"[MOTOR RATTLING]" "You see how it's done?" "Yeah, I think I got the hang of it." "You better." "The boss will chew my head off if these cores get messed up." "JASON:" "Don't worry." "FRANK:" "We're at 26 feet." "You let Jason operate the drill?" "Yeah, he can handle it." "JASON:" "I didn't do anything." "JACK:" "Give me your hand!" "Let go of the drill!" "Forget it, Jack!" "It's too late!" "[GRUNTS]" "You're not gonna make it!" "FRANK:" "Jack!" "Jack!" "Give me your hand!" "[GRUNTlNG]" "I've got you!" "[ALL groaning]" "What were you thinking?" "What's happening?" "The whole damn shelf is breaking off!" "That's what's happening!" "JACK:" "What we have found locked in these ice cores is evidence of a cataclysmic climate shift which occurred around 1 0,000 years ago." "The concentration of these natural greenhouse gases in the ice cores indicates that runaway warming pushed Earth into an ice age which lasted two centuries." "[SPEAKING IN ARABIC]" "TRANSLATOR:" "I'm confused." "I thought you were talking about global warming, not an ice age." "JACK:" "Yes, it is a paradox but global warming can trigger a cooling trend." "Let me explain." "The Northern Hemisphere owes its climate to the North Atlantic Current." "Heat from the sun arrives at the equator and is carried north by the ocean." "But global warming is melting the polar icecaps and disrupting this flow." "Eventually it will shut down." "And when that occurs there goes our warm climate." "Excuse me." "When do you think this could happen, professor?" "When?" "I don't know." "Maybe in 1 00 years, maybe in 1 000." "But what I do know is that if we do not act soon, our children and grandchildren will have to pay the price." "And who's going to pay the price of the Kyoto Accord?" "It would cost the world's economy hundreds of billions of dollars." "With all due respect, Mr. Vice President the cost of doing nothing could be even higher." "Our climate is fragile." "At the rate we're burning fossil fuels and polluting the environment the icecaps will soon disappear." "Professor Hall our economy is every bit as fragile as the environment." "Perhaps you should keep that in mind before making sensationalist claims." "Well, the last chunk of ice that broke off was about the size of Rhode lsland." "Some people might call that pretty sensational." "[CROWD laughing]" "PROTESTORS:" "Stop global warming!" "Stop global warming!" "REPORTER:" "I'm at the Global Warming Conference in New Delhi where, if you can believe it, it's snowing." "The coldest weather on record has thrown the city into chaos with homeless people freezing to death." "Taxi!" "Taxi!" "I enjoyed your testimony, professor." "It was very spirited." "JACK:" "Oh, thank you." "That's what we're here for, right?" "Put on a good show?" "Quite. I was wondering if I could talk to you about your theory on abrupt climate shift." "The name's Rapson." "Terry Rapson." "Professor Rapson?" "Of the Hedland Center?" "That's me." "l've read your work on ocean currents." "What do you say to a spot of tea?" "Absolutely." "If we can hail a cab." "Oh." "[whistles]" "Over here." "[THUNDER rumbling]" "[wind whistling]" "[BEEPlNG]" "[MAN snoring]" "MAN [ON TV]:" "Manchester United leads 3-1 over hometown Celtic in this pivotal Champions League match." "We return 63 minutes into the second half as Manchester United..." "..." "looks to put the game out of reach." "Oh." "Let's get back to our commentator Donald MacFariand." "What?" "Yeah." "l just closed my eyes for a sec, man." "Yeah." "The baby kept us awake all night." "MAN [ON TV]:" "And Still." "Yeah!" "[BEEPlNG]" "simon:" "Dennis?" "NOMAD buoy 431 1 is showing a temperature drop of 1 3 degrees." "Yeah?" "Where is 431 1 ?" "Well, it's...." "Georges Bank." "lt's rough seas out there." "Must have knocked it about." "dennis:" "Kick that bloody ball." "Come on!" "Come on, kick it now." "Kick it!" "Kick it!" "Are the lads winning?" "Hello, professor." "How was India?" "Oh, you know what these scientific gatherings are." "All dancing girls, wine