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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.93,0:00:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything is interconnected.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.01,0:00:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a Shinnecock Indian, I was raised to know this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.54,0:00:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a small fishing tribe
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.56,0:00:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,situated on the southeastern tip of Long Island
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.74,0:00:15.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,near the town of Southampton in New York.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.91,0:00:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a little girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.38,0:00:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my grandfather took me to sit outside in the sun on a hot summer day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.73,0:00:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were no clouds in the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.28,0:00:30.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after a while I began to perspire.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.45,0:00:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he pointed up to the sky, and he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.98,0:00:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Look, do you see that?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.83,0:00:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's part of you up there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.95,0:00:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's your water that helps to make the cloud
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.86,0:00:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that becomes the rain that feeds the plants
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.13,0:00:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that feeds the animals."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.92,0:00:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my continued exploration of subjects in nature
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.91,0:00:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have the ability to illustrate the interconnection of all life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.33,0:01:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started storm chasing in 2008
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.03,0:01:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after my daughter said, "Mom, you should do that."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.90,0:01:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so three days later, driving very fast,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.11,0:01:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found myself stalking a single type of giant cloud called the super cell,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.37,0:01:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capable of producing grapefruit-size hail
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.82,0:01:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spectacular tornadoes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.81,0:01:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although only two percent actually do.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.12,0:01:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These clouds can grow so big, up to 50 miles wide
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.26,0:01:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reach up to 65,000 feet into the atmosphere.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.33,0:01:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can grow so big, blocking all daylight,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.70,0:01:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making it very dark and ominous standing under them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.83,0:01:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Storm chasing is a very tactile experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.73,0:01:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a warm, moist wind blowing at your back
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.100,0:02:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the smell of the earth, the wheat, the grass, the charged particles.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.70,0:02:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there are the colors in the clouds
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.09,0:02:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of hail forming, the greens and the turquoise blues.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.28,0:02:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've learned to respect the lightning.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.56,0:02:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My hair used to be straight.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.70,0:02:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.12,0:02:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just kidding.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.74,0:02:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.89,0:02:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What really excites me about these storms
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.06,0:02:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is their movement, the way they swirl and spin and undulate,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.28,0:02:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with their lava lamp-like mammatus clouds.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.30,0:02:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They become lovely monsters.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.03,0:02:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'm photographing them,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.56,0:02:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cannot help but remember my grandfather's lesson.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.30,0:02:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I stand under them,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.29,0:02:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see not just a cloud,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.49,0:02:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but understand that what I have the privilege to witness
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.38,0:02:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the same forces, the same process in a small-scale version
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.83,0:02:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that helped to create our galaxy, our solar system, our sun
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.14,0:03:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even this very planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.70,0:03:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All my relations. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.16,0:03:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)