornado, aren't you?
00:31:04We were on our planned escape route when the tornado turned and Dan and I decided it was statistically safer to split up.
00:31:13Dan took the team in one truck.
00:31:16I was by myself in the other.
00:31:18That way the data would survive if something happened to one of the trucks.
00:31:24As we were driving our separate ways,
00:31:30I watched the tornado turn.
00:31:35It devoured Dan's truck, killing everybody inside.
00:31:38Oh my god.
00:31:40And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse,
00:31:46the tornado changed course.
00:31:50It blew my truck off the road and flipped it into a ditch.
00:31:53Jesus.
00:31:57It broke 18 bones in my body.
00:32:02But,
00:32:03it broke 18 bones in my body.
00:32:08But I was the lucky one.
00:32:13I survived.
00:32:17That's horrible.
00:32:21I'm so, so sorry, Erica.
00:32:24I told you.
00:32:27You wouldn't listen.
00:32:29We lost our team and I lost everything.
00:32:33Hmm?
00:32:35I know.
00:32:38That is why I've improved the algorithm.
00:32:41Why your sensors are so important.
00:32:46I took the data from that tornado and used it for gut.
00:32:50So that nobody ever has to go through that again.
00:32:52Just tell yourself what you want, James.
00:32:55That you buried yourself inside, refusing to deal, hoping to hide from the pain of life.
00:33:01While I was outside, facing my pain.
00:33:09We're almost there.
00:33:12Let's get ready.
00:33:14Let's go.
00:33:27Let's focus on balancing out the gyros on the sensor.
00:33:30And then you can download your software, okay?
00:33:34Once it's calibrated, it should be able to communicate with the network.
00:33:37And then we can head to the last sensor in independence.
00:33:40It can only take about 30 minutes at most to get that sensor upgraded.
00:33:43We'll see.
00:33:44The Eternals are the same, but some of the enclosures are different.
00:33:47Either way, we're going to need to move quickly.
00:33:49We've got a two-hour drive to independence.
00:33:51Because we can't use air transport with these unpredictable storms.
00:33:54I know.
00:33:55Can you hand me the wrench?
00:34:04Good news.
00:34:05Dr. Evans says Joint Chiefs approved use of the microwave satellites.
00:34:09All set.
00:34:10Your turn.
00:34:11It should only take a couple minutes to download.
00:34:16Hey.
00:34:18I get that you're upset.
00:34:21I'm upset too.
00:34:23But we can't let that affect how we're working together right now.
00:34:27I need all of you, Erica, if we're going to fix this.
00:34:30Not just the part of you that's upset with me.
00:34:35I'll back up.
00:34:36We can get to the next sensor.
00:34:40Okay.
00:34:46You know, this might actually work.
00:34:52How about earlier?
00:34:53Hey, no.
00:34:55Let's just move forward.
00:35:10James?
00:35:11We have to hurry.
00:35:13That wall cloud is building quickly.
00:35:17Look, I don't know how long this van is going to hold up.
00:35:19We need to move.
00:35:20Let's go.
00:35:21James!
00:35:22I know.
00:35:23I'm going as fast as I can.
00:35:24Go faster.
00:35:25The whole state is on the line.
00:35:26The whole Midwest.
00:35:27I'm aware.
00:35:30Done.
00:35:32It's upgraded, calibrated, and live on the network.
00:35:34All right.
00:35:35Let's get in the van.
00:35:37Erica!
00:35:42Erica, are you okay?
00:35:43No!
00:35:44No!
00:35:45Without this dish, we won't be able to upload the local data to the satellites.
00:35:50We won't have a complete network.
00:35:52You said there was redundancy on the network.
00:35:54There is.
00:35:55But this sensor station is a nexus node.
00:35:58And it is primarily used to store data.
00:36:01There is.
00:36:02But this sensor station is a nexus node.
00:36:05And it is primary for the network to work.
00:36:08If that sensor fails, there is no network.
00:36:13You two okay?
00:36:15Look, we need to leave.
00:36:16No!
00:36:17We can't until we fix this dish.
00:36:18No, no.
00:36:19You said there was a...
00:36:20No, I know what I said.
00:36:21But if we don't fix this, then everything we've done won't matter.
00:36:24Take my tablet.
00:36:25Help me get this in the van.
00:36:26See if we can get it fixed.
00:36:28Come on.
00:36:29Inside.
00:36:30Now!
00:36:47Damn it.
00:36:48It's worse than I thought.
00:36:49The transducers have been shattered.
00:36:51How badly does that affect us?
00:36:52A lot.
00:36:54Transducers change one form of energy into another form of energy.
00:36:58It's the way we send information from the sensors back to NOAA.
00:37:01And without it, the sensors, they won't be able to communicate with the satellite and the network.
00:37:08Oh, yeah.
00:37:09Get some backup transducers for our satellite dish.
00:37:13Will that work?
00:37:15No.
00:37:16Unfortunately, your hardware, it's not compatible with ours.
00:37:19The dynamic range is different.
00:37:21Could I help with software?
00:37:23No.
