Category 7: The End of the World
CategoryThe End of the World is a 2005 fourhour television film miniseries that was broadcast in the United States on CBS in two parts, the first part aired on Novemberand the second on November 13. A sequel to the 2004 miniseries CategoryDay of Destruction, this film starts directly after the events shown in that film. The new director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA must continue to contend with the massive storm system that hit Chicago in the first film. The storm has continued to gain strength, spawning additional storms around the world, with three converging over Washington, D.C. and forming a massive tropical cyclone scalehurricane although no tropical cyclone scale has a category numbered 7.
During these catastrophic events, two Christian fundamentalists James Brolin and Swoosie Kurtz fake the arrival of the plagues of Egypt to lure in new converts, culminating in their kidnapping of the firstborn children of Judith Carr and other highranking officials. When Tommy and Faith get their data to FEMA when in New York, Judith realizes that Hurricane Eduardo is heading towards Washington, D.C. and the Categorystorm in New York is heading in the same direction. When both storms collide with the mesosphere, it turns into a Categoryhurricane, obliterating anything in its path. The force of the storm is so massive, that a categorycould potentially cause a global catastrophe, possibly leading to the apocalypse hence the title.The miniseries was produced by von ZerneckSertner Films, which also produced Category 6. It was filmed at various locations around Winnipeg, Canada and the Canadian air force baseWing was used for the fictional version of Biloxi, Mississippis Keesler Air Force Base. Air force members were tapped as extra by the production company to play the United States Air Force members seen during the film. The air force base commander noted that the filming helped to boost the local economy, due to the 600,000 in salaries generated during filming, but did not cause interfering with operations or security at the base. ........
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