and parties." "[laughing]" "[MAN speaking IN JAPANESE OVER MEGAPHONE]" "[SIREN wailing]" "[MEN chattering in JAPANESE]" "[CELL PHONE ringing]" "WOMAN [OVER PHONE in JAPANESE]:" "MAN [lN JAPANESE]:" "[gasping]" "[screaming]" "[WOMAN speaking IN JAPANESE OVER PHONE]" "REPORTER [ON TV]:" "The fury ofHurricane Noeiani stunned experts yesterday slamming into the island chain..." "[PHONE ringing] ...with a force never before witnessed." "Meteoroiogists already believe this to be the strongest hurricane ever recorded...." "LUCY:" "Are you gonna get that?" "REPORTER [ON TV]:" "It will leave a wake of death...." "Hello?" "l just saw that Sam got an F in calculus." "LUCY:" "I'm aware, Jack." "I get a copy of his report card too." "Sam is a straight-A student." "He doesn't fail classes." "LUCY:" "I don't have time to talk about this now." "JACK:" "Well, maybe you ought to make time." "Excuse me, I'm not the one who's away for months and months at a time." "JACK:" "I just don't understand." "LUCY:" "I'il let him explain it." "Can you take him to the airport in the morning?" "Sam's getting on a plane?" "He joined the Scholastic Decathlon Team." "They're competing in New York." "JACK:" "Sam joined a team?" "Yeah, I think there's a girl involved." "JACK:" "Oh." "LUCY:" "Can you pick him up at 8:30?" "I gotta go because I'm on call tonight." "Don't be late. I don't want him taking a taxi again." "All right." "Okay. I'll be there." "Okay?" "I'll be there." "[SIGHS]" "WOMAN [OVER PA]:" "This morning's weather staff meeting has been moved to Room B." "Jack?" "I know you're good at rubbing people the wrong way but why would you aggravate the vice president?" "Because my 1 7-year-old kid knows more science than he does." "Your 1 7-year-old kid does not control our budget." "Who cares if he hates you." "My son doesn't hate me." "If Raymond Becker pulls our budget" "JACK:" "Oh, shit!" "Wait-- Will you--?" "Jack." "[HORN honking]" "Oh, my God." "l'm sorry I'm late." "SAM:" "Dad, the cab's already here." "That's okay. I'll take care of it." "SAM:" "What are--?" "Here you go." "JACK:" "I'm not angry. I'm disappointed." "SAM:" "Do you want to hear my side of it?" "How can there be two sides?" "I got every question right on the final." "Mr. Spengler failed me..." "...because I didn't write the solutions." "Why not?" "I do them in my head." "Did you tell him that?" "l did." "He didn't believe me." "He said if he can't do them in his head, I'm cheating." "Ridiculous." "How can he fail you for being smarter than he is?" "That's what I said." "You did?" "How'd he take it?" "He flunked me, remember?" "Oh, yeah." "Sam, I'm sorry." "I jumped to conclusions." "I'm gonna call this guy and have a word with him." "We'll straighten this out." "MAN:" "Hey, you can't park there." "Don't worry about it." "JACK:" "Sam?" "Sam." "FLIGHT DIRECTOR [OVER radio]:" "Parker, this is Houston." "We're seeing some bad weather over Canaverai." "It doesn't look like you're coming back this week." "Your wife's gonna give me an earful." "Roger that." "HIDEKl:" "Hey, come take a look at this storm system. lt's enormous." "[THUNDER rumbling]" "You all right?" "He's afraid of flying." "I'm fine." "[BEEPS]" "Statistically, the chance of a plane going down because of turbulence is less than, what, one in a billion?" "Or is it a million?" "l can't remember if it's a" "Shut up, Brian." "Listen, Sam don't pay attention to him, okay?" "Everything's fine." "They're still serving drinks." "[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]" "[BEEPS]" "pilot [OVER PA]:" "It appears we're gonna have a bumpy ride for the next few minutes." "Please fasten your seat belts and put your tray tables and seats in their upright positions until we get through this." "Thank you." "Whoa!" "STEWARDESS:" "Grab it." "Watch out!" "[gasping]" "[PASSENGERS SCREAMING]" "LAURA:" "Sam?" "Sam." "Hm?" "Can I have my hand back?" "I can't believe I'll be alone with my mom." "Be patient with her." "She's been looking forward to this holiday." "I know." "I love