00:37:24It's a hardware issue.
00:37:25All the way down the signal path, nothing is compatible.
00:37:28I mean, the only way that it would work is if we used the news van's satellite relay and all of their electronics.
00:37:35We would have to cannibalize their entire satellite rig down to the interface.
00:37:40Do it.
00:37:42We are stopping those tornadoes from converging.
00:37:44Do whatever you need to do to get this sensor to work.
00:37:47Really?
00:37:48Yeah.
00:37:49Claudia's right.
00:37:50Anything we can do to help slows us down.
00:37:51We would have to use your satellite dish and most of your electronics.
00:37:55Yeah.
00:37:56That's fine.
00:37:57Just, yeah.
00:37:58Let's go.
00:37:59Okay, then.
00:38:00Okay, let's do it.
00:38:10Come on, download the software and then you can finish.
00:38:12Okay.
00:38:14We need to get it up on the pole so we can get a better signal.
00:38:18I got some ratchet straps in there.
00:38:19Do you think that'll work?
00:38:20Yeah, that's great.
00:38:28Hold on, you're up.
00:38:29Okay.
00:38:31Put it up on the pole.
00:38:36Take it up.
00:38:37Lift it up.
00:38:39Okay.
00:38:46Peter's predicting a flash tornado in our location in the next 45 seconds.
00:38:51How is this an early warning system?
00:38:53These aren't regular storms or circumstances.
00:38:56We gotta focus.
00:39:00Almost there.
00:39:02Tornado!
00:39:03Go!
00:39:07Go!
00:39:08I got this!
00:39:09Get to the van!
00:39:10No!
00:39:11No, I am not leaving you!
00:39:18It came loose!
00:39:19Come on!
00:39:20We gotta hurry!
00:39:23That's as tight as it's gonna get!
00:39:25It's gotta go!
00:39:26Let's go!
00:39:34Go!
00:39:42The sensor held!
00:39:45It's getting closer.
00:39:46Go!
00:39:47Go!
00:39:48Go!
00:39:49The tornado's gaining movement or we're dead!
00:39:51Hang on!
00:39:56We need to find shelter ASAP.
00:39:58Can't we just go in a different direction away from the tornado?
00:40:01We need to keep the same heading.
00:40:02Otherwise, every turn that we take is another mile away from the next sensor.
00:40:05Look, look!
00:40:06There's a parking garage up ahead.
00:40:07No, not a parking garage.
00:40:08Why not?
00:40:09Because we could get stuck if the entrance gets blocked.
00:40:11Maybe, but we are absolutely going to be wiped off the face of this earth if we don't find cover now.
00:40:16It's a bad idea.
00:40:18Make a decision!
00:40:19Just look around.
00:40:20We don't have any other options, James.
00:40:22Fine!
00:40:23Go!
00:40:31Go!
00:40:47Everyone okay?
00:40:48Yeah.
00:40:49Yeah.
00:40:51Does anyone else have signal to call for help or Dr. Evans?
00:40:54Let her know we won't be able to reach the signal now.
00:40:58No.
00:41:01Then we're on our own.
00:41:04We're going to have to wait until the tornado subsides before we look for a way out.
00:41:15Dr. Evans.
00:41:18General Murphy, thank you for coming to NOAA.
00:41:20And thank you for the approval to use the satellite Constellation to try to stop these tornadoes.
00:41:26More importantly, my presence here is to liaise directly with the military.
00:41:30Streamline your command structure.
00:41:32What are your thoughts on the plan?
00:41:34I think it's an unorthodox solution, but the science is strong.
00:41:39Well, I'm all behind solutions, Doctor.
00:41:41And if I get to shoot at a problem and solve it, all the better.
00:41:46I got your status report about losing contact with your scientists on the ground.
00:41:50Any updates?
00:41:51No, sir.
00:41:52Nothing.
00:41:53No responses.
00:41:54If they're dead and we can't get these sensors up and running to target this tornado,
00:41:59what's our backup?
00:42:01I've reviewed all of our options.
00:42:03Our best plan B is to seed the storm with silver iodide.
00:42:07I've already been on the phone with the proper authorities to put that in place.
00:42:11Silver iodide?
00:42:12Isn't that what they use to make it rain?
00:42:14Why would we want that?
00:42:16It impregnates the storm clouds with ice nuclei,
00:42:20cooling the warm moisture,
00:42:22stopping the formation of mesocyclones and thus tornado funnels.
00:42:27Seems pretty straightforward.
00:42:29Why hasn't it been done yet?
00:42:31Logistics.
00:42:32Due to the size of the storm fronts, we've had to locate all the silver iodine from across the country,
00:42:37have it delivered to the closest Air Force base to be loaded onto aircraft to disperse it.
00:42:42How many planes do you need?
00:42:43It should take 30 aircraft to seed the 500 square miles of storms
00:42:49with the amount of silver iodine we've delivered to the Air Force.
00:42:52Why wasn't this done in the first place?
00:42:55This amount of silver iodine has never been seeded before.
00:42:58It could cause an ecological disaster if these storms change direction
00:43:03and the silver iodine misses the storms.
