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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 AI may be the future but it is not the present and I'm not issuing any warnings based on some
00:02:37untested software I
00:02:39Have to at least warn the people I care about
00:02:51Oh
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 exactly 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
00:04:07Drop in pressure
00:04:09Strong winds with moisture buildup at latitude thirty nine point. Oh five. Oh nine eight. Oh longitude minus ninety five point six
00:04:16seven 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
00:04:37Fast we have less than five minutes
00:04:39Have the Topeka office issue an imminent tornado warning
00:04:43Oh 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
00:05:59Can't be accurate according 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 north-south
00:07:28Colliding with the cold Arctic air mass generating a low SIE
00:07:33Creating a once-in-a-generation event of massive instability
00:07:37Across the entire Midwest for the next 12 hours
00:07:40We're talking massive tornadoes lasting for hours on one end of the scale and smaller tornadoes
00:07:46Popping up without warning at the other end. What data set are you using?
00:07:50I thought Tina only predicted the appearance and some of the impacts of the cyclonic regeneration
00:07:55I 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 variants
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
00:08:30Then 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?
00:08:50She 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
00:09:41I
00:09:48See your location on SR 350 20.2 miles west of Lone Jack
00:09:54Tina shows an f1 has developed in your location. I have the same reading. Do you have a visual?
00:10:03Negative
00:10:06I have a visual
00:10:18Debris is falling from the sky. Are you okay?
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00:11:05Respond are you okay? I'm fine
00:11:09The funnel is gone. I have clear skies
00:11:12This climate instability is stranger than predicted. Can you continue?
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. What's your ETA to Lone Jack?
00:11:3220 minutes. Okay. Let me know when you've reached Erika
00:11:47After the devastating news coming out of Topeka today, I'm here with dr
00:11:51Erica Garland of Noah to tell us what is being done to prevent such a loss of life and property in the future
00:11:59Excuse me. I'm sorry. Just some odd readings
00:12:04but
00:12:06yes
00:12:08What happened in Topeka today is heartbreaking?
00:12:11Any loss of life is unacceptable?
00:12:14The key is warning time so people can get to shelter and that's why I have been
00:12:20Finishing up the installation of a network of next-generation sensors to help predict severe weather
00:12:25Especially tornadoes and doctor how exactly does your network of sensors help us to predict such extreme weather events?
00:12:32Well, this sensor network is a bi-directional network
00:12:36Far more accurate than any current technology
00:12:40allowing for better prediction and more relevant real-time data collections such as
00:12:45Informing if you're dealing with an f1 or an f5
00:12:49Of course Midwesterners. We know what's going on. We know what's going on
00:12:52Or an f5 of course Midwesterners, we know that f1 and f5 are at opposite ends of the Fujita scale
00:12:59Yes, that's correct. The Fujita scale assigns the tornado strength a number starting from f0
00:13:06uh, meaning that
00:13:08your winds they can start at
00:13:1085 miles per hour causing light damage all the way to an f5 with winds starting at 200 miles per hour
00:13:16Destroying everything in its path. So doctor, what was the rating of the tornado that hit Topeka today?
00:13:22That was an f2
00:13:24unfortunately
00:13:26That tornado developed so fast that people were unable to get to safety
00:13:30My hope is that we can use this network to alert authorities
00:13:35Empowering an app on people's phones giving them at least a 40 minute head start instead of the current 13 minutes
00:13:42That information it's life or death
00:13:46And if available and apps like that
00:13:49It may have saved countless lives in Topeka
00:13:52Thank you. Dr. Garland. I'm claudia santiago with tabn kansas city news back to you in the studio
00:13:59And we're out
00:14:01Thank you so much for your time. Thank you
00:14:04So that's pretty good
00:14:08Erica
00:14:12What do you want james
00:14:15Your sensors and my ai are predicting an unprecedented set of storm cells developing in the next 12 hours
00:14:23I've tried to call you and text you but i've gotten no response. Yeah. Well, that's because the block to james
00:14:28Why hasn't noah sent out a shelter in place order? We have the amount of area
00:14:33Needed to prepare is vast. It takes time to align the agencies and get them active
00:14:38So why are you here?
00:14:45What do you mean your ai and my sensors
00:14:50I used tina with your sensors you did what I 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 james
00:15:00Look, I know you're upset with me and you're furious and you can yell at me later
00:15:05But dr
00:15:06Evan sent me here to help you finish installing your sensors as soon as possible and get tina's ai
00:15:10Downloaded to the network so we can predict these tornadoes with full accuracy and 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 but your artificial intelligence and all those large number sets. It's bs
00:15:27That's where science turns to probability. I fixed the error in the code
00:15:31Tina is an exponential leap in the algorithm
00:15:36Your mistake costs us the lives of six people
00:15:39And you destroyed my life
00:15:43Erica
00:15:46I'm, sorry
00:15:47and maybe someday you'll realize that and believe me, but today
00:15:51Today we have to work together. Otherwise millions of people are going to die
00:15:56Excuse me. You're saying you knew about today's tornado. It's a little more complicated than a soundbite
00:16:02How do you know this isn't just a lucky guess check the data?
