100 Degrees Below Zero Page #3

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me on the speakerphone Hun.

Ok.

Listen guys, we are going

to be grounded here in

London for a few days

because of the weather.

So why don't you hold

up in the apartment and

after it clears up we'll reconnect.

How is that?

Ok.

Ok yeah, sounds good. Hey

tell lacey we say hi!

Oh hi guys, can't wait to meet

you.

Us too, us too.

Alright guys we'll talk in a

couple days.

Bye.

Bye.

Awe he's so sweet.

Yeah.

Kiss ass.

What?

You're a kiss ass.

"kiss-ass"? I'm just trying to

be nice.

So what's the plan?

The plan is to get a nice hotel room

and start our honeymoon right now.

You know if the planes are going to be

grounded, the roads and the trains are

Going to be packed. Maybe we

should head to Paris right now.

- Right now?

- Yeah.

Right now?

Mmhmm.

Good idea.

Ok, I'll go rent us a car and you

book us a ticket on the Eurostar.

Sounds good. May be on the way there we can

get some winter gear for us and the kids.

That's a good idea.

Yeah.

Let's go to the market before

we go home, if there's a

Storm coming, it'll be good to

stock up.

Sure.

Taryn.

I guess that's the ash cloud.

I guess it is.

Whoo, did you feel that,

it just got really cold.

Yeah weird, let's get going.

yeah

Cmon! Cmon!

Oh god, Ryan!

Ryan, Ryan are you ok?!

I think so, nice going t.

Soccer kicks footballs ass.

Ok cmon, it's not safe.

Cmon, we gotta get outa here.

Any luck?

No but I've gotten to hear "do you really

wanna hurt me" eighty seven times.

I will never look at boy

George the same way again.

This weather's a mess, why don't we just

get a motel for the night and we'll

Get an early start

in the morning?

Steve, why is it me that's

pushing you to see your kids?

What?

Shouldn't this be all your idea?

Well, I guess it should be. I guess I have

to get used to thinking like a good parent.

Mhm

It'll be a little difficult considering I

was always told I was such a bad husband...

Well... It takes two to

make a marriage work.

It does...

Or not work.

Listen I love you, and I

know you're a good man.

Thank you honey.

God, I can't believe it's

snowing.

Check the radio, see what's

going on.

Ok.

Potentially the worst snow storms

since 1908, when more than

26 inches fell over three days in April.

Currently in

London the temperature is below zero and

dropping steadily. Dozens of cities

Around the nation are without power,

but we will continue to broadcast

As long as are able.

This can't be right.

How certain are you?

The projection is based on

current data.

16 inches of ash will cover Europe?

The sun

will be blocked out by

this cloud for 2 years.

Earthquakes, after shocks. Temperatures

will fall below zero and remain there.

And snow will continue to fall more or

less continuously for the next 22 months.

My god man. This is an

unmanageable catastrophe.

Well it's a situation colonel, like I said,

I don't like to engage in hyperbole.

Hyperbole! Hyperbole!

Good god man if these

projections are correct.

Europe on the large

portion of the

Northern hemisphere, have just

entered into a new ice age.

At least the hail stopped. Do you want

to head home or go to the market?

Let's do both. Let's go

get some boat, jackets.

Let's stock up on food

and water and hold

Up in the flat like dad said,

ok?

Ok. Sounds like a plan.

Ryan, what are you doing,

you're such a cluts.

I didn't anything. You

think it's the metro?

Look.

help me!

Earthquake!

Ryan!

What?

Come with me.

No no no it's fine.

Come with me.

No no no. My brother. Ryan!

My brother is there.

He's probably dead. I can save

you.

Let me go!

You are panicking. Come with me.

Let me go!

Come on.

Ok. If you insist.

ooww!

A**hole.

Ryan!

Ryan! Are you ok?

Taryn? You ok?

I asked you first.

Ah! It sucked. I think I hit my

head.

I got hit on by some

crazy French guy in the

middle of this earthquake.

Whatever it is.

another earthquake.

We got to get outta here.

Let's go.

Do you think the earthquakes are related

to the ash cloud? Or the volcanoes?

I don't know. We should keep

moving.

Where are we going to go?

I don't know. The embassy?

They've got to have some kind of

Emergency plan to protect

american citizens.

It's so cold.

What are we gonna do? Ryan I'm scared.

I'm really scared.

Be scared later.

Taryn! Taryn!

Go! Go! Go! Go!

You think it's over?

I don't know it fells like

it's just the beginning.

Oh man, look at that. Totally

smashed.

Do your phone work?

There's no signal.

Maybe at the embassy?

Let go to place de la Concorde.

at least the

earthquake has stopped.

For now.

Come on, let's go.

Preliminary reports put the temblor

at 8.4 on the richter scale.

Hospitals are overwhelmed with

with wounded, and thousands

Are still unaccounted for in

the sudden wreckage littering

Paris. While the city has

seen minor earthquakes in its

History, never has there been

anything of this severity. Even

The Italian quake of 1908

was only 7.5 magnitude...

Ok Im calling the kids again.

No, no I've got another idea.

Ok who are we calling?

Colonel ralph Dillard, we served together

in desert storm. He's with NATO now

But he's commander of Gelsenkirchen,

he'll know what's going on.

Hello.

Ralph, Steve Foster here.

Steve. This is not a good

time to talk I'm afraid.

No I understand that sir, I'm in

England and my kids are in Paris.

Paris? Have you spoken to them?

Yeah about three hours ago but

not since the earthquake sir.

My dear fellow I'm so sorry.

No no no that's alright they're smart

kids they're probably alright I'm sure.

Oh yes of course. I didn't mean

... Oh

We're heading to Paris right

now.

How are you getting there?

We're going to the euro tunnel

to put the car on the train.

Have you made a booking?

No we can't get through.

Alright, I may be able to help you there.

What's your eta?

Little over an hour or so depending

on the weather and traffic.

Alright. I'm in Germany but I got

a friend of mine in Truckston.

Thanks ralph.

What about the kids?

What's that?

The kids, we haven't spoken with

'em since before the earthquake.

They don't know we're coming, and

we don't know where they're at.

Well the good news is the mobile system in

Paris is still working. It's crowded but

Keep trying and you may get

through.

What's the bad news, more

earthquakes?

The earthquakes are the

least of our problems.

Then what's the bigger problem?

Look, Steve. This ash cloud combined with

a freak storm and some circumstances

That I don't fully understand.

Anyway the long story short... The

Cold is going to get colder. And

the snow is going to get deeper.

Tell me there's a way

out of this, colonel.

Steve. Europe is finished. This

is a global crisis. Now think

Back to your emergency protocols.

They are executing

Operation, down under..

We are going to

evacuate all Plato

personal & their families

To Australia. I will have c-160's leaving

every 2 hours for the next 10 hours.

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