00:43:06If this lands on the ground, sir...
00:43:09Well, I'll call the Air Force and make sure those planes are loaded and in the air ASAP.
00:43:15I think anything we can do to weaken this storm is only going to help us.
00:43:19Agreed.
00:43:21Agreed.
00:43:23If we don't hear from the scientists by T-minus two hour mark,
00:43:27we're going to have to go ahead and seed the storms.
00:43:30Just going to have to take the risk.
00:43:42We're stuck down here like rats.
00:43:45I told you not to go underground.
00:43:49Let's just focus on how we're going to get out.
00:43:52Exactly how are we going to get out?
00:43:55The tornado has parked itself directly above us, James.
00:43:58We haven't had a chance to check out the blockage yet.
00:44:01Exactly. That tornado is sitting right on top of us.
00:44:04We could have easily outrun it if Doug had just driven faster.
00:44:07Excuse me?
00:44:08Don't blame Doug.
00:44:10We wouldn't be in this mess if he had just listened to me in the first place.
00:44:12The last time I listened to you, my fiancé died.
00:44:18Yeah.
00:44:26Get out.
00:44:49Got it. Thank you.
00:44:52Planes are approved. Where are we on the silver iodide?
00:44:55We've got eight hours before the tornadoes converge,
00:44:58and another 30 minutes before the last of the silver iodide arrives.
00:45:01Cutting it close.
00:45:03They still have to load the planes.
00:45:06What is it?
00:45:08According to Tina, the four tornadoes that are headed for convergence
00:45:11are moving faster than before.
00:45:14They will combine in less than five hours.
00:45:17Damn it! That cuts our time by a third.
00:45:20We can't wait for the last of the silver iodide.
00:45:23We have to launch that seeding squadron now.
00:45:26I'll inform the airfields.
00:45:28This is General Murphy. Launch them now.
00:45:37What's this?
00:45:38We scouted for supplies, but only came across these bags of fertilizer.
00:45:48James.
00:45:50You're right. We have to go.
00:45:53We have to get out of here.
00:45:56This place is settling. I don't know how long we have until it collapses.
00:46:00We have no communication with Dr. Evans either.
00:46:04Those F-5 tornadoes are going to be a pain in the ass.
00:46:07We have to get out of here.
00:46:09I don't know how long we have until it collapses.
00:46:12We have no communication with Dr. Evans either.
00:46:15Those F-5 tornadoes are coming in the next few hours. We have to stop them.
00:46:19I know, but we can't rely on our tech.
00:46:25We have no other option.
00:46:28Back to the basics.
00:46:30What would Professor Bennett do?
00:46:34He always used to say,
00:46:36Kiss. Keep it simple, stupid.
00:46:40I know, it's funny, right?
00:46:42We had these farmer boys that were also coders in the class,
00:46:46and they always laughed and replied,
00:46:48Or you could just blow it up.
00:46:51What does that coding term mean?
00:46:53It's not a coding term.
00:46:55They literally meant blow it up.
00:46:57It's not a coding term.
00:46:59What does that coding term mean?
00:47:01It's not a coding term.
00:47:03They literally meant blow it up.
00:47:05They would get fertilizer from the ag school,
00:47:07and they would grab something from the junkyard,
00:47:09take it into an empty field, and...
00:47:11Every time they were upset.
00:47:13I forgot that you went to a school in the middle of nowhere.
00:47:16Well, you were lucky.
00:47:18You went to the big fancy school to study the latest scientific stuff,
00:47:21like the Tesla coil.
00:47:23That's the largest Tesla coil in America.
00:47:25It's still standing.
00:47:27I was over there just playing with cow poop.
00:47:29It was fertilizer, not manure.
00:47:32You'd be surprised the amount of explosive you can make with that stuff.
00:47:42That's it.
00:47:44What?
00:47:46We're going to blow our way out of here.
00:47:48With what?
00:47:51Fertilizer.
00:47:53Okay, but won't that just make the debris move even more?
00:47:58Not if we place it strategically.
00:48:01Okay.
00:48:03We don't have time to waste. We're going to need Doug.
00:48:05Let's get him.
00:48:24Thanks for sticking up for me back there,
00:48:26but you know I can take care of myself, right?
00:48:28Of course. You stuck by me for all of this.
00:48:30It's the least I can do.
00:48:32Kidding me? Wouldn't miss this for anything.
00:48:37There's more?
00:48:39We're never going to get out of here.
00:48:41There's more?
00:48:43We're never going to get out of here.
00:48:59Doug, no!
00:49:03No, no, no, no, no.
00:49:05I'm going to help her.
00:49:07No, she's gone. There's nothing you can do.
00:49:09Get him back to the van.
00:49:14Doug!
00:49:16I figured a way out of here,
00:49:18but I'm going to need your help.
00:49:22How many more do we need?
00:49:24All of them.
00:49:26You sure this is going to work?
00:49:28It's the only option we've got.
00:49:40There.
00:49:53It's the last of them.
00:49:59Doug, I'm sorry about Claudia.
