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foreign

she knows

i'm positive she knows

i just can't seem to squeeze it out of

her oh no you never squeeze you play

your light throw some fakes

fakes yes

who does your hair

does the money come to the office

where'd you get those boots who

authorized the kickbacks and do it fast

like that

do you think it'll work it'll work

good investigative reporter never

interrogates his sources

he seduces them

and you were a prize winner

nice

hi pegasian oh mrs allen yes but he's

with someone

aha

charles foster kane holding court

no no you have it wrong sharon if

anything i'm ben bradley coaching bob

woodward

hey carol tell me after the first six

months do the crusading reporter stories

go into reruns a little

but i need him northwestern may have

turned out a journalist but david's

whipping me into a reporter

all right come on follow up on those

sources and remember you don't ask what

you need to know

ease your defenses down and take it

whatever you say coach

nice seeing you again mrs allen oh

ciao

that's a girl is going to make it in

this business she has the drive the need

to know

she's not afraid of getting her hands

dirty finding out

remind you of anyone in particular

yeah

okay what's up

lunch

oh i forgot no you didn't i just

arranged it just you and me and a field

man from the fcc

what for

well they think it's a little too cozy

me running a television station and my

husband in charge of the newspaper it's

a regular communications cabal they

never hassled your father used to run

them both oh well they tried but then he

started to investigate the investigators

so they just back right off

how long is this going to take

well uh

lunch should be over around two and

we could take an hour to fool around

you'll be back by three

come on

so

somewhere in this world larry mayhem is

trembling in his boots just knowing

you're alive won't you come on back

tomorrow and give her another goal

three seconds

hello dr jesse

could you come up to the observatory

right away i have to talk with you

okay

see you then

bye

can i possibly marry anyone who can't

ride a little pony more than three

seconds

because you know it takes one hell of a

man to even get on that monster

one hell of a man wouldn't be worried

about meeting my father hey your dad's a

hot shot insurance man rodeo riders make

insurance people nervous

yeah and future father-in-laws make

cowboys nervous

that's not that

just what would i say to her

well

if you really want to make him happy

you can say that you're a yale graduate

who's visiting in phoenix while your

family's home and martha's vineyard is

under repair but that you won't be in

town long because your legal trading is

due to resume at oxford

oh just one thing

what

remember to scrape the manure off your

boots it might make him suspicious

watch

motion is wrapped

in line with jupiter me a lot closer

there may be a chance of an impact

the only big one on record is tunguska

siberia 1908

a fireball explosion

not chemical not nuclear

more of an eruption of pure energy

what was the damage radius

60 miles

check with the computer room get us

background and orbit calculations fast

okay

magnificent piece of machinery sir you

know the best part about it hank no

radio no telephone no news yeah i could

go for a drive on the coast road and

anything could happen

foreign crisis congressional deadlock

economic disaster and i wouldn't have to

hear a thing excuse me sir secretary of

the interior calling he says it's urgent

you handle it hank

yes sir

what is it mr secretary

the man is here for some serious r r i

can't disturb him just because some

astronomer is

when

where

okay

i

get me all the expert opinion you can

i want facts and i want options

then i'll take it

don't gloss it over we both know what

you're doing

you're not making the world safe for

democracy you're selling out

they dangle a couple of bucks in front

of your face reminded you that your

grant was up for review and you went for

it

yeah i know i know your son's tuition

went up this semester your daughter

needs braces

i also know what'll happen to the ozone

if they test your formulas in the

atmosphere

what do you mean what do i want you know

what i want i want you to show the same

responsibility for the world that you do

for your kid's teeth

you know it's the humanities professors

that are supposed to do all the hell

raising men of science are more reserved

and more dignified look at my beer they

don't drink beer they sip brandy that's

your fantasy not mine

if it'll make you feel any better it is

an imported beer

you just love it when you go against the

grain don't you i'm positive that's why

you like being with me it's so unethical

i'm your student your ta i am less than

half your age

i'm a triple threat

it's too bad you're not black

give that will you lolita

dr jason voight's residence

jason it's the office of the president

it's not the university president the

president you know the country america

oh it's different

take his number tell him i'll call him

back

jason

give me that

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approaching

what you're telling me is there's

something out there in space

you don't know what it's made of but

you're pretty sure it's headed toward

earth it may break up and burn off but

you don't know exactly where

it may change course and miss but you

don't know exactly when

well i'm grateful for all the expert

advice sir one thing has to be

emphasized

right now we are sliding into the

comet's projected path but there's a lot

of space between us

only the slightest change in present

speed or trajectory would cause it to

miss earth by tens of thousands of miles

the odds of it actually impacting are

well astronomical

assuming it holds course

when will it hit

eight days

january 29th approximately nine pm

where

as far out as it is now

it would be presumptuous for anyone to

even estimate

my people say maybe the southwest

it'll impact within a 50-mile radius of

phoenix arizona

how can you call a target and your

colleagues can't

got a stronger telescope

jesse has the best there is at carson

pete but

my special field is close approach

objects and with all due respect to my

colleagues

my projections are much more precise

and my projections say phoenix

of course we'll know more as she grows

in the meantime what are we supposed to

do

prey

light candles

evacuate evacuate evacuate what

this guy's telling me it won't hit

within 10 000 miles of here and she's

saying maybe the southwest can i say

phoenix suppose i do what you say

suppose i clear out the whole damn state

pick everybody from arizona and just

slide them into utah then at the last

minute the comet changes course and hits

there no i doubt that would happen doubt

hell can you guarantee it

mr president

there is another alternative a minuteman

nuclear warhead riding up on a titan

centaur rocket could rendezvous with the

comet and destroy it only

only what

i agree with hutton the odds of this

thing hitting don't worry at the expense

of a launch

i want every observatory we got locked

in on this

we have a recon satellite available yes

sir let's swing it around i want to know

the exact instant the comet changes

course and if it doesn't i want to

confirm target that's you boyd

go to carson pete do all your

projections off of their telescope

in general you better get a titan ready

we don't want to be cut short here

and one other thing i want uh this

knowledge limited to support staff only

if this goes public i want it to be on

my decision am i

clear thank you

call the governor of arizona

i want him flown here in briefed

now

yes sir

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well

looks like we've been made into a team

i'm uh looking forward to working with

you thank you

if you're going directly to the

observatory no no thank you no i'm uh

going back to university pick up some

material i'll fly out later

okay

i'll see you in carson yeah bye

then again i could always have it sent

out

rolling bird away from earth coordinates

186 degrees pitch to space setting 704

craft responding

she's in position command

roger guidance let's open our eyes and

see what's out there

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michael you heard the president the odds

