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SAM! SAM!

COME ON!

Man: Princess Isabella, be on the alert for a tidal wave

that is heading your way.

I repeat, a tidal wave is heading your way.

THIS IS CAPTAIN JAMESON. WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY.

A TIDAL WAVE IS HEADING OUR WAY.

EVERYONE MUST GET BELOWDECKS IMMEDIATELY.

EVERYONE MUST GET BELOWDECKS.

COME BACK. KEEP COMING BACK.

THAT'S AFFIRMATIVE.

GOT IT?

COPY THAT.

ALL THIS STUFF'S GOT TO COME OUT.

LET'S GO!

Woman: HONOLULU IS BRACING FOR THE IMPACT

OF WHAT IS BEING REFERRED TO AS A MASSIVE TIDAL WAVE.

THE TIDAL WAVE CREATED BY THE 10.5

THAT DESTROYED MOST OF LOS ANGELES

IS PREDICTED TO HIT THE ISLANDS WITHIN THE HOUR.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR ME, SEAN?

THE EVACUATION PLAN FOR HAWAII'S IN PLACE, MR. PRESIDENT.

GOOD. GOOD.

LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL BE READY WHEN IT HITS.

YES, SIR.

LISTEN TO ME.

KEEP THOSE FIELD OFFICES OPEN 24/7.

NOBODY SLEEPS UNTIL THIS CRISIS IS OVER.

YOU GOT THAT?

EASTERN WASHINGTON STATE'S REPORTING ROLLING QUAKES.

WASHINGTON STATE?

ACTIVITY IS ABOUT 1 KILOMETER BELOW THE SURFACE.

TREMORS ARE SHALLOW,

COMING IN ABOUT EVERY 30 SECONDS BETWEEN 1.4 AND 2.3.

THE QUAKES ARE SWARMING.

WHERE'S THE EPICENTER?

MOUNT ST. HELENS.

IT'S GOING TO ERUPT.

Man: WOULD THE PARENTS OF JUANITA RODRIGUEZ

PLEASE REPORT TO TENT 7?

YOU'RE ON WITH THE PRESIDENT, DR. HILL.

MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS DR. HILL.

THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, DR. HILL.

YOU HAD ME WORRIED.

YEAH, IT'S, UH ...

IT'S GOOD TO HEAR YOUR VOICE, TOO, SIR.

I look forward to the day we can finally meet in person,

HOPEFULLY UNDER MORE FAVORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES.

I'D LIKE THAT.

IT'S BEEN A HELL OF A RIDE FOR ALL OF US.

How's Dr. Fisher?

WE'RE RELIEVED IT'S OVER.

I'M AFRAID IT ISN'T, SAMANTHA.

I don't know what kind of news you're still getting out there,

BUT MOUNT ST. HELENS HAS ERUPTED AGAIN.

MOUNT ST. HELENS?

Less than an hour ago.

USGS is also tracking signs

of significant seismic and volcanic activity

IN IDAHO, UTAH, AND THE WYOMING AREA.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN AREA THAT'S OVER 1,000 MILES.

I know.

IF YOU'RE UP TO IT, I WANT TO FLY BOTH OF YOU TO DENVER

to head a USGS task force to look into this new development.

This country already owes both of you an enormous debt

for your extraordinary work during the West Coast crisis.

I hate to ask even more,

BUT WE NEED TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS SITUATION.

OF COURSE, SIR. I UNDERSTAND.

You and Dr. Fisher will be picked up within the hour.

WE'LL BE READY.

I have complete faith in the both of you.

I HOPE WE CAN LIVE UP TO YOUR CONFIDENCE, MR. PRESIDENT.

I'm sure you will.

Man: DR. ANISTON, PLEASE REPORT TO SICK BAY 5.

IT'S NOT OVER.

Man: DR. FISHER AND DR. HILL ARE DEPARTING AS WE SPEAK.

OVER.

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

EVEN WITH THE COMPLETE DEVASTATION OF WAIKIKI

AND THE ISLAND'S OTHER COASTAL AREAS,

REPORTS REMAIN ENCOURAGING

THAT THE MASSIVE EVACUATION HAS BEEN A SUCCESS.

WE'RE MANAGING SITUATIONS IN SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO,

LOS ANGELES, AND NOW HAWAII.

I'M AWARE OF THAT, MRS. WARNER, BUT WE HAVE NO CHOICE.

WE MUST BE PREPARED TO SPLINTER OFF RESOURCES

ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS.

I understand, sir.

WHAT OPTIONS DO WE HAVE?

WELL, THERE IS POTENTIALLY ANOTHER RESOURCE.

And what is that?

IT'S SOMETHING ROY NOLAN AND I HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING

FOR THE PAST YEAR OR SO, JUST IN CASE

THIS KIND OF CATASTROPHIC SCENARIO SHOULD OCCUR.

BUT IT ... IT'S, UM ...

MRS. WARNER, ARE YOU GONNA TELL ME WHAT IT IS OR NOT?

I'M SORRY, SIR.

IT'S JUST THAT WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY PUT THIS PLAN

INTO ACTION BEFORE.

Essentially, it's a loose network

of civilian volunteer rescue teams ...

MANY OF THEM UNTESTED IN REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS,

but all from qualified police, fire, or civilian backgrounds.

IS THIS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE?

IT'S SOMETHING MR. NOLAN HAD A LOT OF FAITH IN, SIR.

ROY.

ROY ALWAYS DID BELIEVE TRYING SITUATIONS

BRING OUT THE BEST IN PEOPLE.

I KNOW YOU AND MR. NOLAN WERE CLOSE,

and remembering his selfless actions

DURING THOSE FINAL HOURS...

YES, INDEED.

LET'S PUT ROY'S PLAN INTO ACTION, SHALL WE?

LET'S, MR. PRESIDENT.

THE ENTIRE COUNTRY REMAINS ON EDGE

AS THIS UNRELENTING STRING OF NATURAL DISASTERS

CONTINUES TO PLAGUE THE NATION.

THE QUESTION ON EVERYONE'S MIND SEEMS TO BE

"WHEN WILL IT ALL END?"

THE ENORMOUS RESCUE AND CLEANUP EFFORT

UNDER WAY IN LOS ANGELES CONTINUES...

COME ON, LAURA. WE SHOULD GET GOING.

...AUTHORITIES DESPERATELY STRUGGLING

TO MANAGE THE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION.

REPORTS OF MASS CASUALTIES CONTINUE TO FLOOD IN,

INCREASING THE ALREADY STAGGERING TOLL.

DESPITE REPEATED ASSURANCES

FROM LOCAL AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES,

WIDESPREAD PANIC HAS BEGUN TO FLARE THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

GOD, YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL. YOU KNOW THAT?

THANK YOU.

MMM...WILL. HMM?

LOCAL AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN WORKING FRANTICALLY

TO EVACUATE PEOPLE FROM THE HAWAIIAN COASTAL AREAS.

WILL, WILL, STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP.

PUT OUT THE FIRE.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN. I CAN'T.

SOME FIREMAN YOU ARE.

ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT'S THE BIG SURPRISE, HMM?

HEY, WILL!

HEY!

YES?

WILL!

WHAT?

WHERE YOU AT, LITTLE BROTHER?

WILL!

UH, I'M UP HERE, BRAD. I'LL BE DOWN IN A MINUTE.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA SPEAK TO YOUR BROTHER

ABOUT BARGING INTO OUR HOUSE LIKE THIS.

I DID. YEAH?

YES, I DID.

OKAY.

OKAY.

WE'RE GETTING LATE NEWS

THAT ANOTHER ERUPTION COULD BECOME POSSIBLE

IN A STRING OF VOLCANOES...

HEY.

HEY, MAN.

FEMA CALLED.

THEY'RE ACTIVATING ALL THE RESERVE RESCUE TEAMS.

WE GOT TO BE IN SALT LAKE BY 6:00 TONIGHT FOR ORIENTATION.

FOR REAL?

YEAH, THEY'RE BRINGING IN GUYS FROM ALL OVER.

THEY WANT ALL THE TEAMS IN PLACE

JUST IN CASE SOMETHING ELSE GOES DOWN.

ANOTHER DISASTER?

I DON'T KNOW. THEY DIDN'T SAY.

JUST SAID TO GET ROLLING.

HEY...

YOU'RE UP FOR THIS, AREN'T YOU, LITTLE BROTHER?

YEAH. YEAH. BUT, UM...

Laura: WILL, I'M READY TO GO.

MY RIG'S ALL PACKED UP. LET'S GET CRACKING.

HEY! HI, LAURA. HOW YOU DOING?

HI, BRAD.

HEY, UH, FEMA JUST CALLED.

GUESS THEY NEED EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP.

SIGNED UP FOR WHAT?

