Hollywood loves a good natural disaster movie, and, lets face it, so do you. There's something uniquely exhilarating about watching the world as you know it blown to smithereens from the comfort of your sofa; when done right, a disaster film will have you scrambling to build an impenetrable bunker in your back yard. This was the case after the release of Twister in back in 1996, when hardware store owners reported a big increase in materials used to build tornado shelters. According to Fred Ostby, chief forecaster for the Storm Prediction Center, they needn't have bothered. The weather expert said that E.T. was a more believable movie, and he wasn't alone in his opinion. In fact, you would be hard pressed to find a scientist anywhere that enjoys natural disaster movies. Hollywood have never allowed fact to get in the way of a good story, and this turns out to be especially true in this genre. Artistic liberties are unavoidable at times, but there's a difference between stretching the truth and simply ignoring it all together. Most of us are happy to have the wool pulled over our eyes to satisfy our morbid curiosity, but once you remove the wool and do a little research you start to see the Hollywood disaster movie for what it is - complete and utter bull...
