Picking Nits
Shelter door; final survival; Dorothy design; debris immunity; divorce; storm-day routines
In the discussion (9)
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- The father’s weak lock and decision to hold the doomed door instead of retreating are criticized; dismissing Jo’s grief is challenged because she witnessed his death.
- Strapping themselves to a pipe would not plausibly protect the leads from wind and debris; the implement-filled barn also invites questions about its owners.
- Dorothy is criticized for spilling easily, lacking remote release and existing in only four copies.
- The rapid improvised sensor wings prompt skepticism.
- The leads rarely suffer flying-debris injuries across repeated tornado encounters, unlike the scraped-up preacher.
- The divorce lacks a satisfying explanation; incompatible paths, storm obsession, drinking or a missing infidelity scene are conjectured.
- Five tornadoes in one day seem nationally notable enough to close the drive-in and local businesses.
- Prepositioning many Dorothys is proposed; limited money and a need to prove results are offered as an explanation.
- Stopping for steak and eggs, showers, blow-dried hair and homemade lemonade seems implausible while storms are so active; another tornado catches the group flat-footed.