UM, YOU KNOW... THE RESERVE RESCUE TEAM.

I TOLD YOU.

NO. ALL YOU SAID WAS YOU WERE TRAINING WITH THE GUYS.

WELL, HOPEFULLY, IT'LL ONLY BE FOR, YOU KNOW, A DAY OR TWO.

YOU PROMISED YOU'D COME WITH ME TO FLAGSTAFF, WILL.

WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON, MY PARENTS ARE SCARED TO DEATH.

LOOK, I'M SURE THEY'RE GONNA BE OKAY WITHOUT US

FOR A LITTLE LONGER.

ARE YOU COMING WITH ME OR NOT?

CAN'T THIS WAIT A COUPLE OF DAYS?

NO.

WHY DO YOU ALWAYS LOOK OUT FOR YOURSELF, YOU KNOW?

WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

I JUST WISH YOU'D FILL ME IN ON YOUR PLANS ONCE IN A WHILE.

ALL RIGHT. HEY. LAURA!

NOW, COME ON. COME BACK HERE.

BYE, LAURA.

HEY, LAURA. LAURA!

DUDE. SHE'LL BE FINE.

YOU CAN'T EXPECT HER TO UNDERSTAND

EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING, MAN.

I'LL GO PACK YOUR STUFF.

LOCAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES ARE COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED

BY THE SCOPE AND EXTENT OF THE DESTRUCTION.

FEMA AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE PLEDGED ASSISTANCE,

BUT WITH THE ONGOING CRISES IN SUN VALLEY,

MONUMENT VALLEY, HAWAII...

MIKE'S COORDINATING TRANSPORTATION

FOR ALL THE FIELD COMMANDERS.

TALK TO HIM. WILL DO.

THANKS, MRS. WARNER.

GOOD LUCK.

CAN I HAVE A MINUTE?

I WAS WONDERING HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE

FOR YOU TO GET OVER HERE.

I'M READY TO GO OUT IN THE FIELD AGAIN.

NATALIE, I KNOW YOU WANT THIS.

ANYONE ELSE IN THIS ORGANIZATION,

YOU WOULDN'T THINK TWICE

ABOUT GIVING ME ANOTHER COMMAND RIGHT NOW.

YOU NEED EVERYBODY YOU CAN GET.

YOU'RE RIGHT. I DO.

I AM OVER THE CLEARFIELD ACCIDENT.

ARE YOU?

YOU'VE BEEN BEATING YOURSELF UP OVER THAT FOR NEARLY A YEAR NOW.

TWO FEMA PERSONNEL DIED DURING THAT RESCUE OPERATION.

I WAS THE ONE IN CHARGE.

I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE FACT THAT ACCIDENTS HAPPEN,

AND YOU DON'T JUST GET UP AND QUIT BECAUSE OF IT.

I'M NOT GONNA WALK AWAY FROM MY COMMAND.

ARE YOU SURE? 100% SURE.

WHEN YOU MAKE A DECISION, YOU LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES,

NO MATTER HOW THINGS TURN OUT.

I KNOW.

I'M NOT HERE TO PULL STRINGS FOR YOU, NATALIE.

I NEED TO DO THIS... FOR ME.

YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME A CHANCE.

PLEASE.

I CAN DO THIS.

MAKE ME PROUD, BABY.

COUNT ON IT, MOM.

CALL ME WHEN YOU GET THERE.

FIRST THING.

THANK YOU.

DR. HILL. AND DR. FISHER.

AL ROBERTS. WELCOME ABOARD.

IAN, DR. HILL.

IT'S AN HONOR, DR. HILL. IAN NGUYEN.

GINA.

DR. HILL. GINA GREEN. WELCOME.

THE THREE OF US WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOU.

ANYTHING YOU NEED, ANYTHING AT ALL, JUST ASK US.

WHAT'S THE UPDATE ON MOUNT ST. HELENS?

WE'RE NOT TRACKING ANY FURTHER SIGNS OF ACTIVITY.

THE ERUPTIONS SEEM TO HAVE STOPPED JUST LIKE THAT.

THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

NO, IT DOESN'T.

THERE'S SOMETHING WE'RE MISSING HERE.

BUT WHAT?

WHOO-HOO!

WHOO!

YEAH! YEAH!

WHOO-HOO!

WHOO!

WHOO!

AAH!

MY HELMET!

WHAT'S GOING ON?

WE HAVE HARMONIC TREMORS COMING OUT OF SUN VALLEY, IDAHO.

HOW FREQUENT?

BREAKING EVERY 50 SECONDS ... NO, EVERY 45 SECONDS.

NARROW IT DOWN. THEY'RE UP.

BALD MOUNTAIN. THAT'S AN EXTINCT VOLCANO.

NOT ANYMORE. IT'S VENTING.

IT'S GONNA ERUPT.

CALL THE NOAA.

ISSUE AN EMERGENCY WARNING FOR SUN VALLEY.

I'M ON IT.

WHA...

AAH!

RACHEL!

HELP! HELP!

HANG ON!

AAH! AAH!

HANG ON! HANG ON! I'VE GOT YOU.

AAAH!

HANG ON! HANG ON!

AAH! AAH! HELP ME!

THREAT LEVEL 3!

THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.

NOT THIS FAST.

HELP ME! AAH!

HANG ON! HANG ON!

PULL ... PULL ME UP!

AAAAH!

RACHEL!

AAH!

BALD MOUNTAIN, A VOLCANO PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT

TO BE EXTINCT, ERUPTED THIS MORNING,

DEVASTATING THE IDAHO TOWNS OF KETCHUM, SUN VALLEY...

I NEED TO KNOW WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER

TO HELP THOSE SURVIVORS.

I BELIEVE WE ARE, SIR.

WE'VE DEPLOYED RESCUE CREWS IN KETCHUM, SUN VALLEY, HAILEY,

AND SOME OF THE OUTLYING AREAS.

HOW ARE THOSE VOLUNTEER CREWS WORKING OUT?

SO FAR, SO GOOD.

WE'VE HAD ALMOST 100% COMPLIANCE.

THEY'LL BE WORKING SIDE-BY-SIDE

ALONG WITH SEASONED RESCUE-AND-RESPONSE WORKERS.

AND WE'VE GOT SOME OF OUR BEST FIELD COMMANDERS

IN THE AREA TO OVERSEE THE OPERATIONS.

INCLUDING YOUR DAUGHTER, I UNDERSTAND.

YES. NATALIE.

NOT AN EASY ASSIGNMENT FOR A MOTHER TO MAKE.

NO, SIR.

ALTHOUGH HER EAGERNESS TO BE WHERE THE ACTION IS

LEFT ME WITH FEW, IF ANY, OPTIONS.

OUR COUNTRY IS INDEBTED TO EVERYONE

INVOLVED IN THIS RESCUE MISSION.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

Is there anything else I can do to assist you, Mrs. Warner?

WISH US LUCK.

WITH ALL MY HEART.

Man: IN SUN VALLEY, THOUSANDS OF CASUALTIES

HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONFIRMED

WITH MANY MORE MISSING OR UNACCOUNTED FOR.

LED BY FEMA PERSONNEL, LOCAL AND STATE RESCUE TEAMS

ARE POURING INTO THE STRICKEN AREAS.

YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE OKAY.

OKAY, SIR. YOU'RE OKAY.

GET UP THERE.

YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

ROGER. COPY THAT. I GOT MY EYE ON HER.

LET'S LOAD UP THE TRUCK.

IT'S GOT TO BE OUT OF HERE RIGHT AWAY.

NEED SOME HELP OVER HERE!

YOU, COME HERE.

ME?

YEAH, YOU.

COME HERE.

OH, I'M NOT PART OF THE MEDICAL STAFF.

I DON'T CARE. I NEED YOUR HELP. COME HERE.

I NEED YOU TO PUT PRESSURE ON THIS WOUND.

I-I CAN'T DO THAT.

YES, YOU CAN.

THIS WOMAN'S LOSING A LOT OF BLOOD.

PUT PRESSURE ON THIS WOUND RIGHT NOW.

PUT THOSE DOWN. COME ON.

GIVE ME YOUR HANDS. COME HERE.

COME ON. THERE YOU GO. HOLD THAT RIGHT THERE.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

HUH?

YOUR NAME.

YOU GOT A NAME, DON'T YOU?

AMY.

YOU'RE DOING GOOD, AMY. HOLD THAT THERE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT.

ONE MORE. WATCH OUT.

THERE WE GO. THAT'S IT. WE'RE DONE.

HEY, YOU CAN LET GO NOW.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

YEAH.

YOU DID GREAT.

THANKS.

HEY, WE NEED TO GET THIS WOMAN TO THE FIELD HOSPITAL.

RIGHT AWAY.

2, 3.