00:16:05It also predicted another tornado before it happened before I could see it
00:16:10Is that right? Dr. Garland, but you just can you please just give us a little space
00:16:17What's happening
00:16:18The sie is pulling the enzo warm air mass up north from the gulf of mexico and it's causing massive instability across the midwest
00:16:27No, that's not correct the sensor ids are referenced check it against your own data
00:16:35Okay
00:16:38Okay, yeah, no the data is lining up but this is predicting something that has never happened before
00:16:43Because it's a combination of two massive weather anomalies creating a once in a generation occurrence, please. What exactly are you saying?
00:16:52Look, it's not conclusive. Okay, it's
00:16:56just
00:16:58there is preliminary evidence that's showing a massive series of
00:17:02Storm cells just all up and down tornado alley. Yes, 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 with wind speeds of over 400 miles per hour
00:17:15Look, if you were correct about this without this network, we won't be able to alert the military emergency services or citizens
00:17:22I'm, not wrong about this
00:17:26Fine
00:17:28But this is about protecting lives not repairing our relationship
00:17:35Fair enough, okay
00:17:41All right
00:17:43So we have updated sensors here and here we need to upgrade here and here
00:17:58Okay
00:18:00Tina is predicting an f3 tornado in our location when now
00:18:04Look, I know that my sensors are accurate. Are you sure that you actually programmed it correctly?
00:18:08Yes, erica. Tina is a predictive ai program using your sensor, but nothing is happening here james
00:18:14Barometric pressure is nominal. No inflow bands are indicating any air moisture movement. Check again. What does your sensor say?
00:18:22Okay
00:18:26The air pressure is changing now
00:18:29Barometric pressure it's dropping like a stone. I hate to say it james, but I think that your software it might be right
00:18:43It's happening again
00:18:46I
00:18:48Know I know but we need to get into that farmhouse. Let's go. No, no, just go. We are right behind you
00:18:55I gotta film this. No, no, you don't. Okay, we need to get everything secure and we've got to get inside
00:19:02Come on go get inside. Let's go
00:19:15Oh
00:19:40He's still upstairs
00:19:46Um
00:20:04Go go
00:20:16Oh
00:20:19But this is just the beginning
00:20:21What now max wax, how do I switch rocks? He's just out here from california, okay
00:20:26Okay, listen to me. That is an f3 up there. We need to hunker down until it passes
00:20:31Stay in the middle of the room and away from the walls. Oh my god, it's like an earthquake. Okay
00:20:36It happens. It's like an earthquake. You see see lax
00:20:39Quakes are over in a matter of seconds. We're all gonna die
00:20:42Listen to me. We are going to make it if we stay calm and don't panic. Do you understand?
00:20:49I heard that man. You're not this one. Okay, stop pacing. Hold on sit down
00:21:09I'm coming
00:21:12I can't hold on. Hold on stay calm
00:21:17I can't hold on
00:21:31I don't think I can do this. Just stay calm steve. I don't think I can do this
00:21:37Man
00:21:41You got this man
00:21:56Steve
00:22:08No
00:22:22I can't believe we're never gonna see steve again
00:22:31She was a good kid
00:22:34The best
00:22:36I can't keep doing this erica. We lost another one. I know
00:22:40I know, but we have to keep going. Otherwise, we're gonna lose a lot more if we don't
00:22:50Yeah
00:23:04Yeah
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. That'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. The sensors are meant for detection not prevention. We need options
00:23:29These tornadoes will be as destructive as six hiroshima nuclear explosions sending over 100 terajoules of energy across the midwest
00:23:39even with
00:23:40evacuations in place
00:23:41The loss of life would be massive. You need to get those sensors up and running and give me options and think outside of the box
00:23:48understand
00:23:50Understood. Well, give me updates. I'm off to make sure that the military has evacuations and its own game plan
00:23:59How are we supposed to stop a tornado james she's asking the impossible nothing is impossible we 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
00:24:11You can um
00:24:12Could use a newsman. It's hot bill for severe weather and uh
00:24:17I don't want anybody else getting hurt. So thank you one condition. We're going with you
00:24:25Bill okay
00:24:29Bad news is uh, steve had the keys
00:24:33You don't have an extra set
00:24:36No, there's a setback in kc, but it does us no good. So, uh, do you think that you could hot wire it?
00:24:42No, this is a digital recognition. So I would need it
00:24:45Either a code or a clone of the key
00:24:47So no if it's digital I can hack it with my tablet via the bluetooth and wi-fi system
00:24:52It's gonna take some time. What other choice do we have? Let's do it
00:24:56Okay
00:24:59So
00:25:08All right, i'm gonna run an algorithm i'll check in
00:25:13Well, we had the time we may as well get back to the impossible, okay
00:25:16Let's get back to the basic principles. What causes a tornado?
