Ice Quake Page #4

It's not as steep.

I hiked it during training.

It's not as hard as it looks. I promise.

Don't worry, okay?

I'll guide you through it.

- I promise, it'll be fine.

- Okay.

Notify the guard...

we need to prepare for an evacuation.

- It's not safe anywhere right now.

- Yes, sir.

And get me the rescue chopper.

Captain, have you spotted anyone?

That's a negative, Colonel.

I've been over every nook and cranny

of the avalanche side

and the road out,

what's left of it.

I have a bad feeling

they're buried down there.

I don't care about your bad feeling.

Just keep looking.

Roger that, Colonel.

Okay, we're here.

- We can't stay here.

- Dad told us to wait at this hilltop.

We're too exposed.

Exposed?

What are you talking about?

The storm is getting worse.

Tia, we have to go.

Colonel, we have a newly formed

low-pressure system headed our way.

You're kidding.

How bad?

Looks like gale-force winds.

- What's the time frame?

- A matter of hours.

Alert all field units.

Carolyn:

All field units be advised:

we have a gale-force storm

heading our direction.

When it rains, it pours.

Whoa, what was that?

Back up!

Go, go!

Do you think Mom and Dad are okay?

Yeah.

This is what Dad does.

My feet are cold.

I can't feel my toes.

I know.

I can't feel mine either.

We need to rehydrate.

We don't have a container

to put snow in.

I packed a canteen, remember?

I'm not pressing ice-cold metal

to my stomach.

Sometimes it's good to be a geek.

How you feelin', Em?

My fingers are going numb.

Okay, just keep shaking them, okay?

- Just keep the blood flowing.

- Okay.

Get down!

I think it's all melted.

You go first.

That was good.

I'm still thirsty.

- Uh-oh.

- What?

- I lost Dad's gift.

- Don't worry about it.

I think he'll forgive you

under the circumstances.

Shane?

Shane?

I think it's stopped.

You okay?

I just want to find the kids.

How much further?

We're almost to the top.

It's just right there.

Okay? It's not that far.

- Okay.

- Can you make it?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

We can do this.

Let's go.

Set, set.

- Are you recording this?

- Yeah.

There's lateral flowage down there.

All right,wait. Don't move.

What? No, no, no.

Oh, crap.

Where are they?

I don't see them anywhere.

Don't worry, we'll find them.

It's all downhill from here.

What was that?

Someone screaming.

Look at that.

Go.

Whoa.

- It's another earthquake.

- Carolyn:
You're breaking up. Say again.

Unit 5, do you copy?

Unit 5, do you copy?

I think they're gone, sir.

We need to clear out the town.

Issue the evacuation order.

Yes, sir.

Attention, there is an imminent threat

of natural disaster to this area.

By military authority, all citizens

are ordered to immediately evacuate.

Check local TV and radio stations

for the nearest safe zone.

Attention, there is an imminent threat

of natural disaster to this area.

By military authority, all citizens

are ordered to immediately evacuate.

Check local TV...

Over here.

My gosh.

He's dead.

Oh.

Easy, easy, easy, easy.

Is anything broken?

No, but there's something

wrong with my foot.

- Help me up.

- All right.

- You okay?

- Yeah, I'll be all right.

My name's Emily.

Bruce Worthington.

The Methane Man?

Yeah, the guy no one

ever listens to.

I've been warning people

about the methane threat

up here for friggin' years.

Shane!

Where are you?

Shane?

- Shane.

- Tia.

Are you okay?

Just come see.

You should be coming up

on the avalanche field now.

Jamie:

There it is.

Let's move.

Scanning the eastern slopes.

Nothing yet.

Roger, Captain.

Got a visual on that approaching storm.

Gonna have to call it a day soon.

Search team,

we are running out of time.

A course probe

of the area will do.

Intervals of 20 inches, over.

Copy that... 20 inches.

Shane, Tia!

Tia, Shane!

So then the first tremor didn't

release the methane?

No. No, the thawing of the subsurface

methane shifted the ground,

and that led to the tremor.

Which allowed the liquid methane

to be vaporized.

The pressure from the vapor...

that causes these eruptions

and that triggers more tremors.

Which creates a feedback loop

melting more and more methane.

The amount of liquid methane

down there right now is massive.

If that amount of methane

is allowed to vaporize into the atmosphere,

it could be catastrophic.

Oh, my God.

Yeah, well, good luck

getting anyone to listen.

They'll listen to me.

Who do you think he is?

I don't know.

Whoa.

Whoa. Colonel? Colonel?

I did it... I cracked the code.

It's the caves. It's following the caves

under the valley.

- The glacial caves?

- Yeah. I don't know how yet,

but that's definitely the pattern.

Look.

These icons here... they show where all

the eruptions have been occurring.

And these yellow lines, that's the overlay

of the underground cave system.

Hey, this is the link

we've been looking for.

That's unbelievable.

Why the caves? What is it about the caves

that's guiding this anomaly?

I don't think we can know

until that satellite is in position.

These caves are everywhere.

Carolyn, evacuate the base.

Everyone but key personnel needs

to get out of here while they still can.

Yes, sir.

Um, it won't turn on.

I think it's broken.

Do you hear that?

It's a helicopter! Come on.

Hey, wait, wait, wait, wait.

You hear that?

There.

- Hey!

- Hey, over here! Over here!

Hey, over here!

Well, I'll be damned.

Operations, I have a visual on survivors.

Colonel, the captain's

got a visual on survivors.

Thank God.

You folks just stay where you are.

I have to lower a basket.

There's nowhere I can land safely.

- Do you hear it?

- It is a helicopter.

Okay, you get in.

No, Bruce, you can barely walk.

You go in first.

I'm fine. That's ridiculous.

Get your wife to get in.

Get in! Get your leg taken care of.

Go!

We don't have time.

You need medical help. Get in.

Operations, I've lowered the basket.

The first survivor is an unidentified male.

He appears injured.

Up! Up!

Mayday! Mayday!

I'm going down.

I repeat:
I've lost all power

and I'm going down.

Mayday! Mayday!

Cochran, come in.

Cochran, come in!

Cochran.

What happened?

We lost him.

Notify the search squad.

Yes, sir.

My God, that poor professor.

Let's just focus on the kids, okay?

We've got a storm coming in

and it's going to be dark soon,

and then we could be

in real trouble.

How are we going to find them?

Well, they should be close.

The hilltop I told them to wait at

is not very far from here.

So the pilot, he would have reported

he saw us, right?

I don't know.

We can't assume anything right now.

- This is a nightmare.

- I know. It's okay.

Mom! Mom!

- Oh, thank God.

- Kids!

Are you guys okay?

Are either of you hurt?

Just freezing and starving to death.

We were so worried

about you guys.

What happened to the helicopter?

It didn't make it.

- Look what I found.

- A radio?

Hey, where'd you get that?

We found a frozen man

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