Lead characters show intellectual leadership and physical strength, unusual for older women in film. The daughter and a biologist are lesbian. The scientists are portrayed as real people. Our director, directory of photography and audio engineer are female. Other major roles expand ethnic diversity.

What if the hurricane forecast was wrong... because critical data was missing or compromised?

We explore this scenario in a fictional story with political intrigue, science, sabotage, a black site and a feminist perspective!

The President fumes over sea level rise, cancels NASA funding for Earth Science.

The California Governor responds by creating a California satellite program, CalSea. 

 

Repeated attacks and cuts in satellites cause an exodus of U.S. scientists to Canada. U.S. weather forecasts deteriorate, culminating in a disastrous under-prediction of hurricane Leyla and thousands of deaths. The President blames U.S. scientists working with the Vancouver Forecast Centre or CalSea and threatens their arrest. Scientists take a stand to protect the public. A resistance movement forms -- the Insurgency.

 

But now something is wrong with the CalSea data. Scientists suspect sabotage. Connie and daughter Leigh join to find the source, but Connie and another scientist are detained at the airport.The President’s retaliation emboldens the Pacific Coast to consider secession and the formation of the new nation of “Pacifica,” as a rescue operation is planned and another huge hurricane is set to hit Miami.