00:25:21Temperature differences around a messy cyclone. So 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
00:25:32Change the thermodynamic gradients within the vertex
00:25:35Exactly blow up the clausius coperon equation like blowing up a burrito in the microwave
00:25:44Anything
00:25:47No, they'd stick i'll try another algorithm
00:25:51We don't blow up tornadoes because it's too destructive as destructive as four f5 tornadoes. Good point
00:25:58Okay, so assuming we move forward with this. How do we target the tornadoes? We can use my sensors
00:26:05okay, we can
00:26:06Adjust the telemetry 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
00:26:22Here comes another algorithm
00:26:25So we target the source with your sensor network now, we just need an energy source to target the cyclone
00:26:30Too bad, we can't put into a giant microwave
00:26:32So 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 and 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 science is solid 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. Try it again
00:27:04That's it
00:27:05We got it. All right, 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
00:27:12So
00:27:16Wait you're changing the purpose of the sensors. Yes
00:27:19We'd be using the sensors as a targeting system to pinpoint the tornadoes location
00:27:24Then 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. It's definitely thinking outside of the box
00:27:33I'm gonna have to contact the joint chiefs and see what's possible. Maybe get a military liaison here to help coordinate
00:27:40I'll let you know if we can do this
00:27:50Encouraging i'll find out
00:27:56Hey james
00:27:59You're a veteran storm chaser
00:28:02So what happened back at the farm
00:28:04You
00:28:06Froze for a moment and then seemed to get back into it. You don't have to answer that james
00:28:14It's okay
00:28:16Ptsd
00:28:20But 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 no, it was my fault this time
00:28:41Like it was last time we need to stay focused james no need to explain
00:28:49Thanks
00:28:51But it helps me to talk about it what if I don't want to talk about it
00:28:56It was the worst day of my life james mine, too
00:28:59Yeah
00:29:02We both lost a lot that day
00:29:08Okay, then tell 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
00:29:27My best friend gan
00:29:30Was on that team
00:29:36For one particular chase
00:29:39We were tracking it at four
00:29:45One potato we were getting was amazing
00:29:53But
00:29:56Erica 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
00:30:14Worth the risk. I did everything I could to talk down out of continuing
00:30:22He believed in the cause
00:30:25And he went
00:30:27our team
00:30:29Minus erica took off in two trucks after the tornado
00:30:34Dan took one truck
00:30:37That was in the other
00:30:43But we're getting fantastic data
00:30:49Until out of nowhere the tornado turned into an m5
00:30:55And
00:30:57It was a monster
00:31:01Wait, you're talking about the arena tornado, aren't you?
00:31:05We were on our planned escape route when the tornado turned and
00:31:09Dan and I decided it was statistically safer to split up
00:31:14Dan took the team in one truck
00:31:17I was by myself in the other
00:31:20That way the data would survive if something happened to one of the troops
00:31:26And as we were driving our separate ways
00:31:32I watched the tornado turn
00:31:37The power dance truck killing everybody inside
00:31:46And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse
00:31:52The tornado changed course
00:31:56It blew my truck off the road and put it into a ditch jesus
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
00:32:23So sorry erica, I told you
00:32:27You wouldn't listen we lost our team and I lost her
00:32:34I know
00:32:38Is why i've improved the algorithm why your sensors are so important
00:32:45I took the data from that tornado and used it for good
00:32:48But
00:32:50So that nobody ever has to go through that again just tell yourself what you want james
00:32:55But you buried yourself inside refusing to deal hoping to hide from the pain of life
00:33:01While I was outside
00:33:03Facing my pain
00:33:09We're almost there let's get ready
00:33:18So
00:33:27Let's focus on balancing out the gyros on the sensor and then you can download your software, okay
00:33:33Once it's calibrated
00:33:35It should be able to communicate with the network and then we can head to the last sensor in independence
00:33:39It can only take about 30 minutes at most to get that sensor upgraded. We'll see
00:33:44The internals are the same but some of the enclosures are different either way we're gonna need to move quickly
00:33:48We've got a two-hour drive to independence
00:33:51Because we can't use air transport with these unpredictable storms. I 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 your turn. It'll only take a couple minutes to download
00:34:14Okay
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 gonna fix this not just the part of you that's upset with me
00:34:35I'll pack up we can get to the next sensor
00:34:44You
00:34:46Know this might actually work
00:34:52About earlier. Hey, no, let's just move forward
00:34:56So
00:35:12James we have to hurry that wall cloud is building quickly
00:35:19Look I don't know how long this van is gonna hold up. We need to move. Let's go
00:35:24James I know i'm going as fast as I can go faster. The whole state is on the line the whole bit wet. I'm aware
00:35:33Done it's upgraded calibrated and live on the network. All right, let's get in the van
00:35:48Erica are you okay? No, no
00:35:51Without this dish we won't be able to upload the local data to the satellites
00:35:56We won't have a complete network. You said there was redundancy on the network. There is but
00:36:02This sensor station is a nexus node and it is primary for the network to work
