Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004 TV Movie)

Brian Dennehy: Andy Goodman

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• Andy Goodman : Tornadoes destroy Las Vegas, we got hurricane force winds in the Gulf. We miss 'em both?

  Chris Haywood : What can I say? We were caught off guard.

  Andy Goodman : People are dead because we failed. But from now on, if a dog farts in Duluth, I expect to somebody to know about it!

• Andy Goodman : Tommy, this is a lot bigger than anyone ever expected. Just turn around and get out of there.

• Andy Goodman : Tommy, listen to me! Tommy?

• Andy Goodman : A nightmare scenario. Two monster storms colliding right over the city of Chicago.

• Andy Goodman : Not since they've been keeping records. If the polar jet stream stays at these levels, this could be a Category 5... or worse.

• Andy Goodman : I've got to talk to somebody.

• Andy Goodman : Well, the satellite says north, northeast toward St. Louis.

• Andy Goodman : Huh. It did in Galveston.

• Andy Goodman : No, I should've listened to my gut.

• Andy Goodman : Yeah, my gut says the same. I hope we're both wrong. Keep me posted, pal.

• Andy Goodman : Tommy, where are you?

  Tornado Tommy : I'm lookin' at the St. Louis Arch. Ha-ha. Wait 'til you see some of this footage I've been gettin', Andy!

  Andy Goodman : Huh. I'm a little jealous. Tommy, listen. Our readings are showing this thing's spawning F4, F5 tornadoes. What are you seeing?

  Tornado Tommy : I'm seeing one coming up right behind my tail! I gotta go! I gotta go!

  Andy Goodman : Tommy? Wait... Tommy?

• Andy Goodman : Did you check those dopplers again?

  Chris Haywood : Yeah, it's weird. The signature looks more like tornado alley than the far west.

  Andy Goodman : Damage reports put it at F5. It's almost up to Oklahoma City in '99.

  Chris Haywood : What are the odds of tornadoes hitting Vegas?

  Andy Goodman : Huh. About the same as getting dealt five royal flushes in a row. Which is no excuse, people. We should've been on top of this. We got to get these warnings out faster. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, tornadoes where they're not supposed to be. I'm getting out of this place in the nick of time.

  Chris Haywood : Yeah, you said that, not me.

  Andy Goodman : You sure you really want this job?

  Chris Haywood : I go where I'm assigned.

  Andy Goodman : You know what makes a really great forecaster, Chris?

  Chris Haywood : No, but I'm afraid you're about to tell me.

  Andy Goodman : That's right. Instinct.

  Chris Haywood : Well, I'll take reason over instinct.

  Andy Goodman : Reason, my ass. What's reasonable about tornadoes in Las Vegas?

• [the St. Louis Arch is destroyed by a tornado] 

  Andy Goodman : How could it knock down the Arch? I thought that thing was built to withstand 300-mile-an-hour winds.

  Sabrina Rogers : I thought the highest winds ever recorded for an F5 tornado were 243 miles an hour.

  Andy Goodman : Which makes this an F6. And we've never seen an F6.