COME ON, LET'S GO! BACK IT UP! BACK IT UP!

CLOCK'S TICKING, PEOPLE! COME ON!

ALEC BECKER?

YEAH, WHAT DO YOU NEED?

NATALIE WARNER.

I'VE BEEN ASSIGNED TO RUN THIS OPERATION WITH YOU.

RIGHT.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? COME ON! NOW BACK IT UP!

HEARD YOU GAVE UP FIELDWORK.

YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ME BEING HERE?

MY PROBLEM, MISS WARNER,

IS I'VE GOT HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES TRAPPED OUT THERE.

MY MISSION IS TO SAVE AS MANY LIVES AS POSSIBLE,

AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE GETTING IN THE WAY OF THAT.

I WASN'T PLANNING ON GETTING IN THE WAY.

I'M HERE TO WORK WITH YOU.

IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT, I'LL RUN THIS OPERATION ALONE, OKAY?

COME ON, GUYS, LET'S GO!

LET'S GO. UNLOAD THAT TRUCK. COME ON.

LET'S GET GOING. PASS IT HERE. GOT IT.

IN SUN VALLEY, THE ONLY WAY FOR VOLCANIC GAS

TO REACH THE SURFACE IS FOR IT TO PUNCH THROUGH THE PLATE,

CREATING A HOT-SPOT VOLCANO.

IT TAKES AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF FORCE TO DO THIS,

A FORCE I SUSPECT THAT WAS GENERATED

BY THE ONGOING EARTHQUAKE STORM

THAT BEGAN ON THE WEST COAST THREE DAYS AGO.

DR. HILL, ARE YOU SAYING THE 10.5 IN CALIFORNIA

WAS ONLY PART OF THIS EARTHQUAKE STORM

AND NOT AN ISOLATED EVENT?

ARE YOU SAYING THERE'S A CONNECTION?

THAT'S MY SUSPICION.

IT'S POSSIBLE THE DISRUPTIONS WERE SO INTENSE

AND GENERATED SO MUCH HEAT

THAT THEY CREATED NEW FRACTURE AND STRESS ZONES

UNDER THE ENTIRE WESTERN UNITED STATES.

IF SO, THE WHOLE REGION IS IN JEOPARDY.

EXCUSE ME. DR. HILL, DR. FISHER,

WE'VE GOT QUAKE STORMS COMING OUT OF KING'S PEAK, UTAH.

COME ON. LET'S GO.

OKAY. WE'RE ON IT.

ARE WE TRACKING ANY SIGNS OF PRE-ACTIVITY?

NOPE. NOTHING.

WE'VE GOT SIDE-TO-SIDE COMPRESSION WAVES.

THEY'RE BUFFETING THE ENTIRE AREA.

IT LOOKS LIKE GENERAL ACTIVITY'S

ABOUT A KILOMETER BELOW THE SURFACE.

FREQUENCY?

ABOUT EVERY 45 SECONDS ...

NO, MAKE THAT 30 SECONDS.

SCALE, GINA?

FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 1.8 AND 2.2.

PULL UP OUR LANDSAT SATELLITE IMAGE.

CAN WE SEE A THERMAL OVERLAY?

MM-HMM.

SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY GOING ON WELL BELOW THE SURFACE.

QUESTION IS, WHAT?

LISTEN UP, PEOPLE.

WE BREAK OUR UNITS INTO 4 SQUADS OF 6 MEN EACH.

EACH SQUAD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COVERING AN AT-RISK ZONE

WITHIN SUN VALLEY.

ONE CANINE HANDLER WILL ACCOMPANY EACH SQUAD

AND HELP TO COVER THAT ZONE.

TRANSPORTS WILL TRAVEL YOU AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO YOUR AREA.

ONCE THERE, YOU'LL SPLIT YOUR SQUADS INTO TEAMS,

2 MEN APIECE. NOBODY GOES OUT ALONE.

EXCUSE ME. YES?

WHO DECIDES ON THE SQUADS?

I DO ONCE WE'RE ON SITE.

NOW, WHEN YOU LOCATE SURVIVORS

TRAPPED BENEATH MULTIPLE LAYERS OF CONCRETE

OR OTHER BUILDING MATERIAL, DO NOT GO IN AFTER THEM.

I REPEAT, DO NOT GO IN AFTER THEM.

THESE SITES ARE VERY VOLATILE.

THEY NEED TO BE DELAYERED PIECE BY PIECE.

FOR THAT, WE HAVE A TEAM OF ENGINEERS

WITH EXPERTISE IN EVALUATING, SHORING UP,

BREACHING, BRACING, AND LIFTING STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS.

WE'LL ALERT THEM AND SEND THEM OUT TO YOU ASAP.

AM I CLEAR?

Together: YES, SIR.

THERE ARE FOUR MAJOR LOCATIONS IN THE AREA TO INVESTIGATE.

POWDERCREST SKI LODGE,

THE TOWN SHOPPING PLAZA...

THE...

THE MOUNTAIN GLEN INN AND THE TREELINE CONDOMINIUMS,

ALL OF WHICH COLLAPSED DUE TO MASSIVE TREMORS

WHEN THE VOLCANO BLEW ITS TOP.

THERE'S A LOT OF HAZARDS OUT THERE ...

EVERYTHING FROM EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRING

AND BROKEN GAS MAINS,

POISONOUS FUMES CAUSED BY THE UNDERLYING VOLCANIC ACTIVITY.

BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL.

RELY ON YOUR PARTNER.

THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GONNA SURVIVE THIS

IS BY DEPENDING ON THE GUY STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU.

LET'S GET OUT THERE AND GET IT DONE.

Together: YES, SIR.

HEY.

DON'T YOU EVER CUT ME OFF AGAIN LIKE THAT.

DO YOU HOMEWORK, AND I WON'T HAVE TO.

MY HOMEWORK?

THE CLOCK IS TICKING, MISS WARNER.

THOSE GUYS HAVE TO GET OUT THERE,

AND THEY HAVE TO GET OUT THERE NOW.

REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID

ABOUT DEPENDING ON THE GUY RIGHT NEXT TO YOU?

ABSOLUTELY.

TAKE A GOOD LOOK. IT'S ME.

SO...HOW ARE YOU DOING, BABY?

I'M OKAY, MOM.

YOU DON'T SOUND OKAY.

ALEC BECKER ISN'T THE EASIEST PERSON TO WORK WITH.

I don't think he likes me very much.

I'M NOT SURPRISED.

WHY IS THAT?

ONE OF HIS COUSINS WAS INVOLVED

IN THE CLEARFIELD RESCUE OPERATION YOU OVERSAW.

HE WAS IN THE MINE WHEN IT COLLAPSED.

MOM, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THIS BEFORE?

DIDN'T WANT TO SCARE YOU OFF.

NO WONDER HE HATES MY GUTS.

HE'S A PROFESSIONAL, NATALIE.

HE CAN KEEP HIS FEELINGS OUT OF THIS.

I GOT TO GO.

WHAT'S OUR STATUS?

Gina: Minor quake storms are still coming in

BETWEEN 1.8 AND 2.4 ... NO. HOLD ON.

WE'VE GOT SPIKING. 3.1, 3.3.

Back down to 2.2.

WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY VISIBLE SIGNS OF SURFACE ACTIVITY YET.

WAIT, WHAT'S THAT?

LOOK CLOSELY AT THE WESTERN FLANK BELOW THE PEAK.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT IS?

COULD YOU TAKE US CLOSER?

SAM, LOOK.

WE GOT SOME HEAVY DEFORESTATION HAPPENING.

IS THAT USUAL FOR THIS AREA?

NO, IT'S NOT.

GINA, COULD YOU RETRIEVE A STORED LANDSAT IMAGE

OF KING'S PEAK?

HOW FAR BACK DO YOU WANT TO GO?

6 HOURS SHOULD DO IT.

WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND, SAM?

JUST A THOUGHT. UH-HUH.

HERE WE GO, DR. HILL.

LANDSAT SNAPPED THIS EXACTLY 6 HOURS AND 15 SECONDS AGO.

It should be coming up on your remote display right now.

THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

DEFORESTATION CAN'T HAPPEN THAT FAST.

NOT IN A SPAN OF SIX HOURS.

SIX HOURS?

BRING UP A REAL-TIME IMAGE.

Add in a thermal overlay.

COMING UP.

THERE'S YOUR ANSWER.

MASSIVE MAGMATIC FLOW UNDERGROUND

IS KILLING OFF THE ROOT SYSTEMS.

THANK YOU.

HELLO?

Amy.

OH, HEY, DAD.

Mom and I just wanted to see how you're doing.

OH, MOM, ARE YOU ON, TOO?

ARE YOU OKAY?

YES, MOM. I'M FINE.

You know, Amy, if things get too dangerous,

YOU CAN ALWAYS COME HOME.