00:50:02I don't know how to siphon gas, do you?
00:50:04Of course I do.
00:50:06I need a fuel source to ignite this.
00:50:08No need.
00:50:10I had a gas can in the truck.
00:50:12You never know when you need extra fuel.
00:50:14Go grab it.
00:50:16Got it.
00:50:22Hey, can I help with anything?
00:50:24Can you find me a lighter?
00:50:26No.
00:50:29There you go. It's about three quarters full.
00:50:31Perfect.
00:50:44All right, I got the lighter.
00:50:46There you go.
00:50:48Perfect.
00:50:50I'm going to need a fuel source to ignite this.
00:50:52No need.
00:50:54I had a gas can in the truck.
00:50:56There you go.
00:50:58Perfect.
00:51:00All right.
00:51:02You guys should get behind the van.
00:51:04Cover your ears tight.
00:51:06There's going to be a lot of air compression and heat.
00:51:08Is the van going to be okay?
00:51:10Should be.
00:51:12Wait a minute. Should be?
00:51:14Well, I've strategically placed the fertilizer on this side,
00:51:16so the explosion goes away from the van.
00:51:18So in theory, it should be.
00:51:20Like a claymore?
00:51:22Yes.
00:51:26Come on.
00:51:30All right.
00:51:32Come on.
00:51:44Good?
00:51:46Yeah.
00:51:48Good.
00:51:54James, come on!
00:52:12Come on.
00:52:19Come on.
00:52:21Everyone okay?
00:52:23Yeah.
00:52:28Let's get to that last sensor.
00:52:30Be careful driving through that rubble.
00:52:32Copy that.
00:52:39Where is everyone?
00:52:41Looks like the evacuation's worked.
00:52:43Let me check to see if we have any signal.
00:52:46I am reconfirming the exact GPS coordinates
00:52:48for the next sensor, but...
00:52:50Head for Independence, Doug.
00:52:52Dr. Evans?
00:52:54Dr. Garland, we thought we lost you.
00:52:56I've been trying to contact you for over an hour.
00:52:59We had to find shelter and got trapped,
00:53:01but we're back on the road.
00:53:03Tina's confirmed the tornadoes have sped up.
00:53:05You only have four hours to get to that last sensor.
00:53:08What?
00:53:10I sent a squadron of aircraft to stop them
00:53:12before they combined, or at least slow them down.
00:53:14The aircraft have been rigged to seed the tornadoes
00:53:16with silver iodide.
00:53:18That's great.
00:53:20How far away are you from the next sensor?
00:53:22Two hundred miles.
00:53:24James, that doesn't give you much time
00:53:26to get to that last sensor.
00:53:28You have to hurry.
00:53:30Go as fast as possible.
00:53:32Copy that.
00:53:34You heard her. Let's move.
00:53:40Copy that.
00:53:42The seeding squadron has arrived.
00:53:44Now we can act.
00:53:46They're heading for the first tornado right now.
00:53:48Captain Morales, give me a sitrep.
00:53:53Thirteen clicks from the drop zone, General.
00:53:55Extreme winds are creating non-optimal flying conditions.
00:53:58Pinpoint accuracy may suffer.
00:54:01General Murphy, I'm not sure we're fully prepared for this.
00:54:04Captain Morales, your target zone is flexible
00:54:06within two to five clicks for payload dispersal.
00:54:09We have to get rid of these tornadoes
00:54:11before they merge into a F-6.
00:54:13Copy that, sir. We'll get to the target.
00:54:16Copy that, Captain. Proceed with caution.
00:54:19Will do.
00:54:21Bravo, Charlie.
00:54:23Type of formation on approach of drop zone.
00:54:25Copy that, Captain. Roger.
00:54:32We've arrived at the drop zone, General.
00:54:34Execute.
00:54:36Copy that.
00:54:38Charlie.
00:54:40Drop payload on my mark.
00:54:42Three...
00:54:44Two...
00:54:45One...
00:54:47Launch!
00:54:50Payload successfully launched.
00:54:52I repeat, payload...
00:54:58I'm hit!
00:55:01I lost control of the plane!
00:55:03I'm going down!
00:55:06What's happened?
00:55:08We've lost them.
00:55:11All of them.
00:55:13Then our only hope to stop these tornadoes
00:55:15is with the targeting sensors and microwave bombardment.
00:55:26We have 33 minutes before these four tornadoes
00:55:28converge into a super tornado.
00:55:30Be ready to get moving.
00:55:32Copy that.
00:55:34It looks like they just left everything as is
00:55:36as soon as the evacuations and shelter-in-place order went out.
00:55:39Let's get this sensor up and running. Where is it?
00:55:41It should be over here.
00:55:44No. No, no, no!
00:55:46God, no! The sensor station, it's destroyed!
00:55:48We should be good. We can just swap out the sensor core with a new one.
00:55:51No! Just look at it!
00:55:53It was struck by lightning, so all of the electronics
00:55:55that were supporting the sensor core, they're fine.
00:55:58We're not going to be able to stop the tornadoes now.