are with us yeah i heard the president

those are the facts governor the

decision to evacuate is yours

all i have to do is decide

how to move everyone and when well first

you decide if you're going to move them

and that's not a decision you make on

your own there are a lot of people we

should touch base with on this

i get esther has some kovacs from the

unions

kramer can talk for the big money

gilliam for the insurance company what

about media people

david allen

you sure

yeah

they respect you once we decide what to

do he can persuade the others

it's not exactly what you'd call a team

player

you'd find out eventually anyway

there's no political rule

applies to people like david allen

what's that

better to have him on the inside of the

tent spitting out than the outside

spitting in

david allen

i think we should be getting back um

i want to watch the sun come up

you can watch on the way back from

phoenix

why are you so anxious to go

you snuck out again

tom

you know you're 19 now you can stay out

all night if you want

no

my mom read all about the psychology of

the teenager

my grandmother's not like that

she's alone

she worries

how about your dad

doesn't he scare you

i'm his little girl

i thought he was supposed to be so tough

he is

you'll find out when you tell him you're

gonna marry his little girl

paula maybe we had to wait

a year or two

waiting and wanting don't mix

i know what i want

and i'm not about to hold back

she'll have a well-developed coma here

we'll see our first of a tale here

it will have coma we will see tale

you're that positive

this comet's going to keep coming she's

going to hit

i feel it

you feel it

that's right mr icer i feel it

and all i can do is convince people

where and hope they get out of her way

because there's nothing anyone can do to

stop it

excuse me dr jesse air force is calling

they're prepping a titan and they need

coordinates

excuse me

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how are you good to see you i'm glad you

could make it please come on in

excuse me governor

i'll have those charts for the meeting

believe you already know paul gilliam

just been transferred here from boston

to become the regional director for

united federal insurance hello paul

governor hope you're enjoying our state

nice to see you again

let's have some coffee huh

and about your anchor man and can't you

get him to loosen up a little yeah but

sharon hey it's the news which is quite

serious enough as it is

look i mean just

get him to smile or flirt with the

weather girl write him jokes if you have

to

oh that reminds me

isn't it today that the navajos are

making our governor into an honorary

scout or something a warrior brave oh

that's just his kind of publicity

you did send a crew mrs allen they're

waiting for you in promotion i'll be

there

oh see if i know richie he's going to

tart himself up and warp on it and smoke

a peace pie wait a minute he canceled

you're kidding no the crew called about

a half an hour ago the governor canceled

the ceremony hmm

it would be a crime to force the rank

and file to evacuate every day gone loss

of a day's paid as an individual he

can't afford it as a total income loss

to the city it would be unacceptable

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okay where am i

development meeting at four advertising

at 4 30. and jennings from news needs to

see you i penciled him in for two

uh david and i have uh we have to see

the accountant or two oh i forgot david

called earlier some staff problems he

canceled the accountancy

gentlemen my company would be liable for

any loss homeowners incurred while out

of town

if that loss is as substantial as i

suspect it would be

all future premiums business as well as

home

would increase

if you're going to evacuate it better be

worth it

so even if the comet misses entirely

we'll still be paying out serious money

very serious money for years

all right wayne here we'll set up the

machinery for evacuation and contingency

plans

if the time comes we'll be ready

until we know more it's business as

usual

governor excuse me it seems to me we're

overlooking something here it's true

that we face a situation that could

result in monumental financial and

property loss

i think there's something more important

it's a loss of human lives

now what would happen if this went

public

commissioner what can we expect panic

complete civil breakdown

we wouldn't only have looting but

vandalism arson shootings

people would be killed trying to steal

property people be killed trying to

protect it

the crew was ready to leave

when these heavyweights started showing

our stillman just kept flicking away

so this is why richie decided to put off

being a warrior brave

well it's not just that his office

canceled all of his morning appointments

too

why

she wasn't there

we had a stringer checking it out he was

flying back into town where from

no one's saying

i wonder what's going on

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hi

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you still haven't learned

what

it's only the dedicated young reporters

who spend 16 hours a day at the office

old habits

right

deadly

oh i'm uh sorry i had to cancel the

account

oh it's okay

meetings with governors always cancel

out meetings with accountants

yeah

what's going on

stuff strategy groundwork

campaign stuff

between a police chief and a governor

who regard one another as a fascist and

a pinko not to mention right-wing money

and left-wing labor all dancing around

together

david come on what's going on

it's business

whose turn is it to make the margaritas

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hey there what

i'm your wife

oh

yeah we recite our names the same

christmas cards we drive matching

mercedes with his and hers license

plates we're charming at parties we're

unbeatable doubles now that's not the

base

i mean

i've told you

i want to take the time to be a mother

but i've got to know that you'll take

time to all right enough no no okay

i mean david what am i to you

if i'm not somebody's mother and i'm not

your wife

who am i

you're the woman i share this house with

it's your turn to make the margaritas

can you see it

not yet

you think that they should be clearing

phoenix now don't you

i should have started last night

well i can't say that i blame them for

waiting

i mean i know your reputation i know

your work but some of the best minds in

the country have been consulted

yes and their calculations were very

thorough very competent they are

and not one of them could precisely

predict that it will hit within 50 miles

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she's got a coma

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exactly where you said it would

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maybe you are right and the rest of us

are wrong

maybe we'll hit just where you said it

with and venus will be leveled and

you'll have the profound pleasure of

telling us all i told you so

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don't let this place intimidate you

carol

oh it doesn't

it's just that uh

well

i'm not sure why you asked me here

um

well

i have some photographs that i think

might interest you photographs

carol relax

relax

i ask you here because i think you're a

good reporter

not because you're having an affair with

my husband

now all these men were summoned to a

meeting with the governor they were

summoned without notice immediately

after the governor returned from a late

night flight to i don't know where

whoa

that is arizona gathering together

right

what i want you to do is find out why

they are all gathered together

have i been farmed out to your station

then why me you've got your own news

team

my news team consists of a wire service

and a couple of camera crews they

wouldn't have gotten this if they hadn't

stumbled over it

anyway

it's the state house that's your

territory i'm not the only reporter

assigned there but you're the youngest

and the hungriest isn't there an easier

way for you to find out what you want to

know

how

ask your husband

well i think i'm gonna find out a lot

faster if you ask him

why would i do that

i hope it's because you're a serious

investigative reporter

you are an investigative reporter

a good one then this should bother you

carol power like this only comes

together for a reason

something is happening and they're not

telling us what it is well i want to

know

i want the people to know

i want you to find it out

and i'll tell it to them

david hmm

oh i am

how are things in space quadrant nine

what

oh

fine

what's all this about

i don't want to talk about it

good neither do i

let's take a break

and do what

get you to relax

come on we'll go to my place

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well she's gone till tonight

but she's moving

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how big do you think it is i have no

