Menhaden: Most Important Fish in the Bay Page #7

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I hear something.

Yeah, I hear it.

It's this way.

Do you f***ing hear that?

It's like a moaning

or something.

Can you come closer?

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

Oh!

What do I need to do, Doctor?

What do I need to do?

Well, I would suggest that

you and your staff

leave the hospital.

My staff left 20 minutes ago.

Well, good.

That's wise.

Wise? That's...

why is that wise?

Well, because the bacteria...

uh, the... once it's

entered the human body...

it's a miracle you aren't infected

already, as a matter of fact.

- I'm... I'm fine.

- Well, that's good.

But what I'm saying is that,

at this point,

it is too late, Doctor.

And I strongly suggest that

you leave immediately.

Look, I have people

in pain here.

I'm amputating feet,

I'm amputating legs,

I'm amputating arms.

You want me to get up

- and just leave the hospital?

- Yes, we're aware of that,

Doctor, and we are sorry.

You need to get...

you need to get somewhere.

Get some help.

But don't come here 'cause

they're not gonna help you.

And they're not helping me.

It looks like there

are dead bodies up there.

- It's only a rash.

- I'm being serious.

- Dead people. They're not breathing.

- How can people be dead?

They just collapsed and no

one's coming out to get them.

- Nothing. Nope. No one.

- And no one's helping?

Jennifer, is

your tongue hurting?

Mine hurts so badly.

I'm just...

I'm really scared.

I don't know what to do.

I just... I don't

wanna hang up.

I don't wanna be by myself.

I can't get anyone...

Can you see my parents?

Are they here?

No.

There's a bunch of dead sh*t

in the water.

- Whoa.

- What is that stuff?

That is weird.

Have you heard

anything from the governor yet?

Yes, Lee. I talked to him.

The governor wanted to know

if we should call

a state of emergency.

And I told him to give us

a few more hours

to get a handle on this.

Some of the folks have nothing wrong

with them, for heaven's sake.

And the CDC doesn't even know

if it's contagious.

We've got the National Guard isolating us...

...from surrounding communities

as a preventative measure.

If we get people in here

with those hazmat suits,

all hell's gonna break loose.

Now listen, Lee. Right now

we've got no media on this

except that student running

around with a camera.

And the FBI shut down her blog.

So let's keep it that way.

And, Lee, you and your deputies

have got to get on top of this.

I lost all

contact with my deputies

about 30 minutes ago.

What?

I'm not getting any

response from my guys.

Well, we shut

down all the towers

to kill the cell phones,

but it shouldn't

affect you guys.

Listen, Lee.

Why don't you swing by

and pick me up right now?

I wanna get a firsthand look

at what's going on out there.

All right, I'll be by there

in about five minutes.

You okay?

I don't think I've ever been

so scared in my whole life.

Is the blood off my face?

- What?

- Is the blood off my face?

No, you've got

a ton on your side.

What the...

- What?

- What is that?

What is it?

Holy sh*t.

- F***.

- What the f***?

- Oh.

- Oh, my God.

Look at his face.

- Oh, my God.

- Look at his face.

Oh, my God.

Look at me,

I was running in a circle.

I mean, if it wasn't...

if this wasn't

a tragedy situation,

it would actually

be somewhat comedic.

Um...

I was just so f***ing scared.

I... I never reported

another thing after that

until I made this film.

I...

That was actually

the last footage we shot.

Well, I'll come and

get the rest of the stuff

when we figure out

where we're going.

Where are you leading us

other than off of this dock?

Alex, where do you think?

I have no idea.

I can't get a hold of them.

This is quite a greeting,

isn't it?

- Oh, come on.

- This is pretty nice.

You know, would you please...

- it's...

- All documented.

This is the quietest

We missed the fireworks?

What the hell's going on?

Yeah, what's with that?

Is it necessary

to get video of this?

Yes, I am filming

the lack of fireworks

so we can show your parents

we were here

- for the nonfestivities.

- Oh, great. You know, they'll...

When Alex and

Stephanie got to Claridge,

more than 700 people had died.

And here they were,

coming in with a baby.

...this celebration

for 4th of July.

Would you

please... You know...

if you would turn the damn camera

off and help me look for them,

that might be

a little more useful.

Oh, you're doing great.

You're doing just...

- This is fantastic. I love it when you...

- This is ridiculous.

make me be the grown-up and

you don't do any of the work.

- They all look...

- What the hell is that?

Oh, my God.

Oh, God.

- Alex, Alex...

- Holy sh*t.

- Alex, do not take...

- Hello?

- I wanna get out of here.

- Oh, my God.

- Look at this.

- Do not get any closer.

- I want to get out of here...

- Where are we gonna go?

I don't wanna be out here with

a dead body and Andrew here...

- Aw, Jesus.

- Stop.

- No, just...

- Get away from... don't touch her.

Yes, of course.

A toxic soup of chemicals

could produce

certain mutations.

What's also concerning

is the level

of chicken excrement

in the bay.

I mean, if the numbers

you gave me are correct,

the amount of steroids

in that amount of manure,

um, could be

accelerating growth

by 50, 60 times.

That's both in size

and quantity.

This stuff has so much

chemical steroid in it,

it will take a little birdie,

turn it into a fullgrown birdie

in 42 days, what Mother Nature

would take six months.

They think it's feeding off the

nutrients from the chicken runoff.

We've noticed

a five-to-one

female-to-male ratio

among these fish here.

We could easily be looking

at a new form evolve.

Ow! Son of a b*tch!

Must be some kind

of mutated version.

Isopods shouldn't even

be in the brackish water.

I would like to give Buzz

a big round of applause

for getting these

misters going.

Are people drinking this water?

Some went in my mouth.

How's it gonna get through

a filtration system?

What about the larvae?

The desalination plant

in Claridge...

A new

form evolve... Steroids...

So much chemical steroid...

Mutated version...

They found a

two-and-a-half-foot one

trying to burrow its way

into a submarine...

Jane? Jane.

Get me...

Will you get me

the White House?

Oh, my God.

- Oh, my God.

- Careful, please.

Oh, you're kidding me.

Holy sh*t.

- Oh, my God.

- What the f***?

Oh, my God.

Where the hell are we?

Apparently, a lot

of people came up to Main Street.

And they were

just waiting for an EMS

or an ambulance

or someone to come by.

- Alex, I wanna go.

- Where do you want to go?

They were just

waiting and hoping.

Are we gonna get back on the boat in the

middle of the night without any gas?

I wanna call the police.

You just told me that

there's no cell phone service.

- You just told me that.

- Can we go someplace where we have service

- so we can call the police?

- Look, look.

This place is open.

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