00:56:00Hey, hey, hey! Listen to me!
00:56:02We're going to be fine. We just need to get out of the rain,
00:56:04get the circuit board back to the van, and see what we can do.
00:56:07Go!
00:56:15Come on.
00:56:16You guys okay?
00:56:24What do we have available to us?
00:56:26We have your computer, and we have my last sensor,
00:56:28but we need a power supply, logic board,
00:56:31a hard drive, receivers, transmitters,
00:56:33and on top of all of that, a dish.
00:56:35We're screwed.
00:56:37We've got all of that right here in the van.
00:56:40Are you suggesting that we build a whole new sensor station?
00:56:43Yes.
00:56:44Okay, so we can use your computer,
00:56:46which Tina already installed as the brain,
00:56:48and we use the truck as is for all the electronics.
00:56:51I mean, it's already designed to send and receive signals.
00:56:56We still need a dish.
00:56:58A parabolic-shaped dish to gather and send signals
00:57:01to and from the receiver.
00:57:06Those disks on the first floor passenger pods
00:57:08are the same shape as a dish.
00:57:14You're a genius.
00:57:26Must have left here in a hurry.
00:57:28They left this.
00:57:32It's still as wild in the chamber.
00:57:35Ruger American Black Bolt.
00:57:37It's a nice weapon.
00:57:39Good balance, long-range capability.
00:57:43What about the keys?
00:57:47Left those, too.
00:57:55Flip all the signal switches to the null setting.
00:57:57All of them?
00:57:58Yes, it'll help clear the pathway to the processor.
00:58:01Done.
00:58:05We're in.
00:58:07Make sure the circuits are dead as we're patching.
00:58:09We can't afford to lose any of these logic boards.
00:58:12Understood, Doc.
00:58:13Okay.
00:58:15No!
00:58:18A little too easy.
00:58:20We'll have to go on a ferris wheel again.
00:58:22Welcome to the club.
00:58:27Use this.
00:58:28Yes.
00:58:29Use this guy.
00:58:34Get it into place.
00:58:39We're in.
00:58:40We're in.
00:58:41We're in.
00:58:42We're in.
00:58:44We only have 18 minutes until the tornadoes converge.
00:58:46We have to activate that sensor so we can get the satellites in place.
00:58:51And if this doesn't work...
00:58:56You need to leave now.
00:58:58What?
00:59:00No.
00:59:01I'm not leaving.
00:59:03Let me help you guys, please.
00:59:05James is right.
00:59:06You park the van in a protected spot.
00:59:08We'll be safe in it long enough to get the sensor up.
00:59:11Yeah? And then what?
00:59:13Look, I can't lose anyone else.
00:59:17Please, just take the tanker truck and head west as fast as you can.
00:59:21You'll be safer that way.
00:59:29Fine.
00:59:30Fine, since you're so stubborn about it.
00:59:35Glad Pop taught me how to drive big rigs.
00:59:38You guys be safe, right?
00:59:39See you on the other side.
00:59:41Hopefully.
00:59:59Let's get these final connections made.
01:00:08Okay, we're ready for power.
01:00:12Here we go.
01:00:18Moment of truth.
01:00:19Do it.
01:00:22Yes!
01:00:23Check the readings!
01:00:26We're up and running, let's move!
01:00:30No!
01:00:31We don't have time!
01:00:32No, we have to fix it!
01:00:33Otherwise, the satellites won't work, the tornadoes will converge,
01:00:36and we won't be able to stop them!
01:00:42Get this.
01:00:47Okay.
01:00:48We gotta make sure it stands up.
01:00:52Sensor?
01:00:54Sensor.
01:01:05Let's get this in there.
01:01:11Okay.
01:01:17Plug it in.
01:01:21Get the wires reattached.
01:01:22I got it, I got it.
01:01:27It's good.
01:01:28It's here.
01:01:30Okay.
01:01:31Alright, we got it.
01:01:33Let's go!
01:01:34Go, go!
01:01:38Look for cover.
01:01:42There!
01:01:45What other options do we have, James?
01:01:47There's nothing!
01:01:53Watch your head!
01:01:55Get in, get in, get in!
01:01:59Hold on!
01:02:11Hold on!
01:02:32Hang on, you guys, I'm coming!
01:02:41Erica, you okay?
01:02:47Erica!
01:02:51Erica!
01:02:52Hey!
01:02:57Erica, come on!
01:02:58Come on!
01:02:59I can't lose you two, come on!
01:03:00Come on!
01:03:03I got you!
01:03:11Come on, come on, stay with me.
01:03:13Stay with me.
01:03:17Hey, hey, hey.
01:03:18Hey, Erica.
01:03:20Calm again.
01:03:21Okay.
01:03:22Hey.
01:03:24Are you okay?
01:03:28I don't know.
01:03:29Easy, easy.
01:03:30I think I hurt my wrist.
01:03:34Can you stand?
01:03:36I think so.
01:03:37I think so.
01:03:39Come on.
01:03:40Come on.
01:03:41I got you.
01:03:44Come on, we gotta get to shelter.