idea

we should get some good pictures tonight

we can stop guessing

you okay

i'm fine

just don't ask me to go dancing

i thought maybe uh breakfast

oh sure

you know someplace good around here

my place

five days away and they still haven't

told anyone well the odds are it won't

hit so they figure there's no need to

get people upset

noble of them to protect us spoon feed

us only the information that they think

we can handle

bear

call the governor's office get me an

appointment for this morning

tell him it's about the fireworks

display on the 29th

i've got to be going okay carol

thank you

i really do appreciate this

you do know how i got that information

throw a few fakes ease his defenses down

and i thought i was the dedicated

professional

all right let's load it up

stan

you said the permission slip had to be

signed by both parents

now how's that gonna look i'm taking all

the kids in the neighborhood and my own

son's gonna stay at home they are 12 and

13. stan he's only nine

he's old enough he is afraid

he's not afraid

danny come on over here son

yeah dad

now you really want to go on this gaming

trip don't you son

yeah i want to

really

good

go finish packing

see

hannah it's only a camping trip a

camping trip is a nice weekend by a lake

seven days in the desert is a death

march

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i suppose maybe for a pampered princess

from philadelphia maybe so

look we're only gonna be a mile off the

highway

and if anything happens and it won't i

can get help in 10 minutes

must take a lot out of you being a

mother

okay

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how about this was supposed to be a

survival trip only the necessities what

do you think this is i ain't gonna spend

a whole week just listening to birds

it's beautiful isn't it

oh thanks

indians on this land

you know what they call us the

astronomers

white devils

the men with the long eyes all right

i like that

why'd you choose to work in this

observatory way out here in the middle

of nowhere

well the sky is clear there's no

smog or clouds to break from you the sky

is clear in the south pole too but you

don't get invited of any parties

you don't mind being alone

i cherish it

same way you cherish dutch beer

rugby mark twain and road runner cartoon

i read all your book chat

standard picture on the back

distinguished serious pensive and always

in a turtleneck

doesn't say anything about a wife

family meaningful relationships

no

you don't let anyone in do you

no man

no reason is more important than the

public's right to know come on sharon

that may look good on paper but we have

to be practical it's in the people's

best interest that we hold off an

announcement

and now you're dictating the public

interest we all feel david feels that

we're playing this the right way

playing

your man is in that office because he

sang love trust and honesty till our

ears hurt and you sold him to the public

as the shiny new image of of candor and

openness and sweetness and light and

he's still in a honeymoon with this

state well he's got till 8 pm tonight to

live up to that image and if he doesn't

my station will go on the air and inform

the public about that comet and then the

honeymoon will be over play with that

and david stopper

he has absolutely no control over that

station

even less over her

what about the old man

wasn't a governor in that chair who

could sway dale turner

she learned at his knee no way she'll

back off

she's right about my credibility

if it gets out and i sat on this i'll

lose ground i can never get back

i have no choice

you've got a choice on how you announce

it

you use a very soft pedal but first you

clear it with the president

why do i tell him

telling the truth

you're backed into a corner and you're

going on the air

well come on now we're wasting time we

only got a couple hours of good daylight

left to find a spot for tonight

now you remember what we're looking for

place up high nice and flat and away

from the rocks otherwise we might end up

with a scorpion or a snake in our

sleeping bag now remember you're on

survival rations so go easy on the food

and water otherwise you're going to end

up nibbling on lizards and sucking on

cactus

yeah oh they're straps son they're too

tight are they comfortable huh no dad

they feel okay

all right

come on we're wasting time

let's go

um there she is

let me see

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here she's close enough now

put on maximum magnification

i want a complete spectrophotometer scan

i'd like it fast please

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so

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colonel standish excuse me sir sergeant

why does that work from the governor

we've been mobilized

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what is it

i don't know

looking at these analyses the spectral

readings emission bands the element

composition

i feel like i've seen them all before

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so much for fragmentation

how big is she close to a quarter mile

phone the present

tell him this comet's not going to burn

up in the atmosphere

tell him she's big enough to take

phoenix out

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eight days ago

astronomers discovered a small comet

which may fall to earth and which a few

scientists speculate

may land in the deserts outside phoenix

i repeat at this point actual impact is

only a matter of remote scientific

speculation i didn't tell her as a

precautionary measure

she did what

okay okay well i'll call my staff

together tomorrow we'll handle it as

best we can

all right all right

i have a point

no i'll call you

augmented by technical advisors from

both the phoenix metropolitan police

force

and the arizona state highway patrol

wayne will also have temporary authority

over all branches of city services

power to call upon

i did this on my own because it's my job

oh it's your job your job to do what

to tell the people what they have a

right to know

my father would have done it only he's

retired

and you would have done it five years

ago

somebody had to pick up the slack

in addition the air force is preparing a

nuclear device which if needed will

destroy the comet far out in space

i have also called up the national guard

in the unlikely event that the comet

continues its course of the desert they

will be ready to facilitate evacuation

of any population

near the projected site of descent

sighted descent makes it sound like the

damn thing's dropping down with a

parachute

heard weather reports more frightening

than that

what kind of connections do you have in

phoenix or what

i need a lab a telescope any kind of

facility that's halfway decent there's

the university

i'm going there in the morning but the

president ordered us to observe not to

get involved with the remote sensing

equipment any device i can plant once we

can close in on the precise half mile of

you want to impact our one shot at

learning what she's all about i'm going

with you

no you're not i'm going with you

there's no reason for you to go i don't

need a reason it's just something i feel

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now

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yes i've never seen a comet before have

you i think it'd be very pretty to watch

sir what do you think about the comet

hitting phoenix uh i don't know i don't

follow these things too much doesn't it

worry you that it might demolish the

city nah all them space boys say they

can stop it and they put a man on the

moon didn't he phoenix has a real

problem with crisis relocation what

crisis re evacuation what's the problem

there's only eight roads out of town and

five of them are only two lions so once

i decide to evacuate how long is it

gonna take five days

right wayne i'm talking about using

every car every bus

train airplane everything governor if

you were to go on television right now

and guarantee that in four days on the

29th 100 nuclear bombs will fall right

in the middle of downtown phoenix we

would still have huge casualties because

a lot of people are simply not going to

go give me some numbers out of our

million and a quarter population 10 will

flat out refuse to leave now how could

you know that

it's already happened several times down

on the gulf coast with the hurricanes

the people were worn well ahead of time

and they stayed with their homes huh a

lot of them died there too

so you have to figure that most people

are going to wait till the last minute

anyway they're going to try and organize

as much as they can save as much as

possible and half of them are going to

be trapped when those eight roads jam up

then there's the police the guardsmen

all the emergency personnel who have to

stay behind to help we're already into

six figures and that's if you give the

word in the next half hour

so we're gonna have to rely on our

fallout shelter and then we can feel a

lot of trouble because we've only got a

40 capacity maximum and that's if we use

every basement in every building able to

withstand a five-point quake and then

there's the big intangible

panic

and when that hits

we can use these plans to paper the

walls

governor

we're to have to set up some sort of

rumor control

yeah

let's not call it that

let's call it um

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clearing center for public information

