PART 2:
This is the second and last chapter of this story. Hope you enjoy it. It focuses on the science, and will consist of corrections, and a few other changes. The parts will be a lot shorter in this chapter, as they'll mainly focus on the scientific scenes. Some of these will be based on the novel, while some from my head.
PART 1
At the Hedland Centre in Scotland, U.K., Dennis was watching football on the television, their boss, Professor Terry Rapson, on his way back from the conference in New Delhi. (Called Soccer in the U.S., but called "Football" by the rest of the world). While Simon then went over to a table, where he noticed something beeping on a computer screen. "Dennis, number buoy 4311 is showing a temperature drop of six degrees." Simon explained. (I based that from the book "The Global Superstorm" by Whitley Strieber.; in America they measure temperature in Fahrenheit, in the rest of the world, in Celsius, so a 13 Fahrenheit drop is tiny, but one in Celsius is pretty big, so I changed that. The book mentioned a drop from 48.1 Fahrenheit (8.9 Celsius) to 36.3 Fahrenheit (2.3 Celsius), a drop of 11.8 Fahrenheit (6.6) so I based it on that.).
PART 2
"In Nova Scotia earlier today, the ocean rose by 25 feet in a matter of seconds. What we have feared for the past few days has indeed happened. The North Atlantic Current is slowing down. The flooding water is believed to have originated from this. In other news, the cold front moving down from the Arctic has created an enormous storm system in Canada, which, as incredible as it sounds, looks more and more like a tropical hurricane. If this storm were to move south, we could face a wind driven storm surge that could threaten the entire Northern U.S." The news reporter announced on the TV in New York. (I made this change because it is believed that, should the Gulf Stream stop, parts of the East coat of North America would be flooded. And because a storm mentioned in Canada like that, in my mind, would be worth just mentioning the East seaboard, since the north was affected).
PART 3
"Jack, what I'm about to tell you is supposed to be confidential. Several hours ago, 3 helicopters went down over Scotland. They crashed because the fuel in their lines froze." Rapson, explained to Jack Hall on the phone, a few days later, the three of them snowed by the storm. "What temperature does…?" Hall asked, but Rapson gave the answer right away. "Minus 47 degrees Celsius, or minus 43 Fahrenheit. We had to look it up." Rapson answered (as a scientist, and using the metric system, he should have said Minus", not "negative". And that's the temperature the fuel used in helicopters freezes at.). "The temperature dropped to phenomenally cold levels. On the ground, there have been reports of people freezing before they could get out of their cars after opening their doors. Our sensors and equipment helped confirm it." Rapson added. (In the novel, Rapson mentions how they got the information. The air in the eye of the storm SHOULD warm up, from the laws of thermal dynamics, so I'll make a few changes/corrections later on).
PART 4
"Jack. Were you able to recreate the thermal cycle?" Rapson asked Hall later, after having sent him the data they had about the storm. "Yes. The storms rotation is drawing supercooled air all the way down from the Mesosphere." Hall answered. (The upper Troposphere is too low to be cold enough (-55 Celsius, -67 Fahrenheit) to freeze fuel without warming up, so I've changed it to Mesosphere (-143 Celsius, -225 Fahrenheit)). "Shouldn't the air warm up before it reaches ground level?" Rapson asked, after looking at the simulation of the eye of the storm on the computer. "It does, but not enough. The air is still too cold." Hall answered. "Is this an isolated incident?" Rapson asked. "I'm afraid not. Weve located two other supercells in addition to the one over Scotland. There's one over Canada , and another one over Siberia." Hall explained. "And do we know their projected paths?" Rapson asked. "Yes. The storm is causing chaos in Canada, our satellites show what happened to the helicopters is believed to have happened in Toronto. The Canadian Prime Minister is feared dead. It crossed the border last night. We're already getting serious reports from Montana, Minnesota, Michigan. It'll be over our heads in the next few hours. Our estimates of 6 to 8 weeks weren't even close. It happening right now. These three storms are going to change the face of our planet. Here a trajectory of 24 hours out. This is 48 hours out. And in 7 to 10 days. When this storm is over, we'll be in a new mini-ice age." Hall explained, show it on the computer. (The term "Mini ice age" was used, because a lot of snow like that would definitely be called that. An ice age happens every few hundred thousand fear or something like that, with or without climate change. And there's the Montane bit I mentioned the previous chapter. I think, for the snow to reach New York, they should have mentioned the storm going over the border at some point.)
PART 5
"What is going on out there, dad?" Sam asked on the payphone at the library, the room rapidly filling with water. "Sam? Sam. Listen to me. Listen very carefully. Forget what I said about trying to come home. Its too late for that. The weather is just gonna get worse. The rains gonna be replaced by a massive blizzard with the centre of it, just like a huge hurricane." Hall explained. (I only did this bit because Sam didn't know about the bad snow storm yet. And Hall didn't mention to him earlier anything about specifically heading South, so I changed that, as he insisted Sam come home. BTW, I do understand that Washington DC, where they live, is south of New York City!)
