CBS' upcoming mini has Chicago in peril

NEWSDAY
It's the end of the world as we know it.
Again.
This spring, NBC rocked the West Coast with the ratings-pleasing earthquake drama "10.5." This summer, the big-screen scare-a-thon "The Day After Tomorrow" flash-froze New York City. And now, next month, CBS attempts to wipe Chicago off the map with its ominously titled mini, "Category 6: Day of Destruction."
The sweeps miniseries (airing Nov. 14 and 17) focuses on a landlocked "perfect storm" bearing down on the Windy City. Brian Dennehy is an about-to-retire National Weather Service meteorologist who's watching three big storm systems: powerful tornadoes that have laid waste to Las Vegas, an abnormally warm storm front moving up from the south and a blast of Arctic air coming from the north. Meanwhile, a heat wave and drought are crippling Chicago, even as the U.S. Secretary of Energy (Dianne Wiest) warns that the power grid could fail at any moment.
That moment arrives in the form of a continent-wide blackout triggered by a massive thunderstorm, meaning Chicagoans may have no way of knowing about the devastating weather bearing down on them.