Mom, believe it or not...

SHE KNOWS THAT.

BESIDES, WE ALREADY DECIDED THAT I'D DO THIS FOR A YEAR

and then I'd go back to school.

You're right.

IT'S ONLY BEEN THREE MONTHS.

I KNOW, BUT THAT WAS BEFORE ...

They actually needed me?

OF COURSE THEY NEED YOU, AMY.

WE KNOW THEY NEED YOU.

I'M NOT LEAVING.

I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO COME HOME.

WHY DO I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS ARE JUST WAITING AROUND

FOR ME TO COME RUNNING HOME WITH MY TAIL BETWEEN MY LEGS?

AMY.

Why can't you have some ... some faith in me?

I can be a lot more than just be the President's daughter.

I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF.

I KNOW THAT.

AMY, I DO HAVE FAITH IN YOU.

DAD, CAN YOU PLEASE TELL THE SECRET SERVICE

TO STOP FOLLOWING ME AROUND?

It makes me feel like a freak.

WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE.

THEY SAID THEY NEED YOUR PERMISSION TO DO THAT.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME TO DO?

YES, DAD, I DO.

NO, I DON'T THINK YOU DO KNOW.

Amy, you're not seeing it from where I sit.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

I'm also your father.

There is certain protocol that I have to follow.

SO...PLEASE?

OKAY.

I'll tell them to keep their distance.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME. I AM GOING TO BE FINE.

I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE OKAY.

OKAY. I HAVE TO GET BACK TO WORK.

ALL RIGHT, SWEETIE.

WE LOVE YOU, AMY.

I LOVE YOU, TOO, BOTH OF YOU.

Okay, bye, Mom. Bye, Dad.

Bye, honey.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, NOW. STAY SAFE.

WHOA. WHOA. HEY, WHOA.

EASY. IT'S ALL RIGHT.

WHOA!

WHOA!

HEY!

WHOA!

AREAS OF THE SOUTHWEST

ARE REPORTING UNUSUAL MOVEMENT OF GROUNDWATER

WITH ACTUAL FLOODING IN MONUMENT VALLEY.

LOW-LYING AREAS ARE SEEING WATER LEVELS

REACHING AS HIGH AS 10 FEET AND WASHING AWAY ROADS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF CONFUSED AND VERY FRIGHTENED PEOPLE

OUT THERE, DR. FISHER.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, SIR.

GOOD. THEN PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON.

AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, THE ENTIRE FOUR CORNERS AREA,

INCLUDING MONUMENT VALLEY,

SITS ATOP ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST UNDERGROUND AQUIFERS.

I'M ONLY VAGUELY AWARE OF THAT, DOCTOR.

This particular aquifer

is comprised primarily of sandstone.

THE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SANDSTONE AQUIFERS

IS LOW TO MODERATE,

BUT BECAUSE THEY EXTEND OVER LARGE AREAS,

THEY PROVIDE LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER ...

a lot of water.

HOW MUCH WATER ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

By some estimates out of the Four Corners area,

ENOUGH TO FILL LAKE MICHIGAN.

ARE YOU TELLING ME ALL THIS WATER

IS GOING TO COME TO THE SURFACE?

I CAN TELL YOU THAT MAGMATIC ACTIVITY UNDER THE SURFACE

is heating up the sandstone,

CAUSING WATER TO PERCOLATE UP OUT OF THE GROUND.

AND WHAT'S CAUSING THAT?

Subsurface ground temperatures under the Monument Valley area

have increased dramatically in the last 24 hours ...

IN SOME PLACES, BY AS MUCH AS 85 DEGREES.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, DR. FISHER.

But how does this relate to the 10.5 in California

or the eruptions on Mount St. Helens

OR IN SUN VALLEY?

SOMETHING MUST BE AT THE ROOT OF ALL OF THIS.

I BELIEVE IT'S THE MOVEMENT OF THE PLATES THEMSELVES,

MR. PRESIDENT.

DR. HILL. Yes.

SORRY I'M LATE.

I WAS PUTTING TOGETHER SOME LAST-MINUTE MATERIALS

FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

I HOPE YOU HAVE SOME ANSWERS FOR US.

I believe I do.

TAKE A LOOK.

THESE PLATES, WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY MASSIVE SECTIONS

OF THE EARTH'S RIGID CRUST,

are in a constant state of movement.

Over millions of years, they drift apart,

COME TOGETHER, AND DRIFT APART AGAIN.

It's this constant movement

that is the source of all seismic disturbance.

WHEN ONE PLATE PUSHES UP AGAINST ANOTHER,

THE FRICTION CAUSES EARTHQUAKES,

MOUNTAIN-BUILDING, VOLCANIC ACTIVITY, AND SO ON.

I'M WITH YOU SO FAR, DR. HILL.

Close to 300 million years ago,

ALL OF THE PLATES WERE JOINED TOGETHER

IN A SINGLE SUPERCONTINENT KNOWN AS "PANGAEA."

OVER HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF YEARS,

THESE PLATES HAVE SLOWLY DRIFTED APART,

forming the current world geography

THAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE.

WHAT EXACTLY DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH OUR CURRENT SITUATION?

EVERYTHING.

I'M STARTING TO THINK THAT THE PLATES

HAVE NOW REACHED THEIR MAXIMUM POINT OF SEPARATION

AND ARE BEGINNING TO REVERSE DIRECTION ONCE AGAIN.

AS THE PLATES CONTINUE TO MOVE,

WE COULD SEE AN ESCALATING SERIES OF EVENTS ...

QUAKES, VOLCANOES,

massive sinkholes, gaseous explosions, flooding,

rapid weather change, and other anomalies.

THIS SOUNDS MORE LIKE THE COMING OF THE APOCALYPSE

THAN A SCIENTIFIC CONCLUSION.

FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, MR. PRESIDENT,

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT COULD TURN OUT TO BE.

Man: RESCUE TEAMS IN SUN VALLEY CONTINUE TO WORK 24 HOURS A DAY

TO PULL VICTIMS FROM THE RUBBLE.

THERE ARE NOW OVER 1,200 CONFIRMED CASUALTIES,

INCLUDING NEARLY A DOZEN FIREFIGHTERS

THAT HAVE PERISHED IN THE RESCUE OPERATION.

This is base, squad one.

SQUAD ONE HAS A MAN DOWN.

CAN YOU SEND A MEDICAL UNIT

OVER TO THE TREELINE CONDOMINIUMS IMMEDIATELY?

SQUAD THREE, WE WILL HAVE A TEAM OF ENGINEERS

SENT OVER TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Will, can you hear me?

LAURA, WHERE ARE YOU?

NEARLY HALFWAY TO FLAGSTAFF. WHAT'S ALL THAT NOISE?

I'm riding in the back of a truck.

WE'RE HEADED TO ANOTHER RESCUE SITE.

IT LOOKS PRETTY BAD OUT THERE.

WHAT?

I said it looks bad up there.

LAURA, I CAN'T HEAR A THING.

All right. Okay.

I'LL LET YOU GO. I JUST ...

NO, WAIT. WAIT. DON'T. DON'T HANG UP.

I'M SORRY.

I really am.

I wish I was with you.

SO DO I.

SORRY I LEFT THE WAY I DID.

I KNOW. NO KISS? THAT'S A FIRST.

I'M JUST TIRED OF WATCHING YOU ACT SO SMALL

around your brother.

YOU TURN INTO A DIFFERENT PERSON, WILL.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

I'M TALKING ABOUT HOW HE CONTROLS YOUR LIFE, OUR LIFE.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'RE COMING OR GOING.

LAURA, HEY, CAN WE NOT GET INTO THIS RIGHT NOW?

He's right there, isn't he? NO, NO.

GOT TO GET IT ON. LET'S GO!

WE'RE HEADED OUT. THAT'S ALL.

I'll call you tomorrow.

Woman: ...AND THERE'S JUST A STATE OF PANDEMONIUM OUTSIDE.

WHOA, SAM, WAIT UP.

EVEN IF YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THE REVERSAL OF THE PLATES ...

AND I'M NOT SURE YOU ARE ...

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A GEOLOGIC PROCESS

THAT NORMALLY TAKES MILLIONS OF YEARS TO OCCUR.

AND YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT IT HAPPENS OVERNIGHT.

RIGHT?

I HAVE A THEORY ABOUT THAT.

WELL, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA SPRING THIS ONE ON ME?

JORDAN, I'M SORRY IF I CAUGHT YOU OFF GUARD.

IT WAS IMPORTANT THE PRESIDENT UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE UP ...

I UNDERSTAND THAT URGENCY HERE, SAM.

BUT YOU GOT TO KEEP ME IN THE LOOP, OKAY?

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO HELP YOU

IF YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT?

