Volcano Page #7

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to keep putting in front of this thing.

As many people as it takes.

Listen up, let me tell you what's south of us.

No more museums or department stores,

just homes, people.

If we run now, they're defenceless.

You don't like my plan, give me another one,

but don't say we're backing out.

- Is everybody clear on that?

- Yeah!

All right, let's go. Build a wall.

Come on, push him over.

Push him over.

All right, come on. Push 'em on in.

Give me 14 or 15 guys

on each of these things.

Right over here on this K-rail.

Right in here. Hold it.

On the other side. Watch your leg!

Right over here, fellas.

There's room by there. Pick 'em up.

Let's go. Lift!

- Come on.

- We need more guys on this one.

Sh*t, it's too heavy.

Hey, man, you know what they say.

No pain, no gain.

All right, that's it!

I knew it, I'm about to be

the volcano version of Rodney King.

Give me your hand.

- Roll the tape. Y'all got this?

- Give me your hands.

Go home.

- I'm supposed to say thanks?

- No.

- What did you do that for?

- Let's go.

Still don't have enough guys over here!

Give us a hand.

Come on.

Come on!

You block this,

it stays out the neighbourhood?

Yeah, that's the idea.

Come on. Let's go. Come on, move! Move!

Come on! What you waiting for?

- Come on.

- All right! Let's move this thing!

1,... 2,... 3!

Aagh!

OK, keep moving.

Put it over there!

With so manypeople injured,

it is so easy to forget the victims

who can't tell you where ithurts.

And, fortunately, these wonderful

veterinarians have put their lives on hold

to help these animals.

This is a greatstory. This pot-belliedpig

was trying to findhis owner...

OK, just one more stitch.

You're really brave, you know that?

We got internal bleeding here.

Can you watch her?

Are you OK?

Yeah.

- Is the boy hers?

- Yes.

- We're putting kids in the mall. Prep her.

- Mommy.

Mommy...

How are you at baby-sitting?

- Hi.

- Hi.

You OK?

- Step up, we don't have a lotta time!

- Roark!

- Yeah?

- There is lava in the Red Line.

Just came through on the emergency band.

It destroyed a train near MacArthur Park.

- Is it still flowing?

- It's stopped, but I think there's more.

There's got to be something

feeding this from below. A source.

It broke through here, at the Tar Pits,

created this vent.

We now know it broke through at MacArthur

Park, so it's travelling laterally underground

over the course of at least eight miles.

- You said it blows up.

- I've never tracked lava under a city before.

I don't know what it'll do

with man-made tunnels to travel through.

I need everything to deal with what's

in front of me. I don't have time for a theory.

- All right, but somebody's got to.

- I can only fight what I can see.

I know.

Good luck. I'm gonna check it out.

All right.

Here's a recap of the crisis as itstands.

Throughout the city

shelters are being hastily erected

out of schools, churches and synagogues

in an attempt to house the shaken citizens.

OK, ready, you guys? OK, 1, 2, 3.

Shh.

Rock beats scissor and scissor beats paper.

I'm not paper. I'm lava.

What beats that?

My dad...

I hope.

Save your hoses, Chief.

I wanna let it pool up all the way to the top.

Save your hoses!

Not a drop until I give the word.

We'll just have to wait it out now.

This is the moment of truth.

- The entire streetis now engulfedin flames.

- The weight of this lava has to be intense.

- ..um das Lava zuruckdrangen.

- Will this plan work?

- Hubschrauber!

- All right, that's it, Chief. Open 'em up!

Open hoses.

Open hoses!

There must be thousands of gallons of water

being dropped over this entire area.

The entire area is drenched

and the steam coming off this thing

is unbelievable.

Oh, sh*t.

Oh, God.

I don't believe it. It looks possible

that this whole thing maybe nearing an end.

This incredible gamble

seems to be paying off.

- Did we just beat this bastard?

- It looks like it!

Flood control!

Ladies and gentlemen, it is a miracle.

And look at the faces of these people.

Look at these guys!

It looks like they've done it.

They have accomplished the impossible.

They've beaten MotherNature and claimed

an extraordinary victory over the volcano.

One lastheroic stand

here on the corner ofFairfaxand Wilshire.

Hell of a party!

I probably should have brought a hat.

Chief, they need some help over on Stanley.

Structural fires, residential.

- Miller, get your engine over to Stanley.

- Yes, sir.

I guess that's my bus.

Hey, good luck.

You, too, man.

Show me what this baby can do.

You ready or what?

Yo, I always wanted to ride one of these

things, man. Stanley Ave, here we come!

Whoo!

You're a good man, Jerry.

- All right, Roark.

- Thanks, fellas.

Way to go, guys!

Roark! Hey, way to go.

How fast can you get to

Wilshire and Western? We got a problem.

Not any more, we got it stopped.

Volume of ash is too hot to be out of danger.

How come it's stopped?

- Maybe it went some place else.

- How d'you know it didn'tjust stop?

I don't, but when Mount St Helen's blew

the force was 27,000 times greater

than that of the Hiroshima bomb.

You think that vent

released that much energy?

No.

Let's assume we haven'tseen

the realbulk of the magma yet.

Trust me, get down here.

Sh*t!

Hey, hey, that's my bike.

As crews battled the flow on Wilshire,

emergency rooms at Cedars Sinai

and Midwayhospitals have all reported

that their staffs andsupplies

are being overwhelmed...

Yes?

Jaye, I wantyou home with me

where it's safe.

Norman, can we talk later?

I don't like his breathing. Let's tube him.

Jaye, you've been there hours.

Let someone else take over!

God knows

what those "people" are coughing up on you.

Calder, we need help.

- I'm hanging up.

- Jaye!

Go!

- Right over the Red Line.

- That steam could come from anywhere.

- Maybe the quake broke a water main.

- How'd it get heated?

- I don't know.

- Lower me down. I'm gonna find out.

- No.

- Why? Too dangerous?

- Yes.

- I thought it was a water main.

- All right. I'll go.

- How you gonna get up? I'm gonna lift you?

- I'm not letting you go.

- Then what are we gonna do?

Oh, God, this is so stupid.

This city's finally paying for its arrogance.

Which particular arrogance is that?

Building a subway

under land that's seismically active.

It was a foolish man

that builthis house upon the sand.

Matthew 7:
26. A favourite among geologists.

All right, there's the tunnel.

I don't see anything.

Hm. What way are we facing?

I don't know.

I can't see anything.

- Hey!

- Wha...

Oh!

Damn.

Ow! Damn!

Oh, God.

The tunnel's insulating it.

It's like a lava tube.

It's keeping it fluid,

which is why it's moving so fast.

But moving where?

It's gonna go through the tunnels until it hits

a block. Once there, it'll punch through.

You mean erupt.

Yeah!

One, two,

three.

One, two, three.

- How far between tunnel sections?

- How should I know?

- Guess!

- 10 or 12 feet.

This is Roark.

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