yeah it's fine

make sure that every tv broadcast radio

bulletin and newspaper article is

processed directly through my office all

right

i'm sure this comet's new never passed

through our solar system before yes

jason i'm sure

yeah

i've seen these readings before

is that what's causing you to chew up

the furniture

no

it's this town their damned head in the

sand attitude

oh have you read what they're calling

the comet they're not calling her the

comet dry sir the dry sir comet no

they're calling her jenny

then that sound friendly good old jenny

like someone's maiden aunt stopping by

for tea

come in

dr boyd

yes

hi

i'm sharon allen i'm director of ktar

television my news director told me i

could find you here hi it's ms allen

this is jennifer dreisser how you doing

hi

you believe it one person all our calls

and one person shows up

i'm sorry i must have missed something i

don't understand what's with the media

here what do i have to do to get a forum

take out ads

uh a rumor control wouldn't clear you

right yeah that's right yeah it seems

that i've been blacklisted

well the uh governor is playing this one

real close to the best and i ought to

know i mean i had a terrible time even

getting him to announce that that comet

exists oh

you were involved in that

oh

you caused him to uh own up huh mm-hmm

well you can stop taking bars miss allen

what you need is someone yelling fire

all he did was sing you a lullaby

that comet's not supposed to hit within

50 miles of here and

up north uh canyon diablo crater it was

caused by a meteor miss allen this comet

won't even touch the ground

thank god

you see we have a huge fast-moving

object by all earthly standards when it

hits the low atmosphere all that energy

has to go somewhere

so the explosion that follows will

disintegrate every building within a

hundred miles

after that there'll be earth tremors

followed by winds of hurricane force of

course there won't be anything left for

the winds to destroy so they'll just

kind of shift the rubble around a bit

is that true yes

i see what i can do

you know what you can do you can put me

on the air

dr boyd it's just

not that simple don't take this one to

committee ms allen

we're not wasting time or wasting lives

look at these these are written to keep

the people calm i mean this whole town

is a tender box you're asking me to

throw matches on it exactly

last year the lights went out in new

york 25 hours later the city was in

shambles they called it the night of the

animals that was a blackout not a comet

that was a breakdown in order i have

been studying situations where whole

communities have panicked where one

situation was allowed to get out of hand

we destroy ourselves new york had one

day we'd have five four

is property all you care about

what about the people who do you think

owns the property

one time

one time just one time i wish that i

could see you show some sensitivity for

human welfare

like your concern for the indians

i used to go to the reservation once

every couple of months and make a

contribution to our poor red brothers

till that little indian girl that was

you were bouncing on your knee threw up

all over your halston jumpsuit

that was when you started mailing your

checks in wasn't it

and i really thought that you were gonna

come with me to the governor once you

knew all the facts i have my own set of

facts

and since when did you need me to go to

the governor

nana do you think we had to leave town

for a few days maybe stay with that

agnes so this thing's over with

two things in this life this house

my crazy grandson wants to be a cowboy

stays out all night long

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both of them are a pain in the butt to

look after but i'm not about to abandon

either of them

how would you feel if one of them

decided to get married

she get you in trouble

my town too

my house is here

my wife

my children

now i will listen to anyone who has

expert advice to offer

i like to cooperate

what i don't like

is to

does this convince you of our intentions

it's a nice gesture from a man who's

known for gestures

but if that's all it is i'm going to put

wood on the air

you still don't realize the difference

between evacuating a city and abandoning

it do you one thing i do understand is

that i don't need your permission to

broadcast what i see is the facts

there is still a first amendment

and i have a television station

you also have an fcc license

now if we can

prove that you've been broadcasting

contrary to the public interest

you'll lose that license

you'll lose that station

have a nice day ms allen

safeguard

own god

all right hold him at an angle if

someone shoved towards you the barrel

goes up if it's parallel to the ground

and somebody gets pushed that somebody's

going to get a gut full of m16

and keep your fingers on the outside of

the trigger guards i don't want any

accidentals what are you doing sergeant

instructing the men in crowd control sir

well you do better to teach in traffic

control

we're facing a possible evacuation not a

mob scene yes sir but if it heats up we

might not be able to tell the difference

continue your drill sergeant

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well this is quite a house governor i

think i enjoy showing it off

so glad we had the opportunity to talk

like this dr boyd

helps relieve any of the uh hysteria

issue

well frankly little hysteria wouldn't be

out of place right now

you still think the target's gonna be

phoenix no wait wait it's it's not a

target

no a target implies control reasoning

something that can be dealt with

we have no influence over her

and yes she is going to collide

somewhere near phoenix

supposing you were in my shoes what

would you do

i'd clear out everyone within 100 miles

of phoenix

you sure you wouldn't rather have 200

miles

you scientists always have such neat and

clean solutions for everything

take that comet if it gets too close why

some of your fellow scientists will just

simply and cleanly blow it away isn't

that something the things you people can

do

they said on tv that same rocket could

destroy two major cities well those two

cities weren't traveling at 40

kilometers a second 40 kilometers a

second that sounds fast from here to new

york in less than two minutes that is

fast

angela the whole thing don't take one

bite and then put it back you um

you don't think they can stop it yeah

nuclear detonations effective as a

weapon three reasons

heat

radiation and the blast itself

a heat and radiation are not going to

kill a comet she has to be blown apart

angela all of it

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surely our

multiple warheads are capable of that

their effective explosive radius is 60

kilometers taking the speed of the comet

that gives you your margin of error of

less than one second

anyone can beat that it's our space boys

look governor

if you're not going to force an

evacuation at least

tell the people what could happen to

them not let them decide if they want to

go or if they want to stop devoid i have

consulted on that problem and i'm not

going to do it

daddy what's a

comment oh sweetheart it's it's uh

it's like a ball uh

it's one of god's tears sweetheart

a comet is a mindless chunk of rock and

ice angela and this one is going to hurt

your mother and your father and all your

friends daddy what that was somebody's

going to turn you out of this fairy tale

these people are in for hell

and if i get the chance i'm going to

paint the picture and i'm going to shove

it in their faces

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14

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yeah

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yes mr president

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we are go for launch people

ignition is t minus nine hours 23

minutes and counting

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modern science

technology

the new cavalry you got a problem

pollution energy crisis food shortage

never fear

science will come

riding over the horizon

diplomas unfurled and calculators

clicking and save us all

is that the only way you ever look at

the stars

close up one at a time

don't you ever just

lay back and take them all in

sometimes

how about now

sure

i think maybe you're in the wrong field

oh

with all that anger maybe you should be

in politics

politics

oh i had my fair share of fighting with

politicians

sometimes i won

well usually i got stomped

either way it was fun

so you know all those battles

in this battle really nothing not when

you hold them up to all that

what could possibly be more significant

more

important than all those vasts heavens

god that is god

there's something else i could have been

a priest

do you think there's a meaning

a purpose behind all your vast heaven

of course there's a meaning behind it

what

beats a hell out of me

all i know is that she's challenging and

frustrating and mysterious

beautiful

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must be loved

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she would do to make another pass by