01:03:45Those tornadoes are gonna converge any minute.
01:03:51Hey.
01:03:52You guys okay?
01:03:53You're not supposed to be here.
01:03:55I think I am.
01:03:57That's fair enough.
01:04:00I think that I may have sprained my wrist,
01:04:02but otherwise I think we're okay.
01:04:03All right.
01:04:04Let's get over here.
01:04:05I'll wrap you up.
01:04:06Okay.
01:04:08I'm okay.
01:04:12Grab a seat here.
01:04:13Okay.
01:04:19Let's see.
01:04:21You guys took a hell of a ride, huh?
01:04:29All right.
01:04:31Let's get you guys out of here.
01:04:37I can't get through to Dr. Evans.
01:04:38We need to fire those satellites now.
01:04:40No, James.
01:04:41James, I don't think any of us have signal.
01:04:43It is no use.
01:04:59We're out of time.
01:05:02The tornadoes are converging into one super tornado.
01:05:08I've got a signal.
01:05:11Dr. Evans, the sensor network is online.
01:05:14Understood.
01:05:15Dr. Evans, listen to me.
01:05:16We lost our local control.
01:05:18We need you to initiate the targeting and satellites
01:05:20right now.
01:05:21Roger that.
01:05:23Initiating.
01:05:25Dr. Evans.
01:05:26Dr. Evans.
01:05:27Dr. Evans.
01:05:28Dr. Evans.
01:05:29Dr. Evans.
01:05:30Dr. Evans.
01:05:31Dr. Evans.
01:05:32Dr. Evans.
01:05:33Dr. Evans.
01:05:34Dr. Evans.
01:05:35Dr. Evans.
01:05:37Initiate microwave satellite bombardment.
01:05:46Target signal has been acquired by the full network.
01:05:49The microwave constellation is locked and loaded.
01:05:54Fire.
01:06:04Is it working?
01:06:07It's hard to tell.
01:06:09It'll take some time for the microwave to heat up the air sufficiently.
01:06:13Come on.
01:06:16I see some movement.
01:06:18Where?
01:06:19Three o'clock.
01:06:21Some degradation is happening.
01:06:23It's working.
01:06:25The tornadoes are dissipating.
01:06:31It worked.
01:06:33We did it.
01:06:36Good job, guys.
01:06:40Well done, you two.
01:06:42Thank you, Doctor.
01:06:43We'll be sending out an EMS team to your location ASAP.
01:06:47We'll get inside and send our GPS coordinates.
01:06:49Make sure to preserve all local data so we can codify
01:06:52and expand this network when you guys get back.
01:06:55Understood.
01:06:56I'm classifying this process in action effect.
01:06:59Until we have thoroughly examined this new system,
01:07:01no one is to speak about or report about it.
01:07:04Got that, Doug Cameron?
01:07:06Um, yes, sir.
01:07:08I'm currently a cameraman without a camera, so no problem.
01:07:12Good.
01:07:13Although I have to tell you, it's a hell of a system.
01:07:16Thank you, sir.
01:07:17Thank you, sir.
01:07:20Doug, maybe I was too fast to misjudge your AI.
01:07:25I'll forgive you this time.
01:07:27It's always a learning curve with new AI.
01:07:30I just... I want to say that...
01:07:35James?
01:07:38Look.
01:07:43James, Tina's readings show that while the microwave environment worked,
01:07:47the additional heat created a vacuum, sucking in massive amounts of warm air,
01:07:52creating more tornadoes. Over.
01:07:55How many more storms is Tina predicting?
01:07:57Forty?
01:07:58Wait, did I hear that correctly?
01:08:00Yes. Forty F5 tornadoes, 30 miles wide,
01:08:04a 1,200-mile-long wall of destruction,
01:08:07three 400-mile-an-hour winds.
01:08:10The eastern half of the country will be destroyed.
01:08:20That's not a wall.
01:08:22That's not a wall.
01:08:26That's a 1,600-mile-long tombstone.
01:08:37Dr. Evans, we have to get to safety. We're back in the truck.
01:08:40I've passed my phone through the CB radio. Can you hear us? Over.
01:08:43Yes, we can hear you.
01:08:45EVAC warnings have been given for the east coast
01:08:47and shelter-in-place warnings for the rest of the Midwest.
01:08:50Over.
01:08:51The Microwave Satellite Constellation is charging for another attempt. Over.
01:08:55No, we just did that. It only made things worse.
01:08:58We have to make a change in the variable,
01:09:00or the microwave bombardment will just continue to make more tornadoes.
01:09:03How long until you can hit the tornadoes with more microwaves?
01:09:06Thirty seconds. Over.
01:09:08Spread the field of microwave saturation by 20%.
01:09:11Set vectors at plus 2.0 off-center.
01:09:15Full power with MAC to fusion. Over.
01:09:17Roger that. New vectors are set and calculated.
01:09:21Satellites are primed, locked, loaded, and ready to fire.
01:09:26Fire.
01:09:38The ionic bonds are too strong.
01:09:43Dr. Evans, the tornadoes are too large.