you." "I love you too." "Hey." "Hey, hello." "Bye-bye." "MAN [ON TV]:" "The cause ofthiS extreme weather remains a mystery although some meteorologists believe sunspots are to blame." "Hundreds are missing...." "RAPSON:" "This is odd." "[COMPUTER BEEPING]" "There's a buoy registering a 1 3-degree drop in temperature." "Oh, yeah, that's right." "That buoy malfunctioned the other day." "I'll see if there are ships near Georges Bank to get it." "This buoy isn't in Georges Bank." "It's just off Greenland." "simon:" "What?" "What are the odds of two buoys failing?" "Remote." "Make that three." "[HORNS HONKING]" "LUTHER:" "Just another typical day in New York City." "Traffic jam, 1 0 blocks long." "Look here, Buddha." "These people, and their cars, and their exhaust and they're polluting the atmosphere." "LAURA:" "Excuse me, sir." "We're really late." "We're almost there." "We're only two blocks away." "Let's walk." "[DOG barking]" "[BIRDS chirping]" "[SEAL BARKING]" "[BEAR ROARING]" "What's gotten into them?" "CESAR:" "I have no idea." "They're all worked up today." "[WOLVES HOWLING]" "In 1 532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro defeated this Incan emperor at the Peruvian highland town of Cajamarca." "What is his name?" "Time." "[THUNDER rumbling]" "Montezuma." "No, no, Montezuma was in Mexico, not Peru." "It's, like, Anta-something." "Atahualpa?" "That's it!" "REFEREE:" "Time's up." "Correct answers, please." "That's five points for Woodmont and five points for Pinehurst Academy." "[CROWD applauding]" "Next question." "In what year did Louis Quatorze ascend to the throne of France?" "[music playing]" "[chattering]" "This place is so retro, it might actually be cool if it were on purpose." "Mm." "Yeah, look at all these nerds." "Hey." "You look beautiful." "Thanks." "This place is incredible." "Do you believe this is their cafeteria?" "You played a great first round." "So did you." "These are my teammates, Sam and Brian." "l'm Laura." "Oh, I'm J.D." "Your school's amazing." "Would you like a tour?" "Sure." "That'd be great." "Could you hold this for a sec?" "Yeah, sure." "Thanks." "Man, you got some serious competition." "SAM:" "Please." "And I'll bet he's really rich too." "Shut up." "[THUNDER rumbling]" "[PHONE ringing]" "Who is it?" "RAPSON:" "Terry Rapson here." "Sorry to call you so early." "No, professor, it's all right." "What is it?" "RAPSON:" "Well, we've found something extraordinary." "Extraordinary and disturbing, that is." "You recall what you said in New Delhi about how polar melting might disrupt the North Atlantic Current?" "JACK:" "Yes." "RAPSON:" "Well I think it's happening." "What do you mean?" "RAPSON:" "One of our NOMAD buoys registered a 1 3-degree drop in surface temperature." "I've sent you an e-mail." "Hold on." "RAPSON:" "At first we thought it was a malfunction." "But there are four more across the North Atlantic showing the same thing." "JACK:" "This is unbelievable." "You predicted it would happen." "JACK:" "Yes, but not in our lifetime." "This is too fast." "There are no forecast models remotely capable of plotting this scenario, except yours." "My model is a reconstruction of a prehistoric climate shift." "It's not a forecast model." "RAPSON:" "It's the closest thing we have." "Nothing like this has ever happened before." "At least not in the last 1 0,000 years." "[wind whistling]" "[THUNDER rumbling]" "TOMMY [ON TV]:" "AS I predicted, the swell off Hurricane Noelani is incredible." "These waves are even bigger than i imagined." "Just take a look." "[PHONE ringing]" "Shouldn't you be monitoring the weather?" "This is L.A. What weather?" "Wait." "What's that noise?" "BOB:" "What noise?" "[MOTOR humming]" "[PHONE ringing]" "[SIGHS]" "Honey, I'll be right back." "REPORTER [ON TV]:" "The Coast Guard closed the beaches as waves have grown too big for surfers." "L.A. Weather Center." "MAN:" "It's Tommy." "I'm in the middle of something." "What do you need?" "[GRUNTlNG]" "TOMMY:" "There's hail the size of golf balls coming down