00:36:08If that sensor fails, there is no network
00:36:13You two, okay
00:36:14Look, we need to leave. No, we can't until we fix this dish. No, you said no
00:36:19I know what I said, but if we don't fix this then everything we've done won't matter
00:36:24Take my tablet. Help me get this in the van. See if we can get it fixed. Come on inside. Let's go
00:36:30So
00:36:47Damn it
00:36:48It's worse than I thought the transducers have been shattered. How badly does that affect us a 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 no one without it
00:37:03Sensors, they won't be able to communicate with the satellite in the network. Oh, yeah
00:37:09Get some vacuum transducers for our satellite dish
00:37:13Will that work
00:37:15No
00:37:16Oh, unfortunately your hardware. It's not compatible with ours
00:37:20The dynamic range is different. Could I help with software? No, it's a hardware issue all the way down the signal path
00:37:26Nothing is compatible
00:37:28I mean the only way that it would work is if we use the news van 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
00:37:41We are stopping those tornadoes from converging do whatever you need to do to get the sensor to work
00:37:47really
00:37:48Yeah, claudia's right anything we can do to help slow us down. We would have to use your satellite dish in most of your electronics
00:37:55Yeah, that's fine just yeah, let's go. Okay, then. Mm-hmm. Okay, let's do it
00:38:10Come on download the software and then you can finish. Okay
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. Do you think that'll work? Yeah, that's great
00:38:25Okay
00:38:28Hold on you're up
00:38:30Put it up on the pole
00:38:36Take it off lift it up
00:38:45Peter's predicting a flash tornado in our location in the next 45 seconds
00:38:51How is this an early warning system these aren't regular storms or circumstances we gotta focus
00:39:00Almost there tornado
00:39:07No, I got this get to the van no, no, I am not leaving you
00:39:12I
00:39:18Came loose. Come on. Hurry
00:39:21Oh
00:39:41The sensor held
00:39:44It's getting closer go go go the tornado is gaining movement or we're dead
00:39:51Oh
00:39:55We need to find shelter asap
00:39:57Can we just go in a different direction away from the tornado?
00:40:00We have to keep the same heading. Otherwise every turn that we take is another mile away from the next sensor
00:40:04Look, look this parking garage up ahead. No, not a parking garage
00:40:08Why not because we could get stuck if the entrance gets blocked maybe but
00:40:12We 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 make a decision just look around we don't have any other options james fine go
00:40:46Everyone okay. Yeah. Yeah
00:40:51Does anyone else have signal to call for help or dr. Evans let her know we won't be able to reach the signal now
00:40:57No
00:41:01Then we're on our own I have to wait till the tornado subsides before we look for a way out
00:41:07So
00:41:14Dr. Evans
00:41:18General murphy, thank you for coming to noah and thank you for the
00:41:21Approval 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 streamline your command structure
00:41:32What are your thoughts on the plan? I think it's an unorthodox solution, but
00:41:37The science is strong. Well, i'm all behind solutions doctor and if I get to shoot at a problem
00:41:44And solve it all the better
00:41:46I got your status report about losing contact with your scientists on the ground any updates. No, sir. Nothing no responses
00:41:54If they're dead and we can't get these sensors up and running
00:41:58to target this tornado
00:42:01What's our backup?
00:42:02I've reviewed all of our options. Our best plan b is to seed the storm with silver iodide
00:42:08I've already been on the phone with the proper authorities to put that in place silver iodide
00:42:12Isn't that what they use to make it rain?
00:42:15Why would we want that?
00:42:17It impregnates the storm clouds with ice nuclei
00:42:21Cooling the warm moisture stopping the formation of mesocyclones and thus tornado funnels
00:42:28Seems pretty straightforward
00:42:30Why hasn't it been done yet?
00:42:32Logistics due to the size of the storm fronts
00:42:34We've had to locate all the silver iodine from across the country
00:42:38Have it delivered to the closest air force base to be loaded onto aircraft to disperse it
00:42:43How many planes do you need it should take 30 aircraft?
00:42:47To seed the 500 square miles of storms with the amount of silver iodine. We've delivered to the air force
00:42:54Why wasn't this done in the first place? This amount of silver iodide has never been seeded before
00:43:00It could cause an ecological disaster if these storms change direction
00:43:05And the silver iodide misses the storms if this lands on the ground, sir
00:43:12Well, i'll call the air force and make sure those planes are loaded and in the air asap
00:43:17I think anything we can do to weaken this storm. It's only going to help us
00:43:21agreed
00:43:23If we don't hear from the scientists by a t-minus two hour mark
00:43:27We're gonna have to go ahead and seed the storms just gonna have to take the risk
00:43:42We're stuck down here like rats
00:43:46I told you not to go underground
00:43:49Let's just focus on how we're going to get out exactly. How are we going to get out?
00:43:54The tornado has parked itself directly above us james
00:43:58We haven't had a chance to check out the blockage yet. Exactly. That tornado is sitting right on top of us
00:44:04We could have easily outrun it if doug had just driven faster. Excuse me
00:44:08Don't blame doug
00:44:09We wouldn't be in this mess if you just listened to me in the first place the last time I listened to you
00:44:13My fiancee died
00:44:24So
00:44:26Yeah
00:44:29Yes
00:44:51Got it. Thank you
00:44:54Planes are approved. Where are we on the silver iodide?
