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For arguments about how Jonas "stole" Bill's design, look. It doesn't take a Ph.D in Meteorology with a focus on severe weather to realize "Hey, let's build a thing and drop it into the path of a tornado". In the 1970's a device similar in concept, in fact it was the inspiration for Dorothy, TOTO, was built and there were attempts to deploy it with the same aim as Dorothy.
So it's kind of a stretch for Bill to be pissed off about the idea. It's not an original thought, they built one well before Bill was getting drunk and chucking whiskey at a tornado.
"What's Jonas doing here?"
Gee, I don't know Bill. You're a stormchaser, Jo's a stormchaser, you even tell Melissa that Jonas was part of the team at one point. You KNOW it's going to be a good day for storm chasing, "Day like today's it's to be expected. She forgets EVERYTHING except her work", you're in the middle of Oklahoma in June. Why WOULDN'T Jonas be chasing tornadoes?
Ok, so "He's got a lot of high tech gadgets, but he's got no instincts." NOT HIGH TECH GADGETS! That BASTARD! Let's talk to Jo about how the Doppler radar is broken again, and how they're running out of grant money. Meanwhile, Jonas has his corporate sponsors and a fleet of vehicles, probably well maintained. And let's face it - the private sector is a lot more cutthroat than working for the University of Oklahoma. They wouldn't be giving Jonas that kind of money if he couldn't deliver on it.
So it's basically just nonsense to make a non-bad guy into an actual bad guy. And yeah, it is a jerk move when they just drive past after the first tornado, but clearly they're not injured, clearly assistance is already there with Jo's team.
The only thing he does that's really....well not even BAD per se, is turning the CB off right as the F5 shifts it's tracks. And they were screwed already. It's a mile wide tornado, it was already shifting. Nothing could be done short of him missing his alarm clock that morning.
At the most, Jonas is a jerk.
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