Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context: Him and his mother have always been close , and I feel aweful that because of me , they rarely talk . His parents are divorced , and he lived with his mom and his brother john lived with their dad , brian and his fathers relatioship is close to non - existant which bothers him as well although he wo n't admit it . Tomorrow is grandparents day , his father called today suprisingly , because we had tropical storm hanna up here and he wanted to check on us ( he has noidea our problems or situation ) so tomorrow we are going to visit them , they live about 3 hours away . obviously I have SO many problems , mostly just financial though , and although I ' m broke all the time , I ' m happy , . 
Question: Why did Brian 's father call him ?
Output (English): Because he wanted to see if Brian was OK after the storm .