IT'S SOMETHING MY FATHER WAS WORKING ON

BEFORE HE RETIRED FROM THE USGS.

YOUR FATHER, EARL?

THIS OUGHT TO BE INTERESTING.

I KNEW YOU'D REACT LIKE THAT.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING.

LOOK, I'M SORRY, BUT YOUR FATHER'S FAMOUS

FOR CHAMPIONING SOME FAIRLY UNORTHODOX IDEAS.

SAM, HE MAKES YOU LOOK MAINSTREAM.

I'M THE FIRST TO ADMIT

SOME OF HIS THEORIES WERE PRETTY SPECULATIVE.

AND I KNOW BY THE END OF HIS CAREER,

HE WAS ALIENATED FROM THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN ALL OF HIS IDEAS ARE WITHOUT MERIT.

I WOULD THINK YOU, OF ALL PEOPLE, WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT.

LOOK, SAM, I'M SORRY.

I'M HERE TO HELP YOU ANY WAY I CAN.

YOU KNOW THAT.

SQUAD THREE, ARE YOU ASKING FOR BACKUP RIGHT NOW?

Yes. We definitely need backup on this one.

We got a lot of land to get through.

TEAM 12, GO IMMEDIATELY TO THE TREELINE CONDOMINIUMS.

BACK UP SQUAD THREE.

OVER HERE!

OVER HERE. OVER HERE.

WHAT DO YOU GOT?

FOUND SOMETHING.

THAT'S A GOOD BOY.

THAT'S A GOOD BOY.

TRY THE LIGHT DETECTOR, WILL.

DEFINITELY HAS A SCENT. THERE'S SOMEBODY DOWN THERE.

Brad: Shh!

WE GOT A LIVE ONE.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S DIG HIM OUT.

Woman: THIS IS K9 UNIT 3.

WE'VE GOT A SURVIVOR BURIED UNDER THE MOUNTAIN INN.

Requesting assistance. THIS IS BASE.

WE'LL GET SOME PEOPLE OVER THERE AS SOON AS WE CAN.

Do you want me to stay with this crew?

NEGATIVE. SQUAD 5 HAS REQUESTED K9 ASSISTANCE.

HEAD OVER THERE.

WILL DO.

BACKUP'S ON ITS WAY.

OKAY.

IN 1983, MY FATHER CAME UP WITH A THEORY

HE CALLED "ACCELERATED PLATE MOVEMENT," OR APM.

I THINK IT EXPLAINS A LOT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT THAT ONE.

HE NEVER PUBLISHED IT.

THE THEORY ESSENTIALLY ARGUES

THAT WHEN THE EARTH'S PLATES REVERSE DIRECTION ...

AS I SUSPECT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW ...

GEOLOGIC PROCESSES ARE GREATLY ACCELERATED.

ACCELERATED? MM-HMM.

IF HIS THEORY'S CORRECT,

THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE PHENOMENA WE'RE SEEING ...

THE RAPID DEFORESTATION, VOLCANO-BUILDING,

FLOODING, QUAKES.

HOW'D HE COME UP WITH HIS THEORY?

I'M RESEARCHING IT RIGHT NOW.

HIS WRITINGS WERE PRETTY SKETCHY ON THE SUBJECT.

MAYBE YOU NEED TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW HOW HE GETS

WHEN I TRY TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT HIS WORK.

ALL YOU CAN DO IS TRY.

YOUR JOB IS TO KEEP THIS ELEVATED, OKAY?

Okay.

OKAY.

OH! I'M SORRY.

AMY, HI.

HI...DR. GARCIA.

CALL ME MIGUEL, PLEASE.

DR. GARCIA? THANK YOU.

HOW'S IT GOING?

WELL, IT COULD BE BETTER.

WE'RE A LITTLE SHORTHANDED ON SUPPORT STAFF RIGHT NOW.

HEY, YOU INTERESTED?

OH, GOSH, I'M NOT QUALIFIED, AM I?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOU ALREADY PASSED THE TEST.

I DID? YEAH, TODAY IN THE FIELD.

I STILL ... I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THAT.

IT WAS SO, UM...TENSE.

WELL, I KNEW YOU COULD HANDLE IT.

YOU DID?

YEAH, I GOT THIS INSTINCT ABOUT PEOPLE

WHO CAN HANDLE TOUGH SITUATIONS, WHO CAN'T.

THANK YOU.

SO IS THAT A YES? YEAH. YEAH.

GOOD. REPORT TO THE FIELD HOSPITAL.

THEY'LL GET YOU STARTED. OKAY.

UM...

CAN I JUST TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING?

WHAT IS IT? Man: DR. GARCIA, OVER HERE.

YEAH, I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

WHAT IS IT?

I JUST ... I REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE TREATED

ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

WELL, DON'T YOU WORRY, AMY HOLLISTER.

I'M GONNA TREAT YOU JUST AS BADLY

AS I TREAT THE REST OF THE STAFF, OKAY?

GREAT. THANKS.

I MEAN ... YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

YES, I DO.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

OKAY.

COME ON, WILL. GIVE ME A HAND.

1, 2, 3.

HELP ME. I'M DOWN HERE!

ALL RIGHT! WE'RE GONNA BE RIGHT THERE, OKAY?

WHERE'S OUR BACKUP?

THIS IS TEAM 12. WHERE THE HELL IS OUR BACKUP?

THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY. THEY'LL BE THERE MOMENTARILY.

SQUAD 4, TEAM 12 HAS REQUESTED BACKUP.

WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?

THIS IS TAKING WAY TOO LONG.

THIS GUY'S NEVER GONNA MAKE IT.

HEY, JUST TAKE IT EASY, BUDDY, OKAY?

THERE'S GOT TO BE ANOTHER WAY AROUND.

YOU LOOK HERE. I'M GOING AROUND THIS SIDE.

WILL, GET OVER HERE!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I'M GONNA PULL THIS GUY OUT MYSELF.

NO. NO WAY, BRAD.

WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT LET GO OF THIS ROPE.

NO, BRAD. THIS IS CRAZY, MAN.

WAIT FOR BACKUP.

THIS GUY IS NOT GONNA DIE ON ME, OKAY?

HE WILL NOT DIE ON ME.

HOLD ON TO THAT THING.

BRAD, WHERE ARE YOU AT?

I'M STILL TRYING TO GET THROUGH HERE.

IT'S PRETTY TIGHT.

It's really tight.

DAMN.

UH-HUH.

I SEE HIM. I SEE HIM!

CAN YOU REACH HIM?

I don't know. There's a lot of debris in the way.

BRAD?

BRAD, TALK TO ME!

BRAD!

BRAD!

BRAD!

COME ON, BRAD.

I'm okay. I'm okay.

OKAY.

Brad, what's happening?

I GOT OUR GUY.

How's he doing?

HE'S TRAPPED UNDER A BEAM,

AND HE'S HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING.

I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN MOVE HIM TOWARD ME

until I can take some of the pressure off his chest.

OKAY.

I'M GONNA GRAB YOU BY YOUR ARMS, OKAY?

I'M GONNA SLIDE YOU OUT.

TELL ME IF ANYTHING CATCHES.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

AH!

GET US OUT OF HERE!

Will!

COME ON!

HEY, OVER HERE!

LET'S GO! LET'S GO!

YOU GRAB AN END.

ALL RIGHT, PULL! PULL!

WAIT. I'LL GET THE HARNESS OFF.

YOU OKAY, SIR?

GET HIM TO A HOSPITAL.

WHEW!

$30,000.

CALL.

$70,000.

I'M ALL IN.

170.

I FOLD.

Man: OH!

YOU MUST HAVE AN ACE, DOC.

I GUESS IT WAS JUST MY GAME, ROSEN.

TAKE CARE.

CASH ME OUT.

HELLO? Samantha: Dad.

HI. IT'S ME.

SAM.

YEAH.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

Yeah. I'm okay.

I'VE BEEN SEEING YOUR NAME A LOT IN THE NEWS LATELY.

I was gonna call you,

but I figured you had your hands full.

MM-HMM.

YOU STILL OUT IN CALIFORNIA

dealing with that deadly 10.5 they had out there?

UH, NO, ACTUALLY, I'M COLORADO

DOING SOME WORK FOR THE USGS.

THE USGS?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THOSE SCOUNDRELS?

THAT'S WHY I'M CALLING, DAD. UH, I NEED SOME ADVICE.

YEAH, WELL, GET OUT

while you still have a soul.

THAT'S MY ADVICE, SAM.

DAD...I NEED YOU TO LISTEN FOR A MINUTE.

LOOK, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE USGS ANYMORE.

YOU KNOW THAT. I KNOW YOU DON'T.

THOSE DAYS ARE LONG GONE FOR ME.

THERE'S SOMETHING I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT.

