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[[Van and truck travel toward mountains]]
Narrator: 1,000 miles north of tornado alley
Narrator: a new breed of scientists has emerged.
[[Man with a laptop, woman with a probe in the ground]]
Narrator: Half researchers, half adrenaline junkies
Woman: What's the reading?
Man: 3.9 meters down, gradient's off the charts!
[[Truck driving very fast, man holding a radio up to his head]]
Narrator: risking everything for the thrill of the hunt
Male: The freeze line is shifting! We've never seen anything like it!
[[4 - Barren field, mountains in background, woman holding large video camera up to tiny spot of grass]]
Narrator: Permafrost chasers
Female: I'm getting some great footage here!
Radio: Dammit, Harding, it's not worth your neck! Get the hell out of there!
{{Title Text: Twister would've been a much better movie if they'd cut out the bad-guy storm chaser and all the emotional romance crap. All you need for a good movie are tornados and scientists. Actually, that's all you need for anything.}}
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