01:09:46The ionic bonds are too strong to dissipate them.
01:09:48We need to disrupt the energy cycle.
01:09:51What does that mean exactly?
01:09:53I need to know how we're going to fix this.
01:09:55The electrochemical bonds that are holding the tornadoes together need to be broken apart.
01:09:59Dr. Garland, what's your suggestion? Over.
01:10:05Come on, James. Think. Keep it simple.
01:10:09Or you could just blow it up.
01:10:13That's it.
01:10:14We need to blow them up.
01:10:16Drop a large conventional bomb in the middle of all these tornadoes.
01:10:20A MOAB. Several of them.
01:10:22It's the only thing that will have enough energy to do that.
01:10:25Wait, wait. You want to drop the mother of all bombs into that thing, hmm?
01:10:28The largest non-nuclear ordnance the U.S. military has. Really.
01:10:34Yes.
01:10:35No, a MOAB's too strong. Let alone multiples of them.
01:10:39We can't do that. There's too many civilian casualties.
01:10:42All the areas are under evacuation or shelter-in-place underground.
01:10:46These are non-nuclear weapons and they're being fired from several thousand feet in the air.
01:10:51Everyone on the ground will be safe.
01:10:53Still, I don't know if I can make that call. Over.
01:10:57The massive tornado is causing enough destruction on its own.
01:11:00Any damage done by the bombs would be insignificant by comparison.
01:11:04I'll get the go-ahead from above and scramble the bombers to be ready.
01:11:07I'll make sure the bombers fly high above the storm this time.
01:11:11Over and out.
01:11:19What else can we do to weaken these ionic bonds for these tornadoes?
01:11:22To help the MOAB as much as possible?
01:11:26The idea you had of blowing the tornado up reminds me of a quick and dirty way we used to put out oil well fires.
01:11:32My pop used to talk about that all the time.
01:11:35You mean blow them up using TNT?
01:11:37Yeah. It would extinguish the combustion.
01:11:43What if we reverse that?
01:11:46Are there any gas lines in the path of the tornado that we can ignite?
01:11:51The science is there, but it's not practical.
01:11:55I'm not sure if a gas line would hold up against a tornado's front.
01:11:59Besides, it's like summoning a lightning to do the work for us.
01:12:02That's it.
01:12:04What?
01:12:05Lightning.
01:12:07Where are we?
01:12:16About there.
01:12:19Go here.
01:12:20We don't have time for a detour.
01:12:22We are just a few miles away from my old college,
01:12:25where they have exactly what we need to weaken the ionic bonds of those tornadoes.
01:12:31The Midwest's largest Tesla coil.
01:12:34Yes.
01:12:37Let's go.
01:12:43Dr. Evans, we've just arrived at the University of Kansas' Tesla coil.
01:12:47Erica thinks that augmenting the energy with the tornadoes while we drop the bombs will break up the ionic bonds,
01:12:52but the timing has to be precise.
01:12:54General Murphy has scrambled the bombers, and they're close.
01:12:57Call me when you're set and ready. Over and out.
01:13:04Let's go.
01:13:05I'll get the power up and running while you guys prep the coil.
01:13:08I'll tell you what to do.
01:13:13All right.
01:13:14Come here, Doug.
01:13:15All right, you're going to make sure that all of the switches in each bank are active.
01:13:18You're going to flip up each switch to turn it on. Okay?
01:13:26All right.
01:13:27All banks are active.
01:13:28Waiting to turn on the Tesla coil at Dr. Evans' command.
01:13:32James, are you ready?
01:13:34The tornado wall is closing fast.
01:13:36You've got 15 minutes before it gets closer.
01:13:39We're ready.
01:13:40Activate the Tesla coil.
01:13:42Light it up.
01:13:52Tesla coil is fully active at 2 gigajoules.
01:13:54Tesla coil activated.
01:14:00On my mark.
01:14:01Three.
01:14:02Two.
01:14:04One.
01:14:06Mark.
01:14:07Execute bombing.
01:14:10Ascending now to deliver the payload.
01:14:22It's working.
01:14:24Almost there.
01:14:26Come on!
01:14:33The front changed course.
01:14:35The Tesla coil, it's drawing it towards us.
01:14:37I'm shutting it down.
01:14:43I don't understand.
01:14:44It should have worked.
01:14:50They shut down the Tesla coil.
01:14:52What do they think they're doing?
01:14:53Get them back on the phone.
01:15:03What are we missing?
01:15:06We don't have enough explosives.
01:15:08What if it's not about how many,
01:15:11but the placement?
01:15:13Maybe the bombs were too high in the funnel structure.
01:15:16And like Doug said, with the oil wells,
01:15:18we need a ground explosive.
01:15:20Yeah.
01:15:21James, there are way too many tornadoes.
01:15:23We can't hit them all.
01:15:24What if we don't have to hit them all?
01:15:26What are you talking about?
01:15:28What if there's an internal structure
01:15:30that is holding all of the tornadoes together
01:15:32and feeding them,
01:15:33and it's just one tornado that's leading them all?