three years ago she never showed

or she died after she went by the sun

griffith observatory has samples of 1949

balkan swarm haven't flown here i want

to by tomorrow afternoon what

i think i know how easy cycle died

giving birth

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with approximately five minutes to

launch everything is looking green word

from command is that all systems are go

weather looks good with clear skies

holding for what should be nothing more

than a routine shoot of this versatile

missile the titan centaur

a proven veteran warhorse

and so approaching final count we're now

going to patch into missions

i want to watch sesame street

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freeze account

keep me in the guidance

what have you got frank we're running a

check now but it looks like our gyro's

down

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[Applause]

count is holding at minus one minute 40

seconds we've just received word that

there's an apparent malfunction in the

primary gyro

and of course the technicians are

hurrying to try and locate the problem

actually any gyro malfunction can prove

very critical because the gyro is the

heart of the directional guidance

without it the craft could not respond

to any turn and pitch commands onboard

computer checks out

okay give me a data engineering readout

on the backup gyro

it's not on this end probably in capsule

circuitry

the count is still holding at one minute

40 seconds

daddy come on i want you to return

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i need your recommendation now frank

computery's backup is good the primary

is confirmed dead i recommend we

postpone i can't postpone

then we'll have to fly on one gyro you

want me to switch over

switch

resuming count at minus 1 minute 40.

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minus 60 seconds

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15

14 13 12

11

10

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

ignition

ladies and gentlemen

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we weren't considering holding at 40.

second stage is away our bird looks good

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but what it comes down to is this if i

put boyd on the air and the comet

doesn't hit i'm finished if i put him on

the air and it does hit

there's nothing left anyway either way i

lose and void seems to think it's gonna

hit here right he's positive but he's

the only one so what are you doing out

here chasing after me

i want you to tell me what you think

that i should do

sharon i gave you that station for the

same reason that i gave david the paper

thought you had the intelligence the

instincts and the guts to make it run

you wanted it you got it

run it

excuse me

i don't have time for this

if we don't show an interest in paula's

friend she'll rebel she will

and then she'll never go to radcliffe no

matter how many strings you pull to get

her accepted

i hate the west

i hate the mountains the desert the

horses the cowboys

i don't know why i allowed the company

to transfer me out here because of the

money

here they come now smile and try to be

nice

hello mother hello darling mama this is

tom tom this is my mother hello tom how

you doing

hello daddy

sweetie

uh daddy this is tom tom this is my

father how do you do tom

down hmm

would you care for a cocktail

uh yeah a beer

i'd like a coke please

well

paula tells us that you want to be a

rodeo rider

yes ma'am someday is that how you plan

to make a living

getting thrown off horses and cars

well actually so i'd make a better

living if i stayed on

daddy

tom has something he wants to ask you

if it's a summer job i'm sorry we don't

hire part-time

oh no sir i'd never ask you for anything

like that

what i would like is to marry your

daughter

you want my permission to marry my

daughter

yes sir i know it's kind of

old-fashioned to ask permission but

i really thought i should

good

then you'll understand my old-fashioned

answer

if you so much as touch my daughter

i will personally rip your arms out

be polite

thank you

did you hear what this redback

aboriginally said he said he wants to

marry my daughter and i want to marry

him

daddy i love you you're not ready for

love young lady you've got four hard

years of radcliffe before you can begin

to think about love

radcliffe is a school

a place where she'll meet people who

breed horses not bounce all over them i

am not going to go to college

and i am going to marry tom

your parents they go along with this

uh my parents were killed in a car

accident when i was 12. oh i'm so sorry

you have the slightest idea of how you

support her hypothetically

well we'd stay with my grandmother until

we found a place we could afford

i could get some ranch work and ride the

rodeos on the weekends

paul she's really good with flowers and

we thought she set up a booth on the

outside of the concession stands at the

rodeos tonight the conversation is over

we'll order now

daddy's not finished telling you it's

over

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the krep seller rail are excellent i

i recommend you try them

that's something you got to learn you

never want to fight the desert you want

to learn to roll with the punches

rest and save your energy

can i help you with that son it's okay

dad i got it

all right

how you holding up danny good

real good

oh this is great in that

look at that sky

i wish my dad brought me out here when i

was your age

jenkins

why is it that i think you've missed the

point of this whole trip

you want my radio

no i want your batteries you carry the

rest of this dead weight in your pack

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she'll do it you know with or without