here." "MAN [ON TV]:" "A low-preSSure system along the coast is creating a cyclonic system across the L.A. Basin." "[PHONE ringing]" "JEFF:" "Yeah?" "Boss, turn on The Weather Channel." "I think we have to issue a tornado warning." "What are you talking about?" "REPORTER [ON TV]:" "Palmdale and Lancaster are reporting wind speeds...." "Hold on a second." "REPORTER [ON TV]:" "Conditions unusual for California." "[wind whistling]" "We're building a forecast model, we need" " What?" "Priority access to the mainframe for two days, maybe three." "ls that it?" "Anything else?" "We need it immediately." "I'd say you've lost your mind but you've been this way for the past 20 years." "JACK:" "Tom, this is important." "JANET:" "What is this forecast model you're building?" "GOMEZ:" "Janet Tokada, this is Jack Hall." "Janet's a hurricane specialist with NASA." "Jack's a paleoclimatologist, and I have absolutely no idea what he's up to." "Booker." "What's going on here?" "BOOKER:" "They just issued a tornado warning in Los Angeles." "REPORTER 1 [ON TV]:" "Breaking news as we prepare to go live to Los Angeles." "Report's just coming in." "Reports are coming in about extreme weather in the area." "Okay, we're now going live to our Fox affiliate in Los Angeles." "REPORTER 2 ON [TV]:" "We have live coverage now from our Fox 1 1 chopper." "Are you there, Bart?" "Yes, I'm here." "These tornadoes are forming so fast" "pilot:" "Bart!" "What?" "Oh!" "Oh, my God." "Lisa, are you getting this on camera?" "This tornado just erased the Hollywood sign." "The Holiywood sign is gone." "It's just shredded." "lisa:" "Bart, what can you see?" "is anyone hurt?" "BART:" "I wouldn't be surprised." "There is so much damage." "And there are people down there taking pictures." "Hey, what the hell are you guys doing?" "Go for cover!" "You can't stay here!" "Get out of here!" "TOMMY:" "What you're seeing are two actual tornadoes striking Los Angeles International Airport." "Wait. lt looks like they've joined and formed one large tornado." "CAMERAMAN:" "Tommy!" "Oh, my God!" "Holy shit!" "REPORTER [ON TV]:" "I'd like to urge our viewers to stay away...." "Jeff, where are you?" "l'm on Yucca and Vine." "l'm on my way." "You're on TV." "You're in the middle of it." "God!" "Oh, my God!" "You gotta get out of there, man." "BART:" "That bus got dropped on that Porsche!" "[dial TONE BUZZING]" "I hope no one was in that car." "REPORTER 2 [ON TV]:" "For our national audience joining us we are going live to downtown Los Angeles right now." "Tommy?" "If you look over there behind me, that's a tornado." "Yes, a twister in Los Angeles." "It's one of many tornadoes that are destroying our city." "There's another one." "That's the Los Angeles skyline." "It's unbelievable!" "It's huge!" "I've never seen anything like it." "[gasping]" "What's happening?" "It looks like some sort of huge, horrific, terrifying nightmare" "CAMERAMAN:" "Look out" "This is the real thing." "[electricity crackling]" "[wind whistling]" "[indistinct CHATTER OVER RADIO]" "[CAR ALARM BLARING]" "Yes, I'm looking at it right now." "[CHATTER OVER TV]" "Yes, it is." "BLAKE:" "What's happening?" "I'll call you back." "Mr. President, Los Angeles has been devastated by a series of tornadoes." "On top of that, the FAA wants your approval to suspend all air traffic." "What do you think we should do?" "Until we can figure it out I don't think we have much choice, sir." "REPORTER [ON TV]:" "What you're seeing is what's left of downtown Los Angeles." "Hey, man, I just got off the phone with my mom." "Excuse me." "I'm really sorry, but we need to change the channel." "[CROWD yelling]" "REPORTER [ON TV]:" "The FAA has grounded ali air traffic in the United States." "Unfortunately, the order came too late for two planes brought down by severe turbulence in the Midwest." "The first flight...." "So much for "one in a billion."" "[chattering]" "All right." "All right, listen up, everybody." "Listen up, please." "We've got a lot of work to do, and we don't have much