SAM, WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE HEADED FOR MORE TROUBLE.

AND I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE

TO HELP ME FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.

ME?

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

DO YOU REMEMBER THE ACCELERATED PLATE MOVEMENT THEORY

YOU CAME UP WITH A FEW YEARS BACK?

YOU NICKNAMED IT APM.

SAM, I DON'T DO THIS ANYMORE.

I THINK IT'S HAPPENING.

DAD, YOU STILL THERE?

SAM, LISTEN TO ME.

I DON'T WANT YOU GOING MESSING AROUND

WITH ANY OF MY OLD, CRAZY IDEAS.

IT'S GONNA BRING YOU NOTHING BUT HEARTACHE.

DAD, THERE ARE SOME POINTS I DON'T UNDERSTAND,

AND I THOUGHT ...

WILL YOU LISTEN TO ME?

You're doing very well without me, Sam.

YOU DON'T NEED TO SCREW THINGS UP

BY GETTING INVOLVED WITH THIS. YOU UNDERSTAND?

DAD, PLEASE. No.

PLEASE, JUST LISTEN FOR A SECOND.

I GOT TO GO. Dad, wait.

DAMN IT.

WHICH ONE OF YOU GUYS IS BRAD MALLOY?

I AM. WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON OUT THERE?

WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

YOU'RE THE GUY WHO PULLED OFF THAT RESCUE

BY CRAWLING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE, RIGHT?

YES, SIR. THAT WAS ME.

SO ARE YOU DEAF OR JUST STUPID? WHAT?

I KNOW YOU AND YOUR BROTHER ARE RELATIVELY INEXPERIENCED,

LIKE A LOT OF THE GUYS OUT THERE,

BUT THAT'S NO EXCUSE FOR WHAT YOU DID.

I CALLED FOR BACKUP.

NOBODY SHOWED UP. WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?

YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WAIT LIKE I TOLD YOU.

THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY.

I THOUGHT I MADE THAT CRYSTAL CLEAR TO YOU GUYS

BEFORE I SENT YOU OUT THERE.

THAT GUY WAS DYING.

SO YOUR BRILLIANT IDEA WAS TO CRAWL INTO THE WRECKAGE

AND DIE WITH HIM.

I SAVED HIS LIFE. YOU WERE LUCKY!

YOU WERE VERY, VERY LUCKY.

ARE YOU AWARE OF THE RESCUE TO VICTIM MORTALITY RATIO? NO.

IT'S THE NUMBER OF RESCUE WORKERS WHO DIE

IN THE ACT OF TRYING TO SAVE A PERSON

IN COMPARISON TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY SAVED.

YOU FOLLOW ME? YEAH.

SO IN AN URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION LIKE OURS,

THE MORTALITY RATE CAN BE AS HIGH AS 2.2 RESCUE WORKERS DEAD

FOR EVERY PERSON SAVED BY GUYS LIKE YOU.

BIG PART OF MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE

WE DO A HELL OF A LOT BETTER THAN THAT.

I THOUGHT MY JOB HERE WAS TO SAVE OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES,

NOT MY OWN.

YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE, BRAD.

I ONLY HAVE SO MANY RESCUE WORKERS OUT HERE.

IF YOU HAD DIED DUE TO YOUR IDIOTIC ATTEMPT OUT THERE,

HOW MANY PEOPLE STILL TRAPPED WOULD THEN DIE

BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T AROUND TO SAVE THEM?

DID YOU EVER THINK OF THAT?

NO, I DID NOT.

NO, YOU DID NOT.

SO THE NEXT TIME YOU WANT TO ATTEMPT A HIGH-RISK RESCUE,

YOU DAMN WELL CLEAR IT THROUGH ME.

I'M THE ONE WHO DECIDES WHERE WE TAKE RISKS,

WHEN, AND WHY ... NOT YOU.

AND IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT,

YOU CAN PACK UP YOUR GEAR AND GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.

AND YOU? YOU SHOULD HAVE KEPT YOUR BROTHER

FROM DOING SOMETHING SO STUPID.

JUST GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE, BOTH OF YOU.

DO SOME GOOD.

WHAT, YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME

HOW I COULD HAVE HANDLED THAT BETTER?

LESS ANGER, FEWER INSULTS. THAT'S ABOUT IT.

YEAH, RIGHT.

BUT SOMEDAY,

BRAD MALLOY'S GONNA THANK YOU FOR SAVING HIS LIFE.

THAT GUY'S A JERK, MAN.

HEY, IT'S EASY TO SIT THERE AND SAY THINGS LIKE

"WAIT FOR BACKUP" WHEN YOU'RE SITTING BEHIND A DESK.

HE WASN'T OUT THERE WITH US.

HE DIDN'T HEAR THAT GUY'S VOICE

TELLING US THAT HE COULDN'T BREATHE.

THAT DUDE WOULD HAVE DIED

IF I DIDN'T CRAWL IN THERE AND SAVE HIM.

MAYBE. I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT?

YOU THINK I DID THE WRONG THING, TOO?

I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

NO, BUT YOU'RE THINKING IT.

I CAN SEE IT WRITTEN ALL OVER YOUR FACE.

WHY DON'T YOU SAY IT THEN?

WHY DON'T YOU SAY IT THEN, WILL?

OKAY, YOU WERE WRONG.

OH, MAN! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD EVEN THINK THAT!

WHY DO YOU ALWAYS FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO PROVE SOMETHING TO EVERYBODY?

YOU CAN'T BE A HERO IN EVERY SITUATION.

IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK I'M DOING, SHOWING OFF?

ARE YOU?

MAN, YOU DON'T KNOW SQUAT ABOUT WHAT GOES ON INSIDE MY HEAD.

THE MAN WAS RIGHT, BRAD.

IT WAS A RECKLESS THING TO DO, AND YOU KNOW IT.

WHY CAN'T YOU GROW UP AND ADMIT IT FOR ONCE?

WHY DON'T YOU START MAKING YOUR OWN CHOICES IN YOUR LIFE?

THEN YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT MINE.

WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN? THINK ABOUT IT, OKAY?

I BECOME A FIREMAN. YOU BECOME A FIREMAN.

I JOIN THE FEMA UNIT. YOU JOIN THE FEMA UNIT.

DO YOU SEE A PATTERN THERE? I MADE THOSE CHOICES, BRAD.

I CAN'T HELP IT THAT YOU'RE OLDER THAN ME

AND YOU GOT THERE FIRST.

IS THAT ALL THERE IS TO IT?

BELIEVE ME, MAN.

SOMETIMES I WISH THAT YOU WERE THE ONE

DOING SOMETHING ELSE WITH THEIR LIFE.

IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY BEING "BRAD THE MAN'S" LITTLE BROTHER.

I'M NOT TRYING TO COMPETE WITH YOU.

I'M JUST DOING THIS JOB THE WAY I THINK IT SHOULD BE DONE.

THAT'S ALL.

HEY, SO AM I!

Man: DR. HILL?

WE'RE TRACKING HARMONIC TREMORS

UNDERNEATH THE LAKE MEAD RECREATION AREA IN ARIZONA.

I THINK YOU BETTER TAKE A LOOK.

LAKE MEAD?

JORDAN. WHERE ARE WE AT?

QUAKES ARE SHALLOW, FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 2.4 AND 3.3.

DURATION?

THEY'RE SWARMING ABOUT EVERY 45 SECONDS,

NOW CLOSING IN ON THE 35-SECOND MARK.

IAN, BRING UP AN OVERLAY.

COMING UP.

WE HAD SIGNS OF MAGMATIC ACTIVITY UNDER THE ENTIRE AREA.

BRING US IN CLOSER, PLEASE.

WE'RE AT FULL RESOLUTION.

WE NEED TO GET A BETTER LOOK AT THIS.

THERE'S TOO MUCH SURFACE INTERFERENCE.

I'M GONNA FLY OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

YEAH, I'LL GO WITH YOU.

SAM, YOU'RE NEEDED HERE. WE CAN'T BOTH GO.

LOOK, I'LL BE IN CONTACT THE ENTIRE TIME.

JORDAN...

I BETTER GO.

PLEASE REMAIN BY YOUR CARS.

THESE TWO RESERVATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY.

DO NOT APPROACH YOUR HOMES.

SORRY, FOLKS.

BACK TO YOUR CARS.

BACK TO YOUR CARS, PLEASE.

WE ARE FLYING OVER A SINKHOLE RIGHT NOW,

WHICH HAS JUST APPEARED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY.

BUT THIS IS ONLY ONE OF MANY

TO HAVE POPPED UP SUDDENLY LIKE THIS

OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS.

THE HIGHWAY PATROL IS JUST DESPERATELY

TRYING TO CLEAR OUT THIS BACKLOG OF TRAFFIC,

BUT IT IS JAMMED SOLID IN BOTH DIRECTIONS

JUST AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE HERE.