01:15:36So we find the prime tornado
01:15:39that's holding all of these storms together.
01:15:41We can stop them all.
01:15:43Okay, but how do we know
01:15:46which tornado is the prime tornado?
01:15:48The Tesla coil is pulling the storm cell closer to us.
01:15:51The tornado in the front has to be the prime tornado.
01:15:54And if it's not,
01:15:55we separate that from the rest of the tornadoes.
01:15:57They'll all follow,
01:15:58and we can attack them separately.
01:16:00That sounds great,
01:16:01but what are we going to use for explosives?
01:16:03We don't have time to make another fertilizer bomb.
01:16:07The tanker truck.
01:16:09I can rig it to explode at the base of the tornado.
01:16:11Okay, okay.
01:16:12How exactly is blowing up that tank
01:16:14going to stop that giant wall of tornadoes, huh?
01:16:16All those bombs you threw at it didn't do squat.
01:16:19First of all, we're attacking the prime tornado.
01:16:23First of all, we're attacking the prime tornado
01:16:25holding all of the other tornadoes together.
01:16:28Second, it's the placement.
01:16:30The tanker truck is low to the ground
01:16:31where the tornado is most vulnerable.
01:16:33And third, the tanker truck is just one part
01:16:35of a three-pronged attack.
01:16:38It's just we have to time it precisely
01:16:39for everything to work.
01:16:41All right.
01:16:43So how are we going to blow up the tanker?
01:16:48I'm sure I can find something in here
01:16:50to make a small IED.
01:16:51We just need a way to remote detonate it.
01:16:55A rifle I found.
01:16:57I can set up the IED.
01:16:59But that just leaves how are we going to get
01:17:00the tanker to the tornado?
01:17:05I'll drive it.
01:17:06What?
01:17:07No, no, no, no, no.
01:17:08Look, I'm the only one that knows
01:17:09how to drive that truck.
01:17:12Let me do it.
01:17:13No, I am not risking anybody else's life.
01:17:16Besides, you're the only person that can take that shot.
01:17:20And you have to stay here and run the Tesla coil.
01:17:22It makes sense.
01:17:23It's logical.
01:17:24I have to do this.
01:17:26I can't lose you, James.
01:17:31You won't.
01:17:46Okay.
01:17:48Let's rock.
01:17:50Okay.
01:18:10All right.
01:18:11All he's got to do is just point this at the tornado.
01:18:21We've got one round left.
01:18:22Then we better make it count.
01:18:24I will.
01:18:27You're going to have to hit it here.
01:18:29It'll cause a chain reaction blowing up
01:18:30the compressed gas in the tanks.
01:18:32I got this.
01:18:33Ready?
01:18:34Tornadoes are just four miles away.
01:18:35We have less than three minutes to pull this off.
01:18:42Dr. Evans, General.
01:18:43Be ready to fire on my mark.
01:18:45Understood.
01:18:47Two gigajoules.
01:18:51Three gigajoules.
01:18:52Almost there.
01:18:59Ten gigajoules.
01:19:00Power's max.
01:19:01Hit it.
01:19:20Where's James?
01:19:26Still driving.
01:19:27It's getting closer.
01:19:29Just a little closer.
01:19:32Come on.
01:19:33Come on.
01:19:34Come on.
01:19:38Almost there.
01:19:46The power's about to fry the circuits.
01:19:48We have to discharge the coil now.
01:19:50Doug!
01:19:51He's still driving.
01:19:53Come on.
01:20:16I can't lose you, James.
01:20:19I trust you.
01:20:21This is for Professor Bennett.
01:20:27And Claudia.
01:20:32And Steve.
01:20:39And Dan.
01:20:44Mario, show the driver's door open.
01:20:46It's hard to tell if he made it out, though.
01:20:48Shoot.
01:20:57Prime Tornado's down.
01:20:58Fire now.
01:20:59Fire.
01:21:17I'm dead.
01:21:22James.
01:21:31Congratulations, Doctor.
01:21:32Congratulations, General.
01:21:40James!
01:21:42James!
01:21:43James, wake up!
01:21:44You gotta wake up!
01:21:45James, wake up!
01:21:46Wake up!
01:21:53Are you okay?
01:21:58Did it work?
01:22:00Yeah.
01:22:01Yeah.
01:22:02All 40 of the tornadoes are completely destroyed.
01:22:07Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa.
01:22:08No, no, no.
01:22:09Let me help.
01:22:10I got it.
01:22:11No, you don't.
01:22:15You don't always have to do everything yourself, you know?
01:22:25I thought we lost you.
01:22:29Not that easy to get rid of.
01:22:33Tina was a huge success.
01:22:35Thanks to your sensors and his marksmanship.
01:22:39Claudia would have been proud.
01:22:41All she ever wanted to do was help people.
01:22:45Now we've all just lost so much.
01:22:48Glad we could be a part of something to help save lives.
01:22:52And now we have a tool to help predict tornadoes.
01:22:56Thanks to my sister.
01:22:59Couldn't have said it better myself, bro.
01:23:03Get in here.
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