It Could Happen Tomorrow
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| It Could Happen Tomorrow | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Creator(s) | Jim Cantore |
| Starring | Various Weather Experts |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 13 (5 unaired) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | The Weather Channel |
| Original run | January 15, 2006 – present |
It Could Happen Tomorrow is a television series that premiered on January 15, 2006 on The Weather Channel. It explores the possibilities of various weather and other natural phenomena severely damaging or destroying America's cities. This includes: a Category 3 hurricane hitting New York City, an F5 tornado destroying Downtown Dallas, dormant volcano Mount Rainier re-activating and destroying towns in the surrounding valleys, a tsunami flooding the Pacific Northwest coast, an intraplate earthquake impacting Memphis, Tennessee, wildfires spreading into the heart of San Diego, a huge earthquake leveling San Francisco, a flash flood in Boulder, Colorado, and a flood in Sacramento.
Ironically, the original Category 5 hurricane episode was to involve New Orleans. It was conceived and scripted months before Hurricane Katrina. After Katrina, the debut episode was changed to instead show such a storm striking New York (reducing the storm to a Category 3 as it is believed that is the strongest such storm that would strike the city; such a storm in 1938 missed New York City by just 75 miles, historical records also show that a similar storm directly hit the city in 1821). On June 4, 2006 The Weather Channel aired this episode, titled "Katrina: The Lost Episode." It was re-aired on August 27, 2006. Unlike most episodes, this episode was one hour in length and combined clips of the "lost" episode with a Storm Stories-style retelling of Katrina's effects. New episodes will air beginning January 7, 2007 at 9:00PM Eastern and Pacific on The Weather Channel. New Episodes to be aired on this date will include A flash flood in Salt Lake City Utah and an F-5 Tornado ripping its way through St. Louis.
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[edit] Season 1
[edit] Episode list
≠≠ Is called the "Katrina: The Lost episode". was filmed months before Hurricane Katrina but aired on June 4, 2006.
Each episode was broken into several segments: "It Did Happen"-this segment talks about similar disasters happening in other parts of America; "When It Happens/How It Would Happen"-this talks about how the disaster would unfold; and a third segment about how to prepare for the disaster, and interviews with residents in the threatened areas about what they think of the disaster threat.
"It Did Happen" segments for season 1 are:
- New York City Hurricane: 1938 Long Island Express-Long Island, New York-1938.
- Dallas F5 Tornado: Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak-Oklahoma City-1999.
- Mt. Rainer Eruption: 1980 Mount Saint Helens Eruption-Southern Washington-1980.
- Pacific Northwest Tsunami: Good Friday Earthquake-Southern Alaska-1964.
- Memphis Earthquake: 1994 Northridge Earthquake-San Fernando Valley-1994.
- San Diego Wildfire: Cedar Fire-Southern California-2003.
- San Francisco Earthquake: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake-San Francisco Bay Area-1906.
- Boulder flood: Big Thompson flood-Big Thompson Canyon, Colorado-1976.
- Sacramento flood: Hurricane Katrina-New Orleans-2005
[edit] Episode Summaries
Episode 1- This episode shows the possibility of a Category 3 Hurricane hitting New York City
Episode 2- This episode shows the possibility of an F5 tornado hitting Dallas, Texas
Episode 3- This episode shows the possibility of Mt. Rainier erupted
Episode 4- This episode shows the possibility of a tsunami floods Pacific Northwest
[edit] Season 2
| Event | Location | Entire length |
|---|---|---|
| Tornado | Chicago | 30 minutes |
| Category 5 Hurricane | Houston, Texas | |
| Tornado | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Tsunami | Hawaii | |
| Earthquake | Seattle, Washington | |
| Wildfire | Austin, Texas | |
| Earthquake | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| F4 Tornado | Washington, D.C. |
Six episodes have premered since January 7, 2007 on The Weather Channel. Upcoming future Episodes Include:
- A flash flood in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- A Category 4 hurricane hitting Savannah, Georgia.
- A Category 5 hurricane struck Miami, Florida.
"It Did Happen" segments for season 2 include:
- Chicago Tornado: Plainfield Tornado-Plainfield, Illinois-1990.
- Houston Hurricane: Hurricane Carla-Galveston, Texas-1961.
- St. Louis Tornado: Super Outbreak-Xenia, Ohio-1974.
- Hawaii Tsunami: April Fools Day Tsunami-Hilo, Hawaii-1946.
- Seattle Earthquake: Loma Prieta earthquake-San Francisco Bay Area-1989.
- Austin Wildfire: Oakland Hills firestorm-Oakland, California-1991.
- Las Vegas Earthquake: 1971 San Fernando earthquake-Sylmar, Los Angeles, California-1971.
- Washington, D.C. F4 Tornado: Midwest to Mid-Atlantic United States tornado outbreak of 2002-La Plata, Maryland-2002.
- See also
- Mega Disasters - an almost exactly similar television show
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