 The entire first half of the films footage, the prediction of the  hurricane coming to destroy the MS Gulf Coast, was entirely  unplanned. In fact, it was the only footage that Pearce believed  would never be seen. Pearce informed his friends, who by chance  decided to stay with him for the hurricane, that he wanted to film a  prediction of the storm. With no discussion or planning, Pearce set  the camera on a tripod and began filming what would become the only  memories of his home and the last look at the beauty of his hometown  before the storm.