00:44:57We've got eight hours before the tornadoes converge and another 30 minutes before the last of the silver iodide arrives cutting it close
00:45:05They still have to load the planes
00:45:08What is it according to tina the four tornadoes that are headed for convergence are moving faster than before
00:45:15They will combine in less than five hours
00:45:18Damn it
00:45:19That cuts our time by a third. We can't wait for the last of the silver iodide. We have to launch that seeding squadron now
00:45:26I'll inform the airfields
00:45:29This is general murphy launch them now
00:45:38What's this I scouted for supplies, but only came across these bags of fertilizer
00:45:48So
00:46:00James
00:46:02You're right. We have to go
00:46:05We have to get out of here
00:46:08This place is settling. I don't know how long we have until it collapses
00:46:12We have no communication with dr. Evans either
00:46:15If those f5 tornadoes are coming in the next few hours, we have to stop them. I I know but we can't rely on our tech
00:46:25We have no other option back to the basics, what would professor bennett do
00:46:32You
00:46:42He always used to say kiss keep it simple stupid
00:46:47I know it's funny, right?
00:46:49We had these
00:46:50Farmer boys that were also coders in the class and they always laughed and replied or you could just blow it up
00:46:57What does that coding term mean
00:47:00It's not a coding term they literally meant blow it up
00:47:03they would get fertilizer from the ag school and they they would grab something from the junkyard take it into an empty field and
00:47:10Every time they were upset
00:47:11I forgot that you went to school in the middle of nowhere
00:47:15Well, you were lucky you went to the big fancy school to study the latest scientific stuff like the tesla coil. Hey
00:47:21Hey, that's the largest tesla coil in america. It's still standing
00:47:25While you were over there just playing with cow poop who was fertilizer not manure
00:47:32You'd be surprised the amount of explosive you could make with that stuff
00:47:42That's it what i'm gonna blow our way out of here with what
00:47:51Fertilizer
00:47:53Oh, okay, but won't that just make the debris move even more or not if we place it strategically
00:48:01Okay, we don't have time to waste we're gonna need doug let's get him
00:48:23So
00:48:26Thanks for sticking up for me back there, but you know, I can take care of myself, right?
00:48:30Of course you stuck by me for all of this. It's the least I can do
00:48:34Kidding me wouldn't miss this for anything
00:48:40There's more we're never gonna get out of here
00:48:53Oh
00:49:05No, she's gone there's nothing you can do get him back to the van
00:49:14Doug I figured a way out of here, but i'm gonna need your help
00:49:18Help
00:49:22How many more we need all of them you sure this is gonna work it's the only option we got
00:49:48So last of them
00:49:59Doug i'm sorry about claudia
00:50:07Don't know how to siphon gas do you of course I do
00:50:12I need a fuel source to ignite this
00:50:14No need I had a gas can in the truck. You never know when you need extra fuel
00:50:18Go grab it. Okay
00:50:26Hey, can I help with anything? Can you find me a lighter? Okay
00:50:38There you go, it's about three quarters full perfect
00:50:49So
00:50:54All right, I got the lighter
00:50:56There you go. Perfect
00:50:59All right
00:51:01You guys should get behind the van
00:51:03Cover your ears tight. There's gonna be a lot of air compression and heat
00:51:06Is it going to be okay?
00:51:09Should be maybe should be
00:51:12Well, I've strategically placed the fertilizer on this side so the explosion goes away from the van so in theory it should be
00:51:20Where's the claymore? Yes
00:51:25Let's go
00:51:29All right
00:51:42So
00:51:54James come on
00:52:12Come on
00:52:21Everyone okay. Yeah
00:52:28Let's get to that last sensor be careful driving through that rubble copy that
00:52:32So
00:52:39Where is everyone looks like the evacuations worked
00:52:43Let me check to see if we have any signal
00:52:46I am reconfirming the exact gps coordinates for the next sensor but head for independence doug
00:52:52Dr. Evans, dr. Garland
00:52:55We thought we lost you i've been trying to contact you for over an hour
00:52:59We had to find shelter and got trapped, but we're back on the road
00:53:01Tina's confirmed the tornadoes have sped up. You only have four hours to get to that last sensor
00:53:08What?
00:53:09I sent a squadron of aircraft to stop them before they combine
00:53:12Or at least slow them down the aircraft had been rigged to seed the tornadoes with silver iodide. That's great
00:53:18How far away are you from the next sensor?
