The Day After Tomorrow Page #7

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Where are the keys?

In the truck.

Where do you think

you're going?

Neither one of you

knows how to navigate

worth a damn.

Without me, you'll

end up in Cleveland.

I'll try to give you

updates on the storm

as it heads your way.

Good luck, Jack.

[ Engine Starts ]

[ Woman Reporting ]

Breaking news from

the U.S.-Mexico border.

Just half an hour ago,

Mexican officials

closed the border...

in the light

of so many U.S. refugees

who are fleeing south...

in the wake

of the approaching storm.

These people came here

in anticipation of crossing

into Mexico.

Instead, they've been met

with closed gates--

[ Man Reporting ]

And now, in a dramatic

reversal of illegal immigration,

thousands of people

are crossing the Rio Grande

into Mexico.

The scene that's unfolding

here behind me is one

of desperation and frustration.

People have abandoned their

cars, grabbed their belongings,

and they are wading across

the river illegally into Mexico.

Here it is.

Oh, this fireplace

probably hasn't been used

in about a hundred years.

All right.

- What are you doing?

- What do you think

we were gonna burn?

You can't burn books.

No. Absolutely not!

You wanna freeze to death?

I'll go get some more.

I'll help you.

I'm going with them.

Okay. Do you have

a cafeteria or a lunchroom?

Just an employees' lounge

with a few vending machines.

[ Buddha Barking ]

We're not gonna last very long

on M&M's and potato chips.

What about the garbage cans?

There's always somethin'

to eat in the garbage.

[ Buddha Whimpering ]

Friedrich Nietzsche.

We cannot burn

Friedrich Nietzsche.

He was the most important

thinker of the 19th century.

Oh, please. Nietzsche

was a chauvinist pig who

was in love with his sister.

He was not a chauvinist pig.

But he was in love

with his sister.

[ Brian ]

Uh, excuse me. You guys?

Yeah. There's a whole section

on tax law down here

that we can burn.

After hours of uncertainty,

the traffic is moving smoothly

from the U.S. into Mexico.

This is only possible

because the president was

able to negotiate a deal...

to forgive

all Latin American debt...

in exchange

for opening the border.

Now multitudes of American

families are feeling--

[ Quiet Reading ]

- Lucy.

- [ Stops Reading ]

Is Peter's

ambulance here?

No.

Why?

They've all gone.

What?

In the confusion--

I don't know what happened.

People just started

to panic, and they left.

Now, there's a policeman

with a snowplow.

He's waiting outside.

Peter can't be moved

in anything but an ambulance.

I called and left

a message for the county

ambulance service.

Okay.

You should go,

and I'll stay and wait.

Lucy, no. No.

You should go.

He's not gonna wait forever.

It's okay.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

All right.

[ Gasps ]

Are you all right?

Yeah. I'm fine. I just

cut my leg the other day.

[ Radio Static ]

Did you get a signal?

Yeah. For a minute.

And?

Man, this storm is everywhere.

It's hit the entire

Northern Hemisphere.

Europe is buried

under 15 feet of snow.

And they say it's gonna

get just as bad here.

I mean, I don't think

your dad's gonna make it.

No. He'll make it.

He'll make it.

[ Man On News ]

The White House has ordered...

the following national disaster

alert for all northern states:

Continued exposure

to the approaching storm

is deadly.

Remain indoors and take

all measures to stay warm,

burning any fuel sources

until the storm is over.

Roads are impassable

across New York State...

and as far south

as Pennsylvania.

Where are we?

[ Man On News Continues,

Indistinct ]

Looks like we're

just north of Philadelphia.

[ Man On News ]

Rescue workers say

they have no idea--

Look out!

You guys okay?

Yeah.

Yeah.

- Once again, roads across

the northern states...

- Sorry, boss.

are impassable.

Unpack the snowshoes.

We're walking from here.

Come on, men.

Let's get up and get going.

We've only made it to Brooklyn.

Maybe we should just turn back.

What for? Half the city's

frozen underwater.

There's nothing to go back to.

It's time to get up.

Keep moving.

We should've stayed

in the library.

Come on, men.

Okay, guys.

Let's get moving.

Wake up.

What are you doing?

Insulatin'.

Newspaper's best,

but this'll do it.

You know, you spend

some years on the streets,

and you learn how to keep warm.

Hey.

Thanks.

I got one.

Your favorite vacation?

Besides this one?

[ Chuckles ]

All right.

I went to Greenland with my dad

on one of his research trips

a few years ago...

and, uh, the ship broke down

and we got stuck.

And it rained constantly.

That sounds really boring.

It was actually really nice.

Just me and my dad

hanging out for 10 days.

[ Sighs ]

[ Grunting, Screaming ]

[ Groaning, Whimpering ]

[ Jack ]

Frank!

Are you all right?

I'm fine!

Just dropped in

to do a little shopping.

I gotta lose this sled.

Hold on!

We'll pull you up!

Jason! You gotta

support Frank's weight!

Okay! I'll try!

[ Grunting ]

Okay! I think

I have his weight now!

I'm coming to you!

[ Glass Cracking ]

[ Grunting, Whimpering ]

The glass is breaking!

Too much weight!

It's not gonna hold.

No! No!

Frank!

I can get you out!

[ Jack ]

Don't do it!

- No! Frank! Don't!

- Frank, no!

Frank!

[ Woman ]

What have you got there?

A Gutenberg Bible.

It was in

the rare books room.

You think

God's gonna save you?

No.

I don't believe in God.

You're holding on

to that bible

pretty tight.

I'm protecting it.

[ Book Lands On Fire ]

This bible

is the first book

ever printed.

It represents...

the dawn

of the Age of Reason.

As far as I'm concerned,

the written word is mankind's

greatest achievement.

[ Scoffs Quietly ]

You can laugh.

But if Western civilization

is finished,

I'm gonna save at least

one little piece of it.

[ Radio:
Chatter ]

We heard somebody

was left behind.

[ Sighs ]

We brought an ambulance.

Thank God.

Thank you so much

for coming.

[ Shivering ]

[ Laura Coughing ]

Hey.

Hey, are you all right?

You look like you have

a fever or something.

I'm fine.

I just can't sleep.

My mind keeps going over

all those worthless

decathlon facts.

It's pretty stupid, huh?

No, it's all right.

I guess you just haven't

had time to adjust yet.

How am I supposed

to adjust, Sam?

Everything

I've ever cared about,

everything I've worked for...

has all been preparation

for a future

that no longer exists.

I know you always thought

I took the competition

too seriously.

You were right.

It was all for nothing.

No-- [ Sighs ]

No, I just--

I just said that to

avoid admitting the truth.

The truth about what?

About why

I joined the team.

I joined it because of you.

Hey.

[ Radio:

Chatter, Indistinct ]

Get this convoy

moving now.

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