PART 6
Hall was gathered Arctic gear to go to New York. Tom Gomez (head of NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) then came up to the room. "Frank told me about Sam. I'm not gonna try to talk you out of going. But there's I need for you to do first. You have to explain to explain your results to the Administration." Gomez said. "I already tried that, Tom. They threw my work in the bin." Hall replied. (You'll find the 'threw in the bin' stuff in my previous chapter!) "This time it'll be different. Your gonna brief the President directly. The flooding gotten his attention. Not just in New York, but in Florida, Savannah, and Charleston. Theres a car outside for us." Gomez said back. (And there's the Florida flooding I mentioned I would put down in the last chapter! I also choose some other places that could have flooded)!
PART 7
Later, Rapson, Simon and Dennis were in their hats and coats, with only a handful of lights on to conserve power, the wind outside constantly howling. It was now clear to them all they weren't gonna survive. The lights then started flickering, so Denni went to check the generator. "Sorry, mates. But we're just about out of petrol." Dennis said as he came back. (For U.S. readers, what you call "Gas", we in the U.K. call "Petrol"). "Hey, is there any chance that it'll run…on this?" Simon asked as he removed a book from a shelf and pulled out a bottle of alcohol. Dennis chuckled. "Are you mad? That's 12-year-old Whiskey." Rapson asked incredulously. (I only added this but to mention the "Whiskey" bit, as I've heard someone from Scotland would never call a bottle of Whiskey "Scotch"! Sometimes I think of this scene something like, "They surely should have done their research on Scotland when they wrote the script!").
PART 7
"Did you get a signal?" Sam asked Brian, after having pushed a trolley full of books into the room to burn. "Yeah. For minute or two." Brian answered, holding the radio, a bit of static coming out of it. "And?" Sam asked, Brian, who looked at him, gestured with his eyes to come to his side, which he did, on his right. "Man, these storms are everywhere. They've hit the entire Northern Hemisphere. Most of Europe is buried under 15 feet of snow. Canada and Siberia are pretty much destroyed. The Mediterranean and the waters around Japan are full of boats trying to head south, and they say its gonna get just as bad here. I mean, I don't think your dads gonna make it." Brian answered/explained. Sam just looked around. "No, he'll make it. He'll make it." Sam replied hopefully. (I think they should have said more about what's happening around the world, so I added a bit).
PART 8
"How big is this thing?" Gomez asked Janet Tokada, having received satellite images from the International Space Station. "Big enough to cover pretty much the entire North American continent. Its snowing as far south as Dallas, but the worst of it is north of Atlanta. The eye is 50 miles in diameter, and growing. The cells over Europe and Asia are twice as big." Janet explained, showing the images on the computer. "God." Tom muttered. Its going to hit New York inside an hour." Janet answered. "It should be over New York by now. Satellite readings are showing temperatures as low as 60 degrees below zero." Janet said, looking at the simulation on the computer. (I changed the temperature part, to take into account the laws of thermal dynamics, and the temperature of the Mesosphere. And I changed the first bit because Tom asked her about the storm, not the eye. And I removed the" this one" bit, as there was one eye in the storm, not more than one!).
PART 9
"Good to have you back." Hall said to Jason. Hall then went over to the lit grills and picked up a burger he'd made earlier, in his left hand and offered it to Jason. Jason just stared at it, for a few seconds, then up at Hall. "I've been a vegetarian for 5 years. My ex-girlfriend convinced me it'd be better for the environment." Jason spoke, Hall then giving him a 'and you tell me this now' face. "Ah, what the hell?" Jason then said as he took the burger and began eating it, as Hall then then put his yellow coat on. (I mainly added this bit based on the novel, but in it Jason said 6 years, I changed it to 5, as in the novel, Jason told Janet he'd been working for 5 years instead of 2, so that's why I changed it).
PART 10
"What do you think's gonna happen to us?" Jason asked in the tent, Hall looking at the map. "What do you mean?" Hall asked, looking at him. "I mean us. Civilisation. Everybody." Jason answered. "Human beings are the most resourceful creatures on the planet. Mankind survived the last ice age, as well as the mini one. We're more than capable of surviving this one. And don't forget, the Southern Hemisphere won't be much affected. South America, Africa, Australia, will all become the new major players in civilisation. All depends on whether or not we're able to learn from our mistakes. I'd sure as hell like a chance to learn from mine." Hall answered. "You did everything you could." Jason replied. "I was thinking about Sam. I never gave him enough time. The only vacation I ever took him on was I research trip to Greenland. That was a disaster." Hall said back. "What happened?" Jason asked. "The ship got stuck in the ice… for 10 days." Hall answered. "I think he had a good time anyway." Jason spoke. (I added that bit as I think he should have said something about the Southern Hemisphere not being affected, and I got the first and last sentences from a deleted scene, the last one I decided to do at the last minute.).
That's the second, and last chapter done! And this story is now finished! I'm sorry that I don't think I'll be able to do anymore stories this year, but that's life sometimes! I'm very sure I'll be able to do some more next year, so please be patient, and stay safe!