00:53:21200 miles
00:53:24James that doesn't give you much time to get to that last sensor. You have to hurry go as fast as possible. Copy that
00:53:32You heard her let's move. Come on
00:53:40Copy that our seeding squadron has arrived now we can act they're headed for the first tornado right now
00:53:48Captain morales, give me a sit rep
00:53:5213 clicks from the drop zone general extreme winds are creating non-optimal flying conditions pinpoint accuracy may suffer
00:54:00General murphy. I'm, not sure we're fully prepared for this captain morales
00:54:04Your target zone is flexible within two to five clicks for payload dispersal
00:54:08We have to get rid of these tornadoes before they merge into a f6 copy that sir. We'll get to the target
00:54:16Copy that captain proceed with caution
00:54:20Bravo charlie taking formation on approach of drop zone. Copy that captain. Roger
00:54:29General
00:54:32We've arrived at the drop zone general execute copy that bravo charlie drop payload on my mark
00:54:42three
00:54:43two
00:54:44one
00:54:50Payload successfully launched. I repeat payload
00:54:52Oh
00:55:05What's happened
00:55:08We've lost them
00:55:11All of them then our only hope to stop these tornadoes is with the targeting sensors and microwave bombardment
00:55:23So
00:55:26We have 33 minutes before these four tornadoes converge into a super tornado be ready to get moving copy that
00:55:34It looks like they just left everything as in as soon as the evacuations and shelter in place order went out
00:55:39Well, let's get this sensor up and running. Where is it? It should be over here
00:55:44No, no, no
00:55:46God, no the sensor station. It's destroyed. We should be good. We can just swap out the center core with a new one
00:55:51No, just look at it
00:55:53It was struck by lightning. So all of the electronics that were supporting the sensor core. They're fine
00:55:58We're not going to be able to stop the tornadoes now. Hey, hey, hey, listen to me
00:56:02We're gonna be fine
00:56:03We just need to get out of the rain get the circuit board back to the van and see what we can do
00:56:07Go
00:56:15Come on, it's okay
00:56:22Okay
00:56:24What do we have available to us we have your computer we have my last sensor but
00:56:29We need a power supply logic board a hard drive receivers transmitters and on top of all of that a dish
00:56:36We'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? Yes
00:56:44Okay, so we can use your computer with tina already installed as the brain and we use the truck
00:56:49As is for all the electronics, I mean it's already designed to send and receive signals
00:56:56We still need a dish
00:56:58a parabolic shaped dish to
00:57:00Gather and send signals to and from the receiver
00:57:06Those discs on the first floor passenger pods are the same shape as a dish
00:57:14You're a genius
00:57:20So
00:57:27Must have left here in a hurry they left this
00:57:33So it's around in the chamber
00:57:36Ruger american black bolt nice weapon good balance long range capability
00:57:44What about the keys
00:57:47So
00:57:55Flip all the signal switches to the null setting all of them. Yes. It'll help clear the pathway to the processor done
00:58:05We're in
00:58:07Make sure the circuits are dead as we're patching. We can't afford to lose any of these logic boards understood doc. Okay
00:58:17So
00:58:24A little too easy never going on a ferris wheel with that. Welcome to the club
00:58:29So
00:58:44We only have 18 minutes until the tornadoes converge we have to activate that sensor so we can get the satellites in place
00:58:51And if this doesn't work
00:58:54You need to leave now, wait, what no, i'm not leaving
00:59:01Let me help you guys, please james is right
00:59:04But you park the van in a protected spot. We'll be safe in it long enough to get the sensor up
00:59:09Yeah, and then what?
00:59:11Look, I can't lose anyone else
00:59:15Please just take the tanker truck and head west as fast as you can. You'll be safer that way
00:59:20Fine fine since you're so, uh stubborn about it
00:59:26Glad pop taught me how to drive big rigs. You guys be safe right? See you on the other side
00:59:31hopefully
00:59:50Oh
00:59:59Let's get these final connections made
01:00:07Okay, we're ready for power here we go
01:00:13Go
01:00:18Moment of truth do it
01:00:22Yes, check the readings
01:00:26We're up and running let's move
01:00:30No
01:00:31We don't have time. No, we have to fix it. Otherwise the satellites won't work. The tornadoes will converge. We won't be able to stop them
01:00:41All right get this
01:00:43Okay
01:00:46Okay, we got to make sure it stands up
01:00:52Sensor
01:01:05Let's get this in there
01:01:13Okay
01:01:16Plug it in
01:01:21Get the wires reattached. I got it. I got it
01:01:26Good here. Okay. All right, we got it. Let's go
01:01:38Look for cover
01:01:43Okay
01:01:45What other options do we have james? There's nothing
01:01:55Get it get it
01:01:59Hold on
01:02:14So
01:02:31Hang on you guys i'm coming
01:02:41Eric are you okay?
01:02:44Uh
01:02:46Eric
01:02:50Erica hey
01:02:57Erica come on. Come on. I can't lose you two. Come on. Come on
01:03:11Come on come on stay with me
01:03:13Stay with me
01:03:16Hey, hey, hey, hey, okay
01:03:20Come on we're good. Okay. Hey
01:03:24Are you okay?
01:03:28I don't know. I think I hurt my wrist. Can you stand?
01:03:39Come on come on I got you
01:03:43Come on we got to get to shelter those tornadoes are going to converge any minute
01:03:51Hey
01:03:52You guys okay? You're not supposed to be here. I think I am
01:03:57It's fair enough
01:03:59Like um, I think that I may have sprained my wrist, but otherwise I think we're okay. All right, let's get over here
01:04:05I'll wrap it up. Okay
01:04:09I'm, okay
01:04:11Okay room super
01:04:19Let's see you guys took a hell of a ride, huh?