OH, MY GOSH.

OH, NO.

AS WE ARE LIVE ON THE AIR,

THE SINKHOLE THAT WE ARE FLYING OVER IS OPENING UP.

THIS THING IS MOVING,

AND IT LOOKS LIKE PEOPLE ARE NOW ABANDONING THEIR CARS.

THEY'RE ABANDONING THEIR CARS.

THEY ARE RUNNING IN A PANIC

AS THE GROUND BELOW THEM IS JUST GIVING WAY.

CARS, WHOLE CARS ARE FALLING INTO THE SINKHOLE.

PIECES OF THE GROUND ARE JUST FALLING AWAY.

THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE,

UNLIKE ANYTHING WE HAVE EVER SEEN.

HANG ON JUST ONE SECOND.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR IT.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE MOVEMENT...

LOOK AT THIS.

WE'VE GOT SINKHOLES OPENING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND THE DUST IS NOW STARTING TO CLEAR.

THE SIGHT DOWN HERE IS JUST AWFUL.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF VEHICLES IN THAT SINKHOLE.

AND ... AND ALL WE CAN HOPE FOR

IS THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT TRAPPED DOWN THERE.

Samantha: WHAT'S YOUR STATUS, JORDAN?

I'M COMING UP OVER THE COLORADO RIGHT NOW.

How's my signal?

IT'S GOOD.

THERE'S A LOT OF MOVEMENT ON THE SURFACE OF THE RIVER.

WHAT'S THE MEDIAN SPEED OF THE CURRENT IN THIS STRETCH?

BETWEEN 1.7 AND 3.3 MILES PER HOUR.

IT FLUCTUATES, DEPENDING ON HOOVER DAM'S OVERFLOW.

I'M TRACKING IT AT 7.4 MILES AN HOUR RIGHT NOW.

ARE YOU SURE? Positive.

I'M SEEING WHITECAPS DOWN THERE.

CALL OPERATIONS AT HOOVER DAM.

FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT THEIR OVERFLOW RATE IS.

I'M ON IT.

SOMETHING'S DEFINITELY NOT RIGHT HERE.

WATER TEMPERATURE'S INCREASING RAPIDLY,

FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 88.4 AND 91.3 DEGREES.

WHAT'S THE NORM THIS TIME OF YEAR?

BETWEEN 42 AND 56 DEGREES.

YOU'RE CLOSE TO TWICE THAT.

SAM, I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON EARL'S APM THEORY.

RAPID INCREASE IN GROUND TEMPERATURE

IS A KEY INDICATOR OF ACCELERATION.

ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU AGREE WITH MY FATHER'S THEORY?

I DON'T AGREE OR DISAGREE. I'M SAYING THE SIGNS ARE THERE.

IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT MORE WORK TO INTERPRET THEM.

But you think it's a possibility.

I THINK I'M RUNNING OUT OF EXPLANATIONS HERE.

Man: The dangerous rescue effort in Sun Valley

continues to claim lives

as exhausted teams work 'round the clock

to pull people from the rubble.

Volcanologists continue to debate

whether another eruption is on the immediate horizon.

Several theories are attempting to explain

the sudden surge of volcanic activity

plaguing the entire area.

WILL. WILL.

YEAH.

SORRY ABOUT GOING OFF ON YOU LIKE THAT, MAN.

I DIDN'T MEAN ANY OF THAT.

YES, YOU DID.

COME ON, MAN. YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU.

GIVE ME A KISS.

GIVE ME ... GIVE ME A KISS, WOULD YOU?

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT?

OKAY. NO, NO, NO.

Man #2: COME ON, GUYS. LET'S GO!

LET'S GO.

BOYS, GET THE STUFF UP ON THE TRUCK!

LET'S GO, FELLAS.

THE SITUATION IN LOS ANGELES

IS STILL USING UP A LOT OF RESOURCES, MR. PRESIDENT.

WHAT ABOUT HAWAII?

The evacuation went much better than expected.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PULL SOME PEOPLE OUT OF THERE

IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

WE NEED THOSE PEOPLE IN POSITION NOW.

I'VE ALREADY PUT OUT THE ALERT, SIR.

WHAT ABOUT SUN VALLEY, MONUMENT VALLEY?

WHERE ARE WE WITH THOSE SITUATIONS?

WE'RE HOLDING OUR OWN,

BUT WE CAN'T PULL ANYONE OUT JUST YET.

OUR VOLUNTEER CREWS ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB THERE, SIR.

HOW'S AMY DOING?

SHE'S DOING EXTREMELY WELL, SIR.

I'LL PASS IT ALONG TO MEGAN.

Thank you. OF COURSE, MR. PRESIDENT.

COMING UP OVER THE HOOVER DAM NOW.

WATER TEMPERATURE'S INCREASING RAPIDLY ...

92.7, 95.7,

98.4, 102.9,

105.5, 108.1.

Still rising.

I'M GONNA DO SOME MORE READINGS

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DAM.

Here we go. I'm flying up over Highway 93 right now.

OH, NO.

WHAT?

Jordan: THE WATER'S ALREADY RISING OVER THE SPILLWAY.

IT LOOKED LIKE THEY STOPPED ALL THE TRAFFIC.

I'M GONNA DO SOME MORE READINGS OVER THE WATER.

I'M PICKING UP LOTS OF TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS

ON THIS SIDE.

IT'S GETTING A LOT HOTTER.

122.3 ... NO, 125.5 AND CLIMBING FAST.

JEEZ, IT'S HOT DOWN THERE!

I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

WHAT IS IT, JORDAN?

THE GROUNDWATER UNDER LAKE MEAD

IS RISING TO THE SURFACE.

WE'VE GOT ANOTHER MONUMENT VALLEY ON OUR HANDS.

IT'S GONNA FLOOD!

THEY NEED TO START DUMPING MORE WATER RIGHT NOW.

IT'S STILL FLOODING.

I JUST SPOKE TO HOOVER DAM'S OPERATION CENTER.

THEY'RE RELEASING THE OVERFLOW AT FULL CAPACITY.

JORDAN, THEY CAN'T DUMP IT ANY FASTER.

ISSUE AN EVACUATION WARNING TO ALL THE AREAS

ALONG THE LOWER COLORADO.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE DAM CAN HOLD OUT MUCH LONGER.

I'M GONNA GO CHECK IT OUT.

IT'S LIKE NIAGARA FALLS OUT THERE.

Jordan, there's nothing more you can do.

Get out of there!

JORDAN, GET OUT OF THERE!

GO! GO! GO!

JORDAN!

NO! AAH!

JORDAN! JORDAN!

OH, MY GOD.

OH, MY GOD. JORDAN.

DR. JORDAN FISHER,

WHO WAS HEADING UP A PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE

ON THE SEISMIC ACTIVITY THAT HAS SHAKEN THE WEST,

WAS REPORTEDLY KILLED WHEN A HELICOPTER HE WAS RIDING IN

WAS DESTROYED DURING THE HOOVER DAM COLLAPSE.

U.S. 93...

DR. HILL?

YEAH.

IT'S THE PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU.

HELLO.

HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP, SAMANTHA?

I'M NOT SURE I CAN STILL DO THIS.

I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY YOU MIGHT FEEL THAT WAY.

IT'S A LOSING BATTLE, MR. PRESIDENT.

ONLY IF YOU GIVE UP.

THERE MUST BE SOMEBODY ELSE.

THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS COUNTING ON US.

I CAN'T TELL THEM WE'VE LOST THE FIGHT,

THAT WE'VE GIVEN UP ANY HOPE OF SURVIVING THIS.

NO.

IT'S NOT AN OPTION.

MR. PRESIDENT, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.

TELL ME YOU'LL STAND BESIDE ME IN THIS CRISIS.

There's no one else with your knowledge

of the current situation.

I'LL DO MY BEST.

YOU ALWAYS DO.

Man: U.S. 93,

the main thoroughfare between Las Vegas and Flagstaff,

has been shut down due to the collapse of the Hoover Dam.

COME ON, LAURA. PICK UP.

ALL CIVILIAN MEDICAL PERSONNEL IN THE AREA

ARE ASKED TO PLEASE JOIN IN THE RELIEF EFFORT.

WILL.

LAURA? LAURA, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YEAH, I'M OKAY. I'M OKAY.

UH, DID YOU HEAR THE NEWS?

YEAH. YEAH, I JUST DID.

Where are you now?

UM, I'M IN VEGAS AT THE ATLAS CASINO.

ANOTHER HOUR, I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THAT ROADWAY, WILL.

I KNOW. I KNOW. THANK GOD YOU'RE OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, I'M COMING DOWN THERE.

Will, all the roads in and out are jammed.

