Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004) on Netflix
Tornadoes level Las Vegas, a place where such storms do not form. Andy Goodman tracks the system toward Chicago, where a record heat wave has Mitch Benson fighting to keep power flowing.
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At the National Weather Administration's Severe Weather Center, chief meteorologist Andy Goodman is a week from a forced retirement. Tornadoes level Las Vegas, a place where such storms do not normally form, and he starts tracking the weather system, with field reports from his friend Tommy Dixon and help from intern Sabrina Rogers. The system heads for Chicago, joined by a warm storm from the south that has brought a record heat wave and an early Arctic cold front. Mitch Benson, chief of operations at Midwest Electric, struggles to keep power flowing to residents who refuse conservation requests, and he negotiates with the supplier Lexer. Reporter Amy Harkin seeks proof that Lexer and Midwest are behind the power shortage, while Energy Secretary Shirley Abbott warns that the grid is outdated.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004)
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- Unable to find wind machines powerful enough to mimic hurricane-force winds, executive producer Bob Sertner brought in a jet engine and aimed it at the actors and props during the scenes that needed it.
- Nancy McKeon was pregnant with her first child while making the miniseries and filmed some of her scenes using a green screen; she found it fun and said it challenges actors to use their imaginations.
- Executive producer Bob Sertner wanted feature-film quality effects, so the special effects company Area 51 FX made over 100 different shots for the miniseries using the digital modeling program LightWave 3D.
