Deep Impact Page #7

- Sarah, you don't know what you're doing

Young lady, this bus is moving out.

Son, on the bus! Get on the bus!

Chuck, we'll work it out

when we get there.

Jenny? There's a phone call for you.

Yes?

This is she.

Is Robin Lerner my mother?

When?

Uh, 61 .

I'll come down there then.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Jenny, do you want us

to do something?

You're too late. I already

took care of everything.

Come. Inside the car.

You're getting sick. Please.

I want to talk to you.

Please, come.

I don't give a sh*t.

Go home and tell it to Chloe.

I can't. She left me.

She's with her mother.

They both got scared.

Come. I want to talk to you.

I need you.

How does it feel?

I feel like an orphan.

Jenny! Jenny!

Stop.

Welcome to the ARK. I'm

section leader for Orange 254.

Remember that. That's where you'll

be calling home the next 2 years.

So gather your things and follow

me to the orientation gallery.

If you have been designated

as a civilian section officer,

report to section Red 116 upon entering.

Once again, if you have been

designated as a civilian section officer,

report to section Red 116 upon entering.

Leo...

I'm not coming.

Leo, come with us right now.

I have to go back for Sarah.

Leo--

Mom, I'm going.

Don, what are you doing?

Giving him something to trade,

that's what I'm doing.

I want you to take this.

Dad, that's enough.

Goddam it.

You take care of yourself, OK?

I'm gonna make it.

What about Entrekin?

I don't know. He hasn't

returned my call in 2 weeks.

- Excuse me, Jenny?

- Yeah?

Your father's here.

Hello.

Hello.

I can't stay long.

I'm leaving the city,

but I wanted to show you something.

I wanted to show you that

you're not an orphan.

I have proof that

you're not an orphan.

Here.

Look.

Where's Mom?

Behind the camera.

She took this?

Mm-hmm.

And this one, too.

She was such an artist,

don't you think so?

You don't remember

when we take them, hmm?

I'm 5 years old. How

would I remember that?

Some people do remember

when they were 5 years old.

It was such a beautiful day.

All alone on the beach.

And, of course, she would

have been in the picture,

but there was no one else

to hold the camera,

and...she insisted.

You know how she is.

How she was.

Jenny.

It was such a good day

for all of us.

Don't you remember?

Keep them.

Goodbye.

We have now confirmed the

launch of all the Titan missiles

from their positions in

North Dakota and Wyoming.

The comets are now approximately 14 hours

outside of Earth's atmosphere,

and we are told it should

take these missiles

Less than 20 minutes

to reach their target.

OK, here's what we're looking at.

All of the Titans have been launched.

We still won't know if

they've made a difference.

The comets have to travel for a while

before the radar tracking

stations can see

if they've been pushed to a safe

course that'll bypass the Earth.

So, one more time

we have to wait.

Are we on?

We're on, Mr President.

Our missiles have failed.

The comets are still headed for Earth...

and there's nothing

we can do to stop them.

So, this is it.

If the world does go on...

it will not go on for everyone.

We have now been able to calculate

the comets' final trajectories,

and we have determined where

they're going to strike.

The smaller of the 2 comets,

Biederman, will hit first,

somewhere along

the Atlantic Seaboard

probably in the waters off

the coast of Cape Hatteras

in just under 12 hours at

The impact of the comet

is going to be...

Well, disastrous.

There will be a very large tidal wave

moving quickly through the Atlantic Ocean

It will be 100 feet high,

traveling at 1,100 miles an hour.

That's faster than the speed of sound.

As the wave reaches shallow water,

it's going to slow down,

but the wave height,

depending on the depth

of the shelf off the coast,

will be anywhere from

Where the land is flat, the wave

will wash inland 600 to 700 miles

The wave will hit our nation's

capital 40 minutes after impact.

New York City, Boston,

Atlanta, Philadelphia...

all will be destroyed.

If you have any means of getting

away from the path of this wave,

Leave now.

The impact of the larger comet

will be nothing less than

an extinction-level event.

It will strike land

in Western Canada

3 hours after Biederman.

Within a week, the skies will be

dark with dust from the impact

and they will stay dark for 2 years.

All plant life will be dead within...

Animal life within...

a few months.

So that's it.

Good luck to us all.

Could I bother everyone for a minute?

Let's take a look at the big one.

Now, the outgassing has created a vent

a half mile wide and

at least 2 miles deep.

Comet gets closer to the sun,

sun melts the ice,

ice turns to steam,

we get a big hole, OK?

So, how many nukes do we

have left in the back?

If we can get the remaining

bombs in that vent,

there shouldn't be anything

left bigger than a suitcase.

We can't do anything about the little one,

but it just might give them a chance.

Without the arming codes,

we're going to have to wait

to set the bomb timers

until we get closer to Earth

to raise Houston.

We may not have enough

life support left

to get back into the

cargo bay for the nukes,

much less to go down to the comet.

We sure as hell don't have

enough propellant left

in the Messiah to maneuver with.

How are we supposed to get

back off the surface

once we've gotten down there?

We don't.

Well, look at the bright side.

We'll all have

high schools named after us.

Houston, this is Messiah.

Houston, this is Messiah.

Nice of you to call, Messiah.

We were beginning to wonder

what you were doing up there.

Admiring the view, Houston.

Fish, is that you?

Yep. We don't have time

to talk, Houston.

There's nothing we can do

about the smaller one,

but we do have a plan.

We need the arming codes

for the last 4 nukes.

Arming codes?

What the hell for?

Mitch, we can do or we can teach.

What's your pleasure?

Get the arming codes!

Get the goddam codes!

We have one helicopter.

Holds 7 people.

We can ferry 6 people to

high ground in West Virginia

and take Jenny to the ARK.

Short stick goes.

I thought it was women

and children first.

If you get the short one,

you can give up your seat.

Thank God.

Well, that makes sense.

I got a stick.

I got a stick.

I'm sorry, Beth.

OK, honey, here we go.

Let's go now.

Beth...

There's always the road.

We'll be OK.

Come on. Ah, that's my girl.

OK, that's it.

Sarah!

Sarah!

Where's that key?

Where's the key?

Come on!

Hurry up! Come on!

No, wait.

What are you doing?!

We have to go now.

Come on! Come on!

Beth, what are you doing?

The road was so crowded.

We weren't gonna make it.

I thought if the wave comes,

we should be here

because she likes it here.

And we're on the 15th floor,

so maybe we'll be OK.

Say goodbye to Jenny--

What are you doing?!

Move! Come on! Go!

Jenny! Oh, my God! Caitlin!

- Come on!

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