Eruption: LA Page #5

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immediately.

Rescue teams have been working

around the clock

in conjunction

with the mayor's office

to evacuate as many Angelinos

as possible.

But has it been too little,

too late?

[heavy breathing]

[sobbing]

[grunting]

I'm-I'm sorry.

- It's all right.

- No, it's not.

- You've been burned.

- Yeah, just a bit.

[sobbing]

Come on,

it's gonna be all right.

[sobbing]

There's no, uh, no chance

you picked up nursing

while you were doing

some film to,

to be a sexy medical

professional?

[Josh]

Uh, come on.

That's the best you got?

I thought you were

a good actress.

Clearly not that good.

You need to go to a hospital.

Dr. Irwin...

No, we have to get this

to the mayor.

[Kat] I doubt City Hall

is still even there.

Yeah, I don't feel so good.

Um...

You know, my sister,

she works at a hospital.

It's not too far.

Let's go.

[helicopters whirring]

Next, please.

Let's go, let's go now, come on.

[Ava] We've been able to get the

evacuation process started, sir.

Good job.

- You're bleeding.

- It's nothing, come on.

What's goin' on here?

Well, the landlines and cell

networks are all down.

But we have

sat phones ready to go

and a video uplink with

Dr. Robson on the main screen.

Okay, great.

When you get a chance, get me

on the line with the president

and the governor.

What are you thinking, Arthur?

I'm gonna try to save

as many people as I can.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Can I get everyone's attention?

Please forgive me if I don't

remember all your names.

This is bad.

[Jones]

And all the information we have

says it's only gonna get worse

from here.

Now, this is the safest place

you can be.

But I'm sure

all of you have families

you'd like to get to safety.

So that being said,

if you wanna leave, leave now.

We're with you, sir.

We're with you.

Okay. Congratulations.

You've all been promoted

to the committee

to save Los Angeles

from complete destruction.

Now, if you haven't realized,

this is gonna be

one of the hardest days

of your lives.

[Jones]

We have two objectives.

This eruption of our city

and to coordinate

the single largest

emergency evacuation

in human history.

All right, let's get to work.

[helicopter whirring]

- Jessica.

- What's up?

The helicopter evacs will be

here in 30 minutes.

How much more time

do we have on these generators?

It won't hold down much longer.

Not with the amount of power

we're drawing.

We need to get as many people

out of here as fast as we can.

We're being evacuated

to an encampment just outside

the city.

- Okay, let's move.

- Okay.

This way. There's a car.

Did they leave the keys?

I got this.

Where'd you learn

to hotwire a car?

Research for that movie

where I played

the sexy car thief.

Never should have asked.

All right, a little less sexy,

a little more thief.

- We gotta get out of here.

- Damn it.

Everything is so much easier

in the movies.

All right, I'm gettin' in.

Is it the red wire

or the blue wire?

Oh, my God, just choose.

[rumbling]

[groans]

- Hurry!

- I am!

[engine starts]

[tires screeching]

[rumbling]

We, uh, charting the progression

of one of the magma tubes

to try and predict

where it would breach and, um...

And what?

What is it?

One of the magma tubes,

it's headed towards Elkwood

Canyon Natural Gas Reserve.

[Jones]

That doesn't sound promising.

So, what would this look like?

It, uh, it would be

an explosion

in the range of

10 to 20 megatons.

A hydrogen bomb, Mr. Mayor,

minus the radioactivity

but there'd barely be anyone

left to get sick, anyway.

How much time do we have?

Four, maybe five hours.

[Jones sighs]

If I divert

all my resources to you,

can you come up with a plan,

implement it in time?

No, sir, we're talking about

magma tubes deep underground,

well beyond

the range of-of any,

of any relief vents we could

drill in the time we have.

We're working on scenarios now,

but the best I could hope for

is to slow it down,

try to buy ourselves

a few more hours.

Okay, we'll continue

with the evacuation.

Keep me updated

with any new information.

We'll be here till the walls

crumble around us.

I know you will be.

[sirens wailing]

[indistinct chatter]

[Josh grunts]

It's like a war zone out here.

Come on.

- Let's go find your sister.

- Yeah.

[grunting]

Those of you who can walk

or are in wheelchairs

go to the buses,

help each other.

There's only a couple more

helicopters on the roof.

They'll be gone in ten minutes.

Once we get these people

loaded on to the buses,

it's just the ones...

- Jess.

- Josh?

- Oh, my God.

- Ah!

What happened to you?

I'll tell you after you get

something for the pain.

Oh, my God. Come here.

Under the mayor's direction,

the evacuation of Los Angeles

is getting under way.

With many of the major freeways

having collapsed

including the 101, 405, 5

and the destruction

of Downtown, LA.

Many Angelinos have headed west

to the beaches.

Let's take you live now to the

Southern California Coastline.

The mayor has instructed

the Navy and the Coast Guard

to co-ordinate

the evacuation there.

All private vessels as well

as any cargo ships in the area

have also been recruited

in the fight

to save

as many people as possible.

These are dark times

but it's been amazing to see

humanity coming together.

I need an update

as soon as possible.

Mm.

Are you okay?

Yeah. You?

You knew we weren't going to be

able to save everybody.

But we can try.

All right.

Right there.

Well, looks like you'll live.

Thanks.

[Josh] My career as a back

model's probably kaput though.

What's going on, is everyone

being airlifted out?

The mayor has ordered us

to evacuate.

How, if all of the phones

were out?

Well, every hospital in LA

is required to have

a satellite phone

in case of... well, this.

Where's that phone?

Can we use it?

I would guess

it's in the admin office.

We have to get in touch

with the mayor.

There's some information

that just...

It might save everyone.

- We hope.

- Right.

I don't know what's in there,

but Dr. Irwin knows

what he's talkin' about.

Well, I can get it if...

- Yes.

- Yes.

Okay.

Just give me five minutes.

[sighs]

You guys seem really close.

She's all I have.

Our parents died

when I was eight years old.

I'm sorry.

Our aunt took us in.

It was clear from the beginning

she didn't want us there.

And, she was...

she was in her twenties.

She wanted to party.

But Jessica... she pretty much

raised me on her own.

So, two of us

against the world.

Why are you doin' this?

- Doing what?

- This.

Here, with me.

You're you.

You could be anywhere

doing anything right now.

Josh, my career is...

Once I turned 25,

I might as well have been 60.

Hollywood loves to chew you up

and spit you out.

You're forgotten about.

Unless you get back into

the news with doing some

drunk shenanigans

captured on tabloid TV.

That's not me.

Not anymore.

I get it.

I don't have a single friend

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