The entire first half of the film's 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.