your

permission she won she respects me too

much she doesn't respect you she is you

once she makes up her mind what she

wants nothing's going to stand in the

way of her getting it

a comet leaves a trail of meteoric

fragments in its wake

when the earth passes through them

meteor swarms now these fragments are

from a swarm called illioseko the

spectral and polarimetric analyses the

fingerprints of our comet and helioseiko

are identical

so our comet is a segment thrown off by

the disintegration of villa sega are you

with me so far

so now we know who its mother is

what good does that do us well a lot of

astronomers aren't worried about the

comet they think it's too small they

think it's going to burn up in the

atmosphere

that's because they're expecting this

but what we're going to be getting

is this

now put me on here

you don't understand my position you

don't understand what's on the line here

i might lose my station

might i might you will lose it

in three days this is gonna be a pile of

dust it's gonna happen damn it so stop

worrying about your property and start

thinking about the people

ah

at 9 17 on the night of january the 29th

the city of phoenix is going to be

destroyed

but first there'll be a warning

a light warp in the western sky

at the same time the trees the bushes

will seem to

hiss

it'll start as a static crackle

within seconds it'll sound more like 10

000 chainsaws

that's when it will come

a large ball

a comet as bright as the sun

if you don't shield your eyes

you'll see a green and purple vision

it'll be the last thing you've ever seen

shortly after that you'll be blind

the light

and the heat will be so intense

that it will cause what seems a fire in

the sky

did you drop those fcc repeal briefing

yes

you'll already be dead from x-ray

exposure then that

static noise will stop

our phones are ringing off the hook

people want to know if this guy's

serious tell him yes

the ground will slide from under you

concrete buildings will yaw to the east

wooden ones will shatter

in seconds a giant mushroom cloud will

form as the ground jerks back to the

west

inside that cloud the second billow will

form

every day i'll turn orange flames will

be leaping from it

blue lightning will flash for real

you're watching this

yes i should have called you earlier but

i really didn't think she'd

sound

you knew

well how could you let it do it

no because it's her job

david have you seen

oh that's when the first shock wave will

roll in

dale doesn't this bother you at all

don't you realize the kind of trouble

that we're in i do now and i'm getting

the hell out of here i suggest you and

sharon do the same thing

after concussion

any building still standing will be

pulverized

hurricane wins the last of the rubble

whipping it all over the city

once that wind is gone

that mushroom cloud will come in raining

rocks and debris

and covering the ruins with hot black

soot

and it'll be over

all together it shouldn't take more than

12 minutes

can you believe it

what what boyd said of the fact that my

wife put him on the air

be thankful that you've never had to

deal with her

i guess you won't be stopping by tonight

actually i'd like that very much

good

well i have time to make us dinner i

mean uh

when do you think you'll have to leave

i won't

if you don't mind

oh i don't mind

now you can take your bowels

hmm

it's not exactly a stampede is it

i'm afraid alerting the masses pays off

in small percentages

you're lucky if you get to just a few

but every one of those people owes you

their life that has to leave you feeling

a little bit warm

yeah i guess

you gonna leave

no i'll uh rerun the broadcast until

everyone's had a chance to see it

what about the children

well

a husband has his newspaper and i have

my television station and those are our

children

how about you leaving

no i'm gonna get some more pictures

tonight

might give us some harder facts to beat

over the governor's head

look if you have a chance could you stop

by tomorrow and we could do a viewer

phone-in spot

yeah sure

why don't you go home get some rest

okay

i'm going home but i don't think i'm

gonna get any rest

my husband and i probably gonna have a

custody battle tonight

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this is

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no sir we did not authorize that

broadcast that was the opinion of miss

devoiding ktar no ma'am i can't say for

sure that's what will happen

we're on polar over voice fire and

brimstone have really gotten to these

people yes and it's also jammed up from

one office that's trying to plan an

evacuation

did the crews get out those emergency

shelter designations it's a big yellow

one do you think it will come to that

i think that this might be a whole bunch

of us who are gonna have to dig in and

pray for the best

these are the three sections i was

talking about yeah there's no shelter

there's any police on the other victim

to use

the city of phoenix is coming a little

loose at the ends

last night the police reported a high

number of break-ins more than they can

handle

the governors ordered us into the

streets

so

a lot of local merchants were cleaned

out last night

they're blaming on your broadcast to

recover the losses are going after our

corporate assets

the lawyers tell me it's just a matter

of who gets what peace

i just thought you'd like to know that

somehow i didn't think you stopped by to

bring me flowers

do you feel sharon

you've just blown away everything that

we ever worked for

i'm just a little

curious about how you feel

i feel pretty bad david

then i felt bad when you lied to me

about the meeting at the governor's

office when you couldn't confide in me

and

i felt bad when i had to use the woman

that you're sleeping with to find out

i felt really bad when i had to pretend

that it didn't make any difference

because i had my work

well

in a couple of days

all of this it's going to be scrap

and then i won't have my work

i want to have my station

and i won't have you

yeah david if you really want to know i

feel pretty bad

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fox jewelry reported break in advise

proceed with caution owner is armed and

guarding premises

oh david

you leaving

i left a message for you to call i got

it

well they're televising the detonations

in just a little while i thought you'd

come over and watch it with me i don't

think so carol oh i feel better if you

did

i mean i'm a little nervous

i'm sure the rocket's gonna work but

it's the kind of thing you want to watch

with someone you care about

hmm

how'd you do it kyle tape recorder

photographic memory do you have a patent

pencil under the pillow

don't be so hurt david

there's a business side to life and a

personal side in our profession we both

know which comes first

you know you're right

you can't let one interfere with the

other

carol

you're fired

but if you want a letter of

recommendation i'll be glad to write you

on

hey coach

if you still feel like stopping by some

night it's

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on track with okay

approaching release grid one

arming the warheads in ten seconds

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five

four

three

two one

or hit your arm

the shot you're now seeing is a feed

from a military reconnaissance satellite

and tonight it'll be aiding a sister

ship the mirv nosecone from a titan

booster put simply a verve is a device

containing independently controlled

warheads each of which can be fired and

guided separately

in essence they're missiles within a

missile

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the titan nose cone contains two such

warheads there's a primary and a backup

now one will be fired and guided

precisely to the target here we are

watching on television

excuse me

yes okay

we've just received word that they are

about to release the primary warhead

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green as far as all

both warheads are now armed their

internal nuclear device is activated for

final mission command to detonate we

understand the first of these missiles

has just been released and is moving

into position that's confirmed the first

warhead has been released the man is now

taking it to target tracking guiding

making any adjustments necessary to

ensure a zero hit

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preparing to detonate in 40.

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20.

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in ten

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in five

four

three

two

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going for two release backup

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again

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there appears to be some activity in the

comet's tail

evidently gasps

but our boys just followed your blast

of course that would mean that the

warhead exploded behind the comet

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we are confirmed comet is maintaining

original speed maintaining original

trajectory

it would appear then that the military's

effort to destroy the comets has not

this is ktar phoenix with the following

instructions from civil defense

residents of phoenix and all outlying

suburbs are requested to leave the area

immediately

residents of phoenix and all outlying

suburbs you must begin leaving the area

immediately

those living in the northwest section

should use highway 96.

i have a car here

so now what do we do ranch avenue are

requested to use westbound highway 96

residents of the northeast section

between fairview dakota your assignments

are installed in boulevard

alden traffic is now accounted for

one-way access with all lanes to be used

for our

angie get your men out in the field i

need stats and i need them fast they

need to know how many are leaving from

where on what route now you got that

much

please stand by

up boys it's about to get real

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well daddy's trying to get the company

papers together so

we're not going to be leaving till

tomorrow

where will you go

back east

and just until they get everything

straightened out

what about you

she doesn't want to leave the house

grandfather built this house it's a

strong house

seen blizzards and storms and twisters

we'll get through this well you've got

to think about your life mrs reardon

this is a home

it's not just some box you stay until

you can afford a better one not

something you just up and fly away from

and things get rough

it's my home

i'm staying

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i can't leave her

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well

well i don't know where we're gonna be

staying or in

but

you know i'll call and see see that

you're okay and then then i'll just come

back as soon as i can

your dad just got his excuse to fly back

east

he'll find a way to keep you there

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now do you think anything could keep me

away from that rugged frontier body of

yours

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now you take good care of it for me

cowboy

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sharon's broadcast worked pretty well