01:04:22So
01:04:37I can't get through to dr. Evans. We need to fire those satellites now. No, james. I don't think any of us have signal it is no use
01:04:52So
01:04:59We're out of time the tornadoes are converging into one super tornado
01:05:05So
01:05:21I've got a signal
01:05:24Dr. Evans the sensor network is online
01:05:27Understood. Dr. Evans. Listen to me. We lost our local control. We need you to initiate the targeting and satellites right now
01:05:35under that
01:05:36initiate microwave satellite bombardment
01:05:45Target signal has been acquired by the full network. The microwave constellation is locked and loaded
01:05:53Fire
01:05:56So
01:06:04Is it working
01:06:06It's hard to tell
01:06:09It'll take some time for the microwaves to heat up the air sufficiently
01:06:13Come on
01:06:15I see some movement where three o'clock
01:06:21Some degradation is happening. It's working
01:06:24The tornadoes are dissipating
01:06:31It works we did it
01:06:36Good job guys
01:06:40Well done you two
01:06:42Thank you, doctor. We'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 and expand this network when you guys get back
01:06:55understood
01:06:56Classifying this process in action effect until we have thoroughly examined this new system
01:07:02No one is to speak about or report about it
01:07:05Got that doug cameron
01:07:07um
01:07:08Yes, sir. Um currently a
01:07:10Cameraman without a camera, so no problem
01:07:13Good, although I have to tell you it's a hell of a system
01:07:17Thank you. Thank you, sir
01:07:20Oh
01:07:22Maybe I was too fast to misjudge your ai
01:07:26I'll forgive you this time
01:07:28It's always a learning curve with new new ai
01:07:31I just I want to say
01:07:36James
01:07:39Look
01:07:41So
01:07:44James tina's readings show that while the microwave bombardment worked the additional heat created a vacuum
01:07:50Sucking in massive amounts of warm air
01:07:53creating more tornadoes
01:07:55over
01:07:56How many more storms is tina predicting?
01:07:5840
01:08:00Wait, did I hear that correctly? Yes 40 f5 tornadoes 30 miles wide a 1200 mile long wall of destruction
01:08:09Three 400 mile an hour winds the eastern half of the country will be destroyed
01:08:21That's not a wall that's a 1600 mile long tombstone
01:08:28So
01:08:37Dr. Evans we have to get to safety. We're back in the truck. I've passed my phone through the cb radio. Can you hear us over?
01:08:43Yes, we can hear you
01:08:44Evac warnings have been given for the east coast and shelter in place warnings for the rest of the midwest
01:08:49over
01:08:51The microwave satellite constellation is charging for another attempt over. No, we just did that. It only made things worse
01:08:57We have to make a change in the variable or the microwave bombardment will just continue to make more tornadoes
01:09:03How long till you can hit the tornadoes with more microwaves 30 seconds over?
01:09:07Spread the field of microwave saturation by 20
01:09:11Set vectors at plus 2.0 off center full power with max diffusion over
01:09:17Roger that new vectors are set and calculated satellites are primed locked loaded and ready to fire
01:09:24Fire
01:09:26Fire
01:09:38The ionic bonds are too strong
01:09:43Dr. Evans the tornadoes are too large. The ionic bonds are too strong to dissipate them. We 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 the 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 or you could just blow it up
01:10:13That's it
01:10:14We need to blow them up
01:10:17Drop a large conventional bomb in the middle of all these tornadoes
01:10:21A moab several of them. It's the only thing that will have enough energy to do that
01:10:26You want to drop the mother of all bombs into that thing?
01:10:29The largest non-nuclear ordinance the u.s military has really
01:10:34Yes
01:10:36No, a moab's too strong let alone multiples of them. We can't do that. There's too many civilian casualties
01:10:42All the areas are under evacuation or shelter in place underground
01:10:47These are non-nuclear weapons and they're being fired from several thousand feet in the air everyone on the ground will be safe
01:10:53still
01:10:54I 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. I'll get the go-ahead from above and scramble the bombers to be ready
01:11:08I'll make sure the bombers fly high above the storm this time
01:11:11over and out
01:11:17So
01:11:19What else can we do to weaken these ionic bonds for these tornadoes to help the moab as much as possible
01:11:26The idea you had of blowing the tornado up
01:11:29Reminds me of a quick and dirty way. We used to put our oil well fires
01:11:32My pop used to talk about that all the time
01:11:35You mean blow them up using tnt. Yeah, 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
01:11:53It's not practical
01:11:55I'm, not sure if a gas line would hold up against the tornado's front
01:11:59Besides it's like summoning a lightning to do the work for us. That's it
01:12:04What lightning?
01:12:07Where are we
01:12:16How about there
01:12:19Go here, but we don't have time for a detour
01:12:22We are just a few miles away from my old college where they have exactly what we need to weaken the ionic bonds of those tornadoes
01:12:31The midwest largest tesla coil. Yes
01:12:34Yes
01:12:42Dr. Evans, we've just arrived at the university of kansas's tesla coil
01:12:46Erica 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 general murphy has scrambled the bombers and they're close
01:12:57Call me when you're set and ready over and out
01:12:59Okay
01:13:04Let's go i'll get the power up and running while you guys prep the coil i'll tell you what to do
01:13:13All right
01:13:14Come here doug
01:13:15All right, you're gonna make sure that all of the switches in each bank are active
01:13:18You're gonna flip up each switch to turn it on. Okay?
