Category 6 Day of Destruction/Hurricane Charley

[TS Zack]

I don't know if anyone else saw but they had a track for Hurricane Charley on one of the computers at the NWS on the movie.

Also, the part with Oceanic Airlines Lands, that is from another movie they didn't tape that. Overall a nice way to scare the immature weather audience.

[wxman57]

I saw that Charley track, but it was at the TV station when the reporter went in to convince her boss to let her run the story on the whistle-blower.

Also, did you notice that the recon plane in the storm over the Gulf reported a surface pressure of 93 millibars?

[Anonymous]

My eyes were focused on all the beautiful women...

[TS Zack]

I would not want to be in New Orleans if anything was that Low in the Gulf. I don't care if it is a sprinkle.

[Brent]

That movie was absolutely awful. Defintely one of the worst disaster movies I've seen. The best part was the tornado ripping Vegas. Hopefully Part 2 Wednesday Night will be more exciting(there was way too much on the power companies tonight).

[Anonymous]

Again...I was looking at the gals...oh yeah and the 180 mph winds over Like Superior...LOL

[The Big Dog]

Ok, I don't want to read too much of this because I taped it last night to watch it tonight. At the very least, I gotta check out these women and the 180 mph winds over Superior.

(<i>The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down</i>... ah, never mind.)

[vbhoutex]

That movie was absolutely awful. Defintely one of the worst disaster movies I've seen. The best part was the tornado ripping Vegas. Hopefully Part 2 Wednesday Night will be more exciting(there was way too much on the power companies tonight).

Yep!!! Don't adverise it as a weather movie and make it about a love affair and the greedy power companies!!!!

[Stormsfury]

My eyes were focused on all the beautiful women...

Now just WHAT kind of tropical weather enthusiast are you? ....

[Anonymous]

Well....I like focusing on the INFLOW. Besides...kind of hard to focus on 180 mph winds over the GREAT LAKES and 93 mb pressure in the Gulf when all these beautiful women are walking around.

[The Big Dog]

... when all these beautiful women are walking around.

Alright, Beavis.

[Brent]

That movie was absolutely awful. Defintely one of the worst disaster movies I've seen. The best part was the tornado ripping Vegas. Hopefully Part 2 Wednesday Night will be more exciting(there was way too much on the power companies tonight).

Yep!!! Don't adverise it as a weather movie and make it about a love affair and the greedy power companies!!!!

That really irked me. I was expecting 2-hours of weather and we got 5 minutes of an F5 in Vegas and 15 minutes of a monster storm in Chicago(including the plane getting struck).

[Anonymous]

The big part is tonight.

[Brent]

The big part is tonight.

Wednesday Night.

[JtSmarts]

Question to others that watched the movie. Was there a hurricane forming on Lake Michigan? I know they kept using terminology such as Cat 5, and 160 knots, but I wasn't sure if they were referring to an actual hurricane.

[CentralFloridaGal]

(<i>The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down</i>... ah, never mind.)

Thanks, now I've got that song stuck in my head.

[The Big Dog]

Ok, first of all, let me say that tape is definitely the way to watch this. I strongly recommend recording Part 2 and watching it Thursday. There's nothing like zapping through 6 minutes of commercials in 30 seconds. I watched 2 hours in 1 1/2 flat.

Well, it's about what I expected. Cheesy, but watchable. Unfortunately, the subplots -- namely the affair and the badass boyfriend (who for some reason reminds me of Silent Bob) -- contribute absolutely nothing to the movie. Other than that, the good guys are really really good, and the bad guys are really really bad. What's worse is that you can tell who's good and bad just by looking at them; they don't even have to open their mouths. No depth to speak of -- Hungry Reporter, Devoted Wife and Mother, Greedy Businessman, Bimbo Love Interest, Crazy Daredevil... <sigh>. And we're not even up to the weather part yet.

Now I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure a 93 millibar storm would be pretty bad. Probably worse than 75 knots, but that's just me. Aren't we approaching a vacuum at 93 mb? I actually rewound the tape and put on the closed captioning, and it was still 93 mb. I have to think that there was a typo on the script that nobody caught, and they just read it as it was, and no one knew enough to question it. Maybe they meant 930, 983... I dunno.

Also strikes me funny that a 160 knot storm over Superior and Michigan wouldn't be felt on land before it gets to Chicago. No early reports from Milwaukee?

[cyclonaut]

Also, did you notice that the recon plane in the storm over the Gulf reported a surface pressure of 93 millibars?

LOL!! I did hear that,I was taking a sip of apple juice at the time & when I heard that I almost did a spit take!

What would the winds be with kind of pressure? 2000 mph +++???

[melhow]

I don't know if anyone else saw but they had a track for Hurricane Charley on one of the computers at the NWS on the movie.

Also, the part with Oceanic Airlines Lands, that is from another movie they didn't tape that. Overall a nice way to scare the immature weather audience.

The plane scenes were all stock footage used in "Executive Decision" (I'm sure) and "Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal" (I think).