15 of this city left before the

detonation another 20 were ready and

left right after the missile failed good

wrong about sharon

tell her i'm stopping action on that fcc

petition maybe we can come up with some

kind of accommodations

yeah

well you know we did a pretty good job

ourselves

too good a job

we played this down so well that some of

the people still aren't leaving lustre

said there'd be a 10 hardcore element

more

most of the people are figuring that

they've got three to four hours to get

out of the critical range so they're

taking the time packing up and lashing

down and saving what they want

the rest of them figure that as long as

the thing doesn't fall directly on top

of them they're going to be all right

well

we can't very well force them to leave

at gunpoint now can we no

but it would help if the governor went

on tv he's the one who softened it to

begin with i mean coming from

tell them you were wrong tell them that

we were all wrong

and make it clear that they have to get

out i i don't know david

we've been broadcasting some pretty

severe evacuation demands already

they're not listening to those what more

governor

sharon is standing by with the tv crew

right now

i don't think we should keep them

waiting

thank you

how much can these shoulders take it

varies what we do is we survey building

basements underground garages places

like that then we get emergency releases

from the owners do you rate them by a

protection factor of one to 100 based on

how much shock and radiation they can

withstand the reds are 75 to 100 the

blues 50 to 75 and the greens in the

other now translate that protection

factor in richter terms

which ones could hold against an

eight-point quake

eight

only the reds

don't put people in anything else

otherwise you'll be hurting them in the

coffins

that cuts our percentage way down

you're having a millionaire margaret

what's going on here i'm sorry mr lester

my husband my son and four other boys

are out in the desert camping somewhere

they have no idea what's going on here

look at me please

i've been to every other agency in the

city for help

all i've gotten is the runaround

now i wanna know

exactly what you're gonna do to find

them

nothing

what do you mean

what i mean is i only have so much time

and so much manpower and i cannot afford

the luxury of chasing around

five children only five

i've got a whole city to worry about

you make it sound like a game

a game of numbers

it is

i'm sorry but it is

no please you have to excuse us

margaret

now look

you can't wash your hands of this

but don't be a martyr either you admit

responsibility but not blame that just

spread away shut up elliot

it's over

we blew it

we played the percentages

and we blew it we want a dollar shot

right here at 14. we are facing a

disaster

of unprecedented proportion

if you

remain

in the area

your chances of survival are minimal are

the other stations getting this you must

lead to all of them what's going on in

every channel

and

may i take this opportunity to

state my confidence

in the courage of the people of phoenix

i am certain

that in this time of crisis

it will conduct yourselves in a calm

civil

and orderly fashion

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hmm

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looks like we're in for a tesla we can't

bust him seal says anything looks

suspicious to all the cops you know this

is a little beyond suspicious let's take

them you know they don't give medals for

saving like blenders

drop that free

right there hold it

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this way

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[Music]

okay squirrel i saw you

come on

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ain't playing pal

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so that's the situation up to the

present moment

if there are any further incidents of

looting

you'll know exactly what to do

yes sir one of my men sir he's been shot

who i'll call her some punk looter is he

all right

no sir he's not

send for some jeeps with m60s all they

can give us i'm on hardware and i want

it visible

or otherwise entering the evacuation

what do you think it is i don't know

maybe it's a comet

don't be dumb comets move real fast that

thing's just staying there

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well then what is it why don't you ask

your dad

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not me i'm not waking him up

that's okay i know what it is anyway

what

aliens they're checking us out for the

invasion

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[Laughter]

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at this point anyone who does not have

their own transportation he just tries

to talk to those street corners

specifically designated with green

parking

national guard trucks and buses and

scheduled pickup runs on those corners

for every two hours

for anyone else not wishing to drive out

of the city

transport is still available at phoenix

central rail tournament

however

parking for that facility is now filled

beyond capacity and streets in that area

are shut down from the overflow

you

traffic there is now backed up for more

than five miles

the terminals are jammed overflowing and

the airport officials are uncertain if

they can even accommodate the number of

people already there

once again

under no circumstances due to

through municipal airports

motorists driving out of seating

if you see your car as low on gas drive

off the road do not let it stall down

and block other traffic

drivers off

the passengers were already

in any case it won't be long before

everything's jammed up what about

outside help trucks buses but then we'd

have to leave the incoming lanes open in

order for them to get here we'd be

better off to make everything one week

going out that way effectively we double

our exit route would that stop the

jamming probably not

another problem is gasoline there isn't

enough in the city to fuel every car so

what we have to do is get as many people

into as few vehicles as possible that's

about it colonel

okay

corn off the main roads no vehicle

leaves the city with less than six

passengers yes sir liberate some gas

stations official use only trucks vans

troop carriers no cars

you've got the railroads anything with

wheels flat cars box cars cattle cars

fill them with bodies yes sir i want

full rotating airlifts c5s star lifters

use choppers for the suburbs and get me

one i want to see this from the air yes

sir

now for the rest of you

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one man drove in

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let's go

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yeah that's as accurate as i'll give you

from last night's measures

no it'll hit within two miles of there

where am i going

far away

no i don't mind telling people their

ship is sinking but i'll be damned if

i'll stay on board to show them i'm

right

what's the best way out of here

yeah

okay thanks

and uh

good luck

you ever been to mexico

no

well that's where we're going

leicester says traffic's moving fastest

for the south

here

tucson tucson i'll pick up at that

address give me about um six hours for

what

buying the relay devices i want to close

in on the exact impact point

you are a crazy person the observatories

will get the photographs out of the

approach we'll need seismic relays

atmospheric pressure readings

jennifer

she's going to give up one of her

secrets and it's a one-shot deal

i want to make sure we don't miss it

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okay

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i got full tank of gas it's only a half

hour drive on back roads so i'll be

through plenty of time all right what if

the car breaks down

jason please don't play ahab

what

ahab and his great white whale

god save me a scientist with a

literature minor

look i'm gonna be a hero i'd prefer not

to be davy crockett at the alamo i'd

rather be the guy that rides in saves

the town and splits the lone ranger you

got it

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jason yeah i know

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let's save it for mexico

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all right sergeant get those people to

do this let's go

is

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get some heavy vehicles

bulldozers and tracks tanks if you have

to withdraw low open access routes any

accidents

push them off the side

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okay here's your sequence freeway

advisories train schedules

shelter locations

earthquake instructions

yeah right post-disaster medical relief

oh uh

keep a line open to civil defense give

any of their changes top priority okay

right

well i just put out the final edition

and look it's the same thing you're

broadcasting so let's go okay

i can't

what do you mean you can't you're the

one's been lighting fires under people

yeah but i still got a crew it's a small

one and we're staying on the air for who

look there's a lot of people staying

you're gonna need to know what to do

if there may be last-minute changes or

instructions

look everything i care anything at all

about is in this town i'm not gonna run

away from it

stay here and write it out

maybe build it up again when it's over

i'm sorry david i got to have something

to care about in my life i've got to

have something i can commit to something

i can

fight for

okay

what do i do

the hospitals need help

okay but you listen to me you call civil

defense and find out where the a number

one shelter is in this town and you meet

me there in five hours got it

got it

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i didn't know we were that close

who wants to listen to that

look

what is it dad

it's like some kind of vapor trail but

i don't know what kind

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where do you have to go to get away from

this come on

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in

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to sign i'm telling you this land was

never meant for anything except indians

and snakes

and you've seen the last of it

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look at this we gotta miss our plane

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this is yours

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backseat in the car i don't know it's an

active little box game

wait dad i'll go get it all right you

got your ticket

all right now look hard the rings alone

could finance your education hurry up

all right come on let's go come on

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so

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on breaker breaker this is jason boyd

who've i got here you got trouble buddy

this channel is for emergency use only

clear it well i'm sitting here at ground

zero with 30 pima indians and one chevy

impala what would you call that what are

they doing there

oh you know making baskets selling rugs

but just get us out of here what is your

position

we're 30 miles west of 17.