WELL, I'LL FIND A WAY.

I never should have let you go down there by yourself.

NO.

What are you saying?

NO. THOSE PEOPLE NEED YOU UP THERE.

YOU NEED ME, TOO, LAURA.

WILL, I'M OKAY.

You sure?

I'm okay.

LOOK, THEY'RE BRINGING IN THE SURVIVORS

FROM THE HOOVER DAM DISASTER.

THEY'RE SHORTHANDED.

I'M GONNA STAY, SEE IF I CAN HELP OUT AROUND HERE.

I'm a registered nurse. I can't turn my back on this.

OKAY. OKAY. JUST BE CAREFUL, PLEASE.

I WILL.

I LOVE YOU.

I LOVE YOU, TOO.

OKAY.

HEY. HEY, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

HELP!

HEY! OVER HERE!

HELP! HELP! HELP!

HELP! HEY!

HELP!

OKAY. OKAY.

I GOT YOU.

COME ON.

HEY! HEY!

HEY!

WAIT!

HEY! WAIT!

STOP THE TRUCK! STOP THE TRUCK!

DID YOU DIG HER OUT BY YOURSELF? YEAH.

IS SHE GONNA BE OKAY?

I DON'T KNOW. ONE THING'S FOR SURE.

SHE WOULDN'T HAVE LASTED MUCH LONGER OUT THERE.

LET'S GO. LET'S GET IT GOING!

Woman: IN THE WAKE OF THE HOOVER DAM DISASTER,

FLASH FLOODS STRUCK THE COMMUNITIES

OF KINGMAN, LAUGHLIN, LAKE HAVASU, AND YUMA, ARIZONA.

A WALL OF WATER REACHING SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET HIGH

TORE THROUGH THE AREA,

DESTROYING HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

I DON'T KNOW, EARL.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD SIT PLAYING POKER

WHEN ALL HELL'S BREAKING LOOSE.

WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS GONNA HAPPEN, JACKSON.

NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT.

GUESS THAT'S ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.

DON'T MIND TELLING YOU, THOUGH,

THIS WHOLE THING'S GOT ME RATTLED.

DID YOU FEEL THAT?

FEEL WHAT?

I DON'T KNOW. IT'S PROBABLY NOTHING.

KEEP MY DRINK COLD FOR A MINUTE, WILL YOU?

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

YOU GOT IT, MAN.

...HAS EVERYONE ASKING THE SAME QUESTION.

WHY NOW, AND WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT?

Man: FOLLOW ME, FOLKS. COME ON.

THE STRETCH OF HIGHWAY THAT SPANNED THE HOOVER DAM

WAS DESTROYED WHEN THE DAM OVERFLOWED.

IN AN UNPRECEDENTED EFFORT, LOCAL LEADERS...

YOU WERE GOOD TONIGHT, THOUGH, HONEY.

1, 2, 3, 4.

COME ON IN.

EXCUSE ME, DR. HILL.

I FINISHED THOSE SIMULATIONS YOU WANTED.

I...I THINK YOU SHOULD SEE THESE RIGHT AWAY.

RIGHT. OF COURSE.

I POSTED THE RESULTS ON THE SERVER

SO WE CAN ACCESS THEM FROM HERE.

USING THE CALCULATIONS YOU GAVE ME,

I STARTED WITH THE INITIAL SEATTLE EVENT 93 HOURS AGO.

NEXT, I ENTERED THE INTERVALS BETWEEN EACH SUBSEQUENT EVENT.

NOW, THIS WAS DONE USING A TIME SCALE

CONVERTING HOURS INTO SECONDS.

THE EVENTS ARE OCCURRING IN DIMINISHING INTERVALS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

USING RANDOM LOCATIONS IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL REGION,

I EXTRAPOLATED FORWARD INTO THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

ARE YOU SURE THIS IS RIGHT?

I INPUT THE DATA THREE TIMES JUST TO BE CERTAIN.

HOW PROBABLE IS THIS THREAT, DR. HILL?

IT'S CONTINUING TO BECOME MORE AND MORE OF A REALITY

as the plates reverse direction.

HOW SO?

ANCIENT FRACTURE ZONES AND STRESS POINTS

ARE BEING REAWAKENED

IN THE ENTIRE CENTRAL AND WESTERN UNITED STATES.

SOME OF THESE WILL DEVELOP INTO NEW FAULT LINES

OR CRACKS IN THE EARTH'S CRUST.

WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE FACING HERE?

BEST-CASE SCENARIO IS A STRING OF MORE CATASTROPHIC QUAKES

and volcanic eruptions throughout these regions.

AND THE WORST?

MY TEAM PUT TOGETHER A SIMULATION.

I THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

LET'S SEE IT.

60 MILLION YEARS AGO, THE ENTIRE CENTRAL PLAIN

of the North American continent was home to a vast sea

that connected the Arctic Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico.

IT WASN'T UNTIL THE END OF THE CRETACEOUS PERIOD

that this sprawling, North-South seaway began to recede.

THE EXTENSIVE MARINE FOSSIL RECORD IN THE GREAT PLAINS

IS CLEAR PROOF OF ITS EXISTENCE.

WHAT ARE YOU GETTING AT, DOCTOR?

IF A NEW DIVERSION FAULT LINE OPENS UP IN THE MIDWEST,

SPREADING NORTH AND SOUTH,

THIS ANCIENT SEAWAY WILL RE-ESTABLISH ITSELF.

RE-ESTABLISH ITSELF?

THE ENTIRE MIDWEST, MOST OF WHICH IS BARELY ABOVE SEA LEVEL,

will flood

and literally cut the North American continent in half.

MY GOD.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING HERE?

Samantha: Unfortunately, I do, sir.

The geography of North America

COULD BE CHANGED BEYOND ALL RECOGNITION.

RESCUE CREWS CONTINUE TO WORK FRANTICALLY

TO EVACUATE SURVIVORS

FROM TOWNS ALONG THE NEVADA/CALIFORNIA BORDER

AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE HOOVER DAM.

AUTHORITIES ARE ASKING EVERYONE TO STAY WHERE THEY ARE.

DR. HILL, IT'S YOUR FATHER.

MY FATHER?

HE SAYS IT'S URGENT.

PATCH HIM IN.

SAM, I'M INSIDE THE ATLAS CASINO IN VEGAS.

I THINK WE'RE IN TROUBLE HERE.

We've got tremors.

GINA, BRING UP SATELLITE OF THE LAS VEGAS AREA ...

THERMAL, INFRARED, AND SPECTRAL.

TREMORS ARE HITTING ABOUT EVERY 15 SECONDS.

I CAN JUST START TO FEEL THEM.

WE'RE NOT PICKING UP ANYTHING YET.

Of course not.

YOU'RE STARING AT A BUNCH OF MACHINES.

YOU'RE NOT FEELING IT, SAM.

YOU'RE NOT FEELING IT IN YOUR BONES.

GRAB WEBCAM IMAGES IF YOU HAVE TO.

I NEED TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

Woman: WE'VE GOT QUAKE STORMS OUT OF THE LAS VEGAS AREA

RANGING BETWEEN 1.3 AND 1.5.

WE'RE GONNA BE HIT BY ANOTHER ONE.

IT'S JUST A FEW SECONDS.

OH, JEEZ. IT'S ESCALATING.

Woman: RANGE SLIDING UPWARDS. 2.3.

Listen to me.

SAM, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME HERE.

I FOUND SULFUR IN THE WATER, HIGHLY ACIDIC.

MAGMATIC FLOW CONTAMINATED THE AQUIFER?

I THINK IT DID MORE THAN THAT.

YOU REMEMBER THAT TIME YOU WENT OUT WITH ME TO WEST FLORIDA

TO CHECK OUT THOSE SINKHOLES?

YOU MUST HAVE BEEN 9 OR 10.

THEY HAD A LOT OF ACID RAIN THAT YEAR,

AND IT ATE AWAY AT THE LIMESTONE AQUIFER

UNDERNEATH THE WHOLE AREA.

BLOCKS OF HOUSES DISAPPEARED INTO THOSE SINKS.

THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOST AMAZING THING EVER.

OH, YEAH, SURE YOU DID, UNTIL YOU FELL IN ONE.

BOY, WAS YOUR MOTHER PISSED AT ME.

YOU THINK THE AQUIFER UNDER LAS VEGAS HAS BEEN COMPROMISED?

LOOK, THE WHOLE CITY IS SITTING ON A CRUMBLING SLAB

of Swiss cheese by now.

THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING ALL THE TREMORS.

OH, HELL.

TOO LATE.

Dad.

OKAY, EVERYBODY, GET DOWN!

Woman: TREMORS ARE INCREASING.

5.6. 6.4.

DAD.

AAH!

YOU OKAY?

SURE.

AAH!

GET DOWN!