Twister: Calm Before The Storm

Jonas's Plan/Second Storm chase

Jo's team had gotten everything ready, so they all pilled into the van. Jo had given everyone a nod, signaling the team that they were ready to go. She started to drive out towards Guthrie, Oklahoma, their target area. Jonas was all the way in the back of the van. He was trying to plot how he was gonna impress Jo on this storm chase. He needed to figure out something. He wasn't going to have Bill win Jo over. He was tired of Bill always getting in the way of him getting closer to her. Jo peered up into her mirror. She had noticed that Jonas was strangely more quiet than usual. ''Everything okay there, Jonas?'' She asked. Bill looked back over his shoulder, looking at Jonas as well. Jonas snapped out of his train of thought. He looked over at Jo. ''Yeah. I'm fine. Just thinking about the types of tornadoes we might see today.'' He told her. That was a lie, and Jonas felt bad for lying to her. Jo had turned her attention back to the road. She entered the freeway, trying to get past the Oklahoma city metro area. ''Rabbit.'' She called. ''Yes boss?'' He answered. ''I need to know where we are gonna head. Haynes and Beltzer, how is the storm looking on radar?'' Beltzer scanned his eyes over the radar. A hook was starting to appear over Guthrie.

A red box showed up on the radar. A tornado warning had been issued for Guthrie, Oklahoma. Haynes spoke excitedly. ''Okay! A tornado warning has just been issued for Guthrie! Looks like our target was correct.'' Jo beamed with pride. ''Excellent!'' She exclaimed. ''Rabbit, I need you to give me the fastest route to Guthrie.'' She commanded. Rabbit nodded his head. He looked at Sanders and Sanders knew what to do. He turned his body around and handed his friend his maps. ''Here you go, man.'' Sanders said. Rabbit grabbed his maps and rolled his eyes. His maps had been folded! Rabbit let out an annoyed sigh. ''Ugh... How many times do I have to tell you this... Don't fold the maps! Roll the maps! Now there is a big crease in it.'' Sanders shrugged. ''Sorry. I'll do it your way next time, dude.'' Bill placed his palm to his forehead. ''Guys, can we please not fight?'' Jo gave Rabbit and Sanders a dirty look. Rabbit quickly got the memo and observed over his map, trying to figure out the best route to give her. ''The fastest route for us to take is to drive north through Edmond and continue north until we get to E Steward road. The twister should be somewhere over there.'' Jo nodded at his response. ''Okay thanks Rabbit. We should be there within the next 10 minutes. Hopefully this thing will still be on the ground by the time we get there.'' She hoped that they would make it in time. Jonas hoped for the same thing.

He wanted this storm chase to be a success. That way he would be able to do something that would impress Jo. As they were nearing Guthrie, Jo told her team to start getting their equipment ready so they would be prepared when they got to their destination. She could hear the tornado sirens wail as she entered Guthrie, Oklahoma. "Aw man... It's showtime!'' Dusty laughs. Bill scanned the horizon. He knew that the tornado could drop at any moment. It was an eerie sight to see. Pink lightning shot down from the heavens, striking an oak tree. A deafening boom could be heard. Jo turned the van onto E Steward road, as she turned the van onto the dirt road, she could see a funnel snake down onto the ground. The funnel cloud was now a twirling twister! ''Okay guys. Get ready to deploy.'' She instructed. Jonas knew that now was the time to try to impress Jo, so he had to act quickly. He was going to handle recording some data of the environment surrounding the twister. He wanted to also film some incredible footage of the tornado. He grabbed the camera and some of the weather instruments. He got out of the van as soon as Jo stopped it. The others followed Jonas out of the back of the van. Jo and Bill were the last to get out of the van. Jo couldn't believe the sight.

The tornado was growing even stronger in strength, for what used to be a beautiful rope had now transformed into a powerful stovepipe. The twister began to churn up the golden wheat fields. Jonas quickly gathered up the weather instruments. He began to record some data. He knew that he had to get the best data that he could gather. After a few moments of attempting to gather some data, He picked up the video camera and began to record. In his viewpoint he observed the twister swift it's path. The monster was now headed south and was making it's way towards the town of Guthrie. Jonas got a horrible feeling in the pit of his stomach, but he continued to film the tornado. He wanted to get the best footage of this tornado, for he knew that others were filming it as well. The twister ripped through a barn, tossing farm equipment and tractors hundreds of feet into the air. This should suffice for good enough footage. He thought to himself. He couldn't bear to film any longer. He knew that the tornado would hit Guthrie head on. He made sure that the camera did not ruin his footage, and he put the camera down.

Jonas wasn't the only one that knew where the tornado was heading. Bill also knew that the twister was gonna slam into downtown Guthrie. Dusty spoke up, ''Yo, you guys, I think she's heading towards us! We better back track a little.'' Bill was in agreement with his friend. ''I think Dusty's right. Alright everyone. Let's start packing up.'' Jo made sure that everyone had gotten around, and she drove away. Jonas was confident that his footage of the tornado was good enough to impress Jo. He sits closer to where Jo was. ''Hey Jo. Here is the footage that I gathered from the tornado. I figured that you might like what you see.'' He tells her. "Thanks Jonas. I'll look at it once we get back to the campus.'' She grabs the footage from him, returning her attention back to the road. Bill turns to her. "Jo, what do you wanna do now? Wanna go for it again?'' He asks her. Jo sighs. She didn't want to chase it any longer. She knew that it was going to destroy Guthrie. ''Honestly Bill, I think this chase is over. We should go back and help them out as soon as the storm is over.''