you can't miss us

there's a big white arrow pointing right

down at us we'll get some choppers there

as soon as possible

okay let's get this stuff out of the

back huh

who drives here

i do okay in the car i want all the kids

in the car come on all the children

inside come on that's it look it's

inside all the children inside let's go

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inside

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okay take this thing and head straight

east keep the radio on the out of town

stations will tell you where the refugee

centers are

everybody in

okay move it up

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keep it moving

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all right

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all right

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on this flight should be here in a

minute well let's hope so now moving on

up i'm waiting here on board or in the

terminal you can't wait around here

why don't you just do something about

this pull them straight

to the captain he'll call the terminal

the pager

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take it easy lady you got to be okay i

am uh yesterday i broke my leg and

tonight a comet's gonna fall on me right

now i'm being bounced around by two

leg-footed gorillas with that kind of

luggage would you give off that with my

shelter holes not if i have to be there

with you to collect thanks

be easy

better loads

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m

he says you have a lot of machines here

and can you stop her the comet

oh

no

the machines can only tell us she's

coming

max i wanna watch them with some

margaret them

he says maybe someone wants to remind

you who's still boss

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staying in your home the safest place is

your basement but first you must remove

any loose or hanging objects if you're

remaining in your home remove any loose

or hanging objects locate a space near a

center wall probably under a doorway

clear that space of any furniture or

heavy objects sit with your back to the

wall try not to face any windows under

no circumstances

during or immediately after impact i

thought she was back east

remember those things you said about a

home

well i've stayed in the finest hotels

and and the nicest apartments and and

the most expensive condominiums you can

imagine but

you know i can't remember a thing about

any one of them look up during or

immediately after impact i'll be damned

i repeat for those of you staying in

your homes remove any loose or hanging

objects

locate a space take it down to the other

wall probably under a doorway clear that

space of any furniture or heavy objects

it can't be a vapor trailer what a

dissolve by now

jenkins give me your radio

careful will be a choker very shortly

here we go

all right

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here

you take the wagon off the ambulance oh

no i can't i gotta go pick up my wife

hey mister somebody's gotta drive these

people to a shelter and we got a

definite shortage of volunteers state

bank building fifth and claremont

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there are only two hours till impact you

must get in a shelter or get below

ground under no circumstances should you

stay out in the open i repeat you must

get in a shelter or get below ground

under no circumstances should you stay

out in the open

all right get those packs off come on

get the shovels out we're gonna have to

dig ourselves in

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hey stop

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where are you going son home i want to

go home i don't want to be out here you

got to stay and dig

no sometimes things happen you can't run

away from you got to stand up to them

and do the best you can this is one of

those times dad please i'm scared

i'm scared too son

but i need you here with me

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come on

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i called every hospital if anyone's

still there they're not answering

okay

call civil defense and find a shelter

for us right

all right guys let's wrap it up

what am i going to tell you you did the

best you could if you won't leave they

won't you can't force them but uh that's

ktar is shutting down they need a

shelter

all right let's see what we've got

the parking garage at lexington in maine

but that's a blue rating it's the only

thing we've got in that area dillard be

sure to get down to the bottom level

all right

okay people

that's it

call in all emergency personnel to their

designated shelters

good luck

roger kyle 5-4

colonel time to go home

all units open up the roads get back to

phoenix and dig in

these people are on their own

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do not attempt to evacuate at this hour

all major roads are jammed rail lines

are closed

the airport is shutting down

repeat if you are still within 20 miles

of phoenix do not attempt to evacuate

you must use these

their structural support is far greater

and your chances of survival far better

there than in your own homes all

shelters are clearly marked with yellow

civil defense emblems

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do not attempt to watch the comics the

light is too intense for your eyes it

will cause blindness you must tilt your

head

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i down mr webster please my arms are

tired don't tell me what you can't do

keep digging up

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sir

we have an urgent request from nj475

commercial

private

go ahead in j475 this is the governor's

pilot request priority clearance uh

negative 475 all private aircraft are

grounded priority refused repeat this is

the governor's airplane listen to mr i

don't care if you're air force one you

get that plane over to the

take off now without a clearance i don't

see any other planes on this runway

you take off

not without a clearance i'm giving you

your clearance

fly us out of here now

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jack he's moving to taxi

get that plane off get it he's cut us

off where is he seven and throttling

back

crossing my pattern from seven call him

down he can't break your man up break

him off tca 508 break off your pattern

repeat

emergency all fire and rescue units we

have an aircraft down on seven i can't

block that runway with fire equipment

take her to san diego alert them they've

got a hot one coming their way

he says maybe we should have walked back

to the city

no

it's too far

so we sit

well my science can't stop it

you got any magic that can

he says it ain't magic but it's close

wow

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set up the emergency generator make sure

we have power

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no i didn't

well i mean she probably left her

shelter she'll be all right

sit down and relax a while

okay

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god

more people must have gotten out than i

thought come on we're supposed to get up

against the far wall

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all right let's see if they're deep

enough get down flat in there

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dad

all right i'll do that get those

sleeping bags get them open

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it's time to get to the bench

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all right on your stomachs now put those

bags over the top of you let's go

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get your head down on your stomach don't

any of you look up until i tell you come

out of there

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direct all arriving phoenix refugees

refugee centers are that way they'll be

a few minutes delay

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that's not a helicopter

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so

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true

get down

oh

wow

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oh

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it's over impact is over

all tucson units clear through remaining

refugees and standby

boy units prepare to move into phoenix

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you have people there

no

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all right you come on up now

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everybody all right

come on out of there son

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come on

dad

mom's okay isn't she

she's all right

i know she

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ah

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i need another more being hypo oh

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where is she

the parking garage on lexington i'm

sorry david david i need four units here

then give me some donors

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please god

please let him come back please

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so much for our home

don't start moping on me tom

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i ain't in the mood

look at this

now what are we supposed to do

take what's left

start building back up

there is nothing left

i still got a hole in the ground i still

got you

i'm not saying which is more important

but i still got something

and look at you

you know between the two of you i'm

getting considerably depressed i'm

worried about my parents well i'm glad

to hear that

i imagine you're crossing their minds

some too

i'd like to calm

i'd let you use our phone but

seems to have been disconnected

come on

we'll get hold of him somehow

it'll be all right without you watching

it

you know one good thing about owning a

hole in the ground

you don't ever have to worry about

nobody stealing it

good let's get the truck

where are you taking us the refugee

center

why can't we go back into phoenix there

ain't no such place in phoenix anymore

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all right come on let's go

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somebody there

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please if there's somebody there help me

please somebody help me i am here help

me

i'm here

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so

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so

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sharon

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okay

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god no more

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darren

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sure

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david

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make up your mind you just let me know

okay

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because

i was thinking about something a little

more important

the two of us

that i taste like dust

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mm-hmm

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so

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you