'Twisters' Screening and Panel
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This event includes a screening of the 2024 movie "Twisters" and a panel discussion. Think chasing tornadoes is just for the movies? (Twisters, anyone?) Extreme weather events happen worldwide—and while tornadoes aren’t common in Southern California, they’re not impossible. Add in earthquakes, flooding, intense rain, heat waves, and wildfires, and the need for accurate forecasting becomes clear. What roles do cutting-edge technology, gut instincts, and citizen science play in predicting these events? And how does real science compare to what we see on the big screen? Researchers from the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes will share how they monitor, model, and improve forecasts for extreme weather events.
Seating is limited and first come, first served.
Comic-Con Museum
Comic-Con International (Comic-Con), a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is opening the Comic-Con Museum in San Diego’s Balboa Park. This new cultural attraction will encourage an appreciation of comics and related popular arts through exhibitions, performances, educational programs, and outreach efforts. The Comic-Con Museum will be a year-round operation, manifesting the same values of accessibility, curiosity and appreciation that have driven the organization’s world-famous conventions. Through exhibits that refresh frequently and consistently, and programs that offer opportunities to learn, experience, and participate, the Museum will continue to build awareness and appreciation for the valuable contribution of popular culture. The Museum will be visitor-focused, whether a Comic-Con fan or a member of the general public and will provide engrossing experiences that engage curiosity and inspire learning.