When Roland Emmerich’s climate change film The Day After Tomorrow first came out, it was difficult to know exactly where to begin. I remember focusing my contemptuousattention on two story points that seemed particularly grievous members of the “Offence Against Credulity” category: the “superstorms,” and the wolves.
WeatherUnderground had a fairly thorough debunking of the superstorm idea, recent (and impending) events in DC and surrounding areas notwithstanding. But now, it appears my contempt for the wolves’ sequence may have been less valid than I thought:
At least three times in recent weeks, they’ve been spotted in various parts of Manhattan, from the streets of Harlem to Central Park to Columbia University.
Orthodox. Faithful. Free.
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Coyotes.
The furry foragers most often associated with wind-swept prairies and lonely woodlands are rare but not unheard of in Manhattan, according to Adrian Benepe, New York City parks commissioner .
Most recently, a frightened witness called 911 in the early morning hours of Sunday to report seeing something that looked like a coyote on Columbia University’s Morningside campus. Officers responded and confirmed that it was, indeed, a coyote.
The CGI was still atrocious, though. At least I’ll always have that.