01:13:26All right
01:13:26All banks are active
01:13:28Waiting to turn on the tesla coil at dr. Evans command
01:13:32James are you ready? The tornado wall is closing fast. You'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 two gigajoules tesla coil activated
01:13:59On my mark three two one mark execute bombing
01:14:11Ascending now to deliver the payload
01:14:23It's working almost there come on
01:14:29So
01:14:34The front chase corpse the coil it's drawing it towards us i'm shutting it down
01:14:44I don't understand the show worked
01:14:51They shut down the tesla coil what do they think they're doing get them back on the phone
01:14:58So
01:15:08What are we missing
01:15:11We don't have enough explosives what if it's not about how many
01:15:16What the placement
01:15:18Maybe the bombs were too high in the funnel structure and like doug said with the oil wells. We need a ground explosive
01:15:25Yeah, james, there are way too many tornadoes we can't hit them all what if we don't have to hit them all
01:15:31What are you talking about?
01:15:32What if?
01:15:33There's an internal structure that is holding all of the tornadoes together and feeding them
01:15:38And it's just one tornado that's leading them all so we find the prime tornado
01:15:43That's holding all of these storms together. We can stop them all
01:15:47okay, but
01:15:49You know, how do we know which tornado is the prime tornado?
01:15:52The tesla coil is pulling the storm cell closer to us the tornado in the front has to be the prime tornado
01:15:59We separate that from the rest of the tornadoes. They'll all follow and we can attack them separately
01:16:03That sounds great. But what are we going to use for explosives? We don't have time to make another fertilizer bomb
01:16:11The tanker truck
01:16:12I can rig it to explode at the base of the tornado. Okay?
01:16:16How exactly is blowing up that tank? You're gonna stop that giant wall of tornadoes, huh?
01:16:20All those bombs you threw at it didn't do squat
01:16:23First of all, we're attacking the prime tornado holding all of the other tornadoes together
01:16:28Second it's the placement the tanker truck is low to the ground where the tornado is most vulnerable
01:16:33And third the tanker truck is just one part of a three-pronged attack
01:16:38It's just we have to time it precisely for everything to work
01:16:41All right
01:16:43So how will you blow up the tank?
01:16:45I
01:16:48I'm sure I can find something in here to make a small i.e.d. We just needed a way to remote detonate it
01:16:55A rifle I found
01:16:57I can set up the i.e.d. But that just leaves how are we gonna get the tanker to the tornado?
01:17:05I'll drive it. What? No, no, no. Look i'm the only one that knows how to drive that truck
01:17:11Let me do it. No, I am not risking anybody else's life besides
01:17:16You're the only person that can take that shot
01:17:18And you have to stay here and run the tesla coil. It makes sense. It's logical. I have to do this
01:17:25I can't lose you james
01:17:29You won't
01:17:41You
01:17:46Okay, let's rock
01:17:49So
01:18:09All right, all he's gotta do is just point this at the tornado
01:18:20Okay, we got one round left then we better make it count I will
01:18:27You're gonna have to hit it here
01:18:29It'll cause a chain reaction blowing up the compressed gas in the tanks. I got this ready
01:18:33Tornadoes are just four miles away. We have less than three minutes to pull this off
01:18:42Dr. Evans general be ready to fire on my mark understood
01:18:45Good two gigajoules
01:19:00Three gigajoules almost there
01:19:11Ten gigajoules power's back hit it
01:19:16So
01:19:20Where's james
01:19:26Still driving he's getting closer. She's a little closer. Come on. Come on
01:19:38Almost there
01:19:46The power's about to fry the circuits we have to discharge the coil now he's still driving
01:19:52Come on
01:20:15I can't lose you james
01:20:17I
01:20:20Trust you this is for a professor minute
01:20:27Claudia
01:20:32And steve
01:20:34Oh
01:20:44Mario show the driver's door open. It's hard to tell if you made it out though
01:20:57Prime tornadoes down fire now fire
01:21:04So
01:21:22James
01:21:31Congratulations doctor congratulations general
01:21:34James
01:21:40James james, wake up. You gotta wake up james. Wake up. Wake up
01:21:50Wait, oh, oh, are you okay?
01:21:59Did it work
01:22:00Yeah
01:22:02Yeah
01:22:03All 40 of the tornadoes are completely destroyed
01:22:07Hey, whoa, no, no, I got it. No, no, you don't
01:22:15You don't always have to do everything yourself, you know, thank you
01:22:25I thought we lost you
01:22:29Not that easy to get rid of
01:22:31But
01:22:32Tina was a huge success
01:22:35Thanks to your sensors and his marksmanship
01:22:38Thank you
01:22:39Claudia we've been proud
01:22:41All she ever wanted to do is help people
01:22:45Yeah, we've all just lost so much
01:22:47Glad we could be a part of something to help save lives
01:22:51And 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
01:23:28So
01:23:58So
01:24:28So
01:24:58So
01:25:28So
01:25:58So