What I Learned from This Movie
1. In the event of an alien invasion, don't look to the government, scientists, or even the computer underground. Find an unhappy teenage girl on a farm (preferably one who looks to be in her early twenties).
2. Despite electric-green tornadoes whipping through central Chicago, the government will insist that nothing is going on and tell everyone not to panic.
3. An electromagnetic pulse will wipe out small electronics, but leave the larger electronics in the television station working - and will have no effect on vehicles.
4. People park on the roofs of high-rises in Chicago.
5. Farmhouses in rural Illinois disappear with a change in viewing perspective.
6. It is possible to record on an iPod Nano.
7. In the event of an alien invasion, the government will send in three guys to cover it up rather than try to fight it. Only farmers and their daughters will comprehend the real danger of the situation.
8. The best hot dogs are at The Filling Station on Union Street in Chicago.
9. If you can't afford the University of Chicago, the University of Malaysia is a good fallback school.
10. Diesel generators in Chicago high-rises are not kept fueled and ready for an emergency.
11. The back-up supply of diesel fuel for generators in Chicago high-rises consists of 10 one-gallon jugs.
12. Storm chasers with a Website are heroes in rural Illinois.