San Andreas Page #2

Come here! I got you.

My God! Please! My God!

Kim! Hurry up!

Lawrence!

- Kim!

- No! No!

Close your eyes.

God!

Are you okay?

The southern part of Nevada...

...was rocked today

by what seismologists are calling...

...the most destructive earthquake

ever recorded in that area.

Officials are saying that Hoover Dam

is a total loss.

Lake Havasu City, Needles, Blythe

and Laughlin also suffered major damage.

Additional support from Los Angeles,

including L.A.F.D. air rescue...

...is expected to begin arriving

in the next 24 hours.

Hi, Dad.

- Hey, honey.

- We just saw the news.

I know. I'm so sorry.

We're heading out tomorrow.

No, I get it. This one's really bad, Dad.

Yeah, this one's tough.

Earthquakes can rise and fall

in intensity during their duration...

- Hey, Em.

- Hey.

- Good to see you.

- You, too.

Daniel.

Ray. Good to finally meet you.

It's good to meet you, too.

Heck of a place you got here, man.

- Thank you.

- Welcome.

So, Dad is heading to Nevada tomorrow.

It's terrible what happened.

Please be safe over there, okay?

Yeah, we will. And I promise

I'm gonna make it up to you, honey.

Dad, it's really no problem.

The drive is not that bad.

Wait, why don't I take you up there.

I'm flying to San Francisco.

We can head to Seattle right after.

Give me an opportunity to catch

a volleyball game.

That's a good idea.

And it'll give your mom a chance to get all

her stuff moved in without me in the way.

Right.

You guys moving in?

Yeah. I was meaning to tell you,

but we haven't had a chance to...

- Congratulations.

- Thank you.

Thanks.

That's great.

Call me when you get there.

- I will.

- All right.

I love you, Dad.

You be careful, please.

I will, I will. I love you, too.

I'll get her bike.

I'm sorry you guys

can't go up there together.

Yep. Me, too.

Ray.

Ray.

I was gonna tell you.

We just decided to do it.

Don't worry about it.

Hey, if you want...

I'll get those papers signed for you, too.

It was a Sunday afternoon.

Obviously, people weren't at work.

They weren't asleep.

Even so, we know the devastation

was fairly...

- This is bad.

- Yeah.

What time we heading out?

14:
30. Guys are prepping the gear now.

All right. Let's get to work.

...it's a fairly sophisticated

rescue operation underway.

So this Daniel guy's taking Blake now?

I would have just called in sick.

It's why I'm the boss and you're not.

Pretty sure we can manage

a few days without ya.

Shoe's untied.

Are you kidding me?

Blake.

I want you to know that I respect

what you and your dad have.

And I know that your mom moving in

has to feel like a pretty big step.

But I'm never gonna try to change

what you have with him...

...or take his place.

Okay?

Yeah.

Okay, cool.

Hey, how come you never had kids?

I did.

This is one of them right here.

She's a nice addition to

the San Francisco skyline, don't you think?

"The Gate."

Catchy, right?

Yeah, I like it.

Mom was telling me about this. She said it's

the tallest building in the city, right?

When it's finished,

it'll be the tallest, strongest...

...and it's already 80 percent sold.

But honestly...

...I guess I never had any kids

because I was always so busy raising these.

Mom texted. She's having lunch

with your sister today.

Yeah, she's only in town for a few days

and really wanted to meet her.

I'm a little nervous though.

Susan can be kind of overprotective.

Thank you.

Jonathan.

- Good morning, Mr. Riddick.

- Morning.

Gonna be okay, Blake?

Yeah, I'll be fine.

Hi.

Hello.

I'm sorry, Lawrence.

- Can I get you anything?

- No. I'm fine, Alexi. Thank you.

Are you sure you want to be here?

I can use the distraction, actually.

Yeah?

There's a reporter outside.

Says she's doing a segment

on what happened in Nevada.

I'm gonna tell her

that it's not a good time.

No, wait a minute.

Kim gave his life for this.

People need to know

that we can predict these things now.

You want a copy?

I got about a thousand in storage.

No one listens to us

until the ground shakes, I guess.

They told me

what happened to your colleague.

We don't have to do this now.

Yeah, we do.

We're good to go.

Okay.

Rolling.

First question:

How come no one saw what happened

in Nevada coming?

Because we didn't know

there were any fault lines out there.

Why not?

Heh.

Contrary to popular belief,

scientists don't know everything.

I understand that you publicly stated...

...that, someday, scientists

will be able to predict earthquakes.

Well, actually, as of yesterday,

we now believe that we can predict them.

Professor!

Talk to you a sec?

Yeah. I'm sorry. Excuse me.

What is it?

Current pulse rates at our monitoring

stations. All along the San Andreas fault.

Their averages are spiking

from 82 to 85...

...with the biggest jumps

coming from San Francisco.

More than 20 points higher

than what we saw in Nevada.

There's no way.

We checked. We double-checked.

Then we reset all the instruments

and triple-checked. Those are the counts.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

Um...

Okay...

If...

If we draw a line...

...from the bottom of the San Andreas

up to the Hoover Dam...

...it almost literally follows

the Colorado River...

...which is a natural deformation event.

And geologically...

...deformation events mark boundaries.

They mark boundaries.

So, what if...?

What if this...

...whole chunk of land

is connected to our tectonic plate?

That would tell us that what happened

yesterday in Nevada was not an anomaly.

No.

What if it was a precursor movement...

...along the leading edge

of the plate boundary fault...

...from Los Angeles

all the way up to San Francisco?

Are you saying you think

the whole San Andreas fault might go off?

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying.

Who should we call?

Everybody.

Bloody hell.

I have something. Here.

I'm a complete idiot.

No.

Thank you very much. That's very kind.

Yeah, no problem.

I'm Blake, by the way.

Yeah. I'm Blake. I'm not Blake!

I'm Ben. Ben Taylor is my name.

Pleased to meet you.

It's nice to meet you.

So was that your father

you came in with?

Daniel Riddick?

Um, he's my mom's boyfriend.

Are you meeting with him?

No. I...

Pfft. Not even close.

I wish.

I'm interviewing for a job here...

...and Mr. Riddick

is the boss of the boss...

- ...of the boss that I'd be working for.

- Heh.

So, what kind of job

are you interviewing for?

Anything in engineering or design.

I'm not picky or proud.

I just want to work here.

If you're an architect,

this is the place to be.

Hi. I'm Ollie. He's my brother.

Hi. It's nice to meet you, Ollie.

I'm Blake.

You know, you're quite beautiful.

- Why, thank you.

- Ollie. Do you...?

Sorry.

Do you remember what we discussed?

Sit still and no talking.

It's not normal to bring little brothers

to job interviews.

And let's not embarrass me, okay?

Do you mind if I get your phone number

for him?

Ollie!

- It's exactly...

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