time so let's get started, please." "Vorsteen?" "All our grid models are worthless." "I don't think grid models are gonna be a lot of help here." "Canadians report tremendous circulation moving from the Arctic." "In Siberia, there's a low-pressure system never before seen." "And Australia just saw the strongest typhoon ever recorded." "LANSON:" "These are interconnected?" "BOOKER:" "We have to consider the possibility." "The only force strong enough to affect global weather is the sun." "What's NASA have to say?" "We've already checked." "Solar output is normal." "JACK:" "What about the North Atlantic Current?" "VORSTEEN:" "What about it?" "I got a call last night from Professor Rapson at the Hedland Center." "He thinks the current has changed." "[chattering]" "Oh, come on, Jack." "How could that be?" "The current depends upon a balance of salt and freshwater." "We all know that." "Yes but no one knows how much freshwater has been dumped into the ocean because of melting polar ice." "I think we've hit a critical desalinization point." "[chattering]" "It would explain what's driving this extreme weather." "Hedland had some pretty convincing data." "They've asked me to feed it into my paleoclimate model to track the next events." "Are you suggesting these weather anomalies are gonna continue?" "Not just continue." "Get worse." "I think we're on the verge of a major climate shift." "[chattering]" "JACK:" "What are you gonna tell the Administration?" "What do you expect me to tell them?" "The government has to make preparations." "You have a theory." "Give me the mainframe. I'll prove it." "No." "You have 48 hours." "JANET:" "Professor Hall." "Yes." "l think your theory may be correct." "Walk with me." "Just a few weeks ago, I monitored the strongest hurricane on record." "The hail, the tornadoes, it all fits." "Can your model factor in storm scenarios?" "We haven't had the time." "Well, maybe I can help." "Welcome aboard." "Thanks." "Hi, I'm Jason." "Hi." "Hi." "Ow." "LUCY:" "Do you have Peter's CT scan results?" "Yeah." "The treatments shrunk the tumor 20 percent." "ls his eyesight better today?" "No." "No change." "[MONITOR BEEPlNG]" "Hi, Peter." "How are you doing today?" "A little better." "Good." "Let me listen here." "Can you read that?" "No, but I remember the story from the pictures." "You do?" "My mother used to read it to me." "She must be very proud of you." "You've been such a brave, big boy." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "[THUNDER rumbling]" "JASON:" "Here you go." "Thank you." "Jack, you've been working for 24 hours straight." "You're the only one who hasn't taken a break." "[SIGHS]" "Maybe I'll try to shut my eyes for a while." "Call me when you get the results." "Frank, is he always so obsessive?" "Yeah." "Yes." "Does he ever lighten up?" "Not really." "No." "How long have you been working together?" "Well, Frank's been working with him since the Stone Age, but I've only had to endure two years of servitude." "Jack." "Jack, we got the results." "Six to eight months?" "That can't be." "That time scale isn't in months." "It's in weeks." "REPORTER [ON TV]:" "widespread flooding has caused numerous closures including the Lincoln and Holiand Tunnels." "SAM:" "The plumbing in the school is really old." "With this rain, the sewage got stopped up." "JACK:" "Where are you staying?" "SAM:" "They're finding a place for us with kids here." "You can't get home any sooner than tomorrow?" "Well, look, Dad, I would if I could, you know." "It's just...." "Where we should stay." "Stay at my place." "This smell is unbearable, Dad." "Stop kidding around!" "I want you home." "Dad, I'll be on the train." "Do me a favor." "Just don't worry about me. I'll figure it out." "All right, son." "I'll see you tomorrow." "Hey, Sam, guess what." "[coughing]" "We got a place to stay." "Great." "REPORTER [ON TV]:" "The terrible weather hasn't hit D.C but local residents aren't taking chances as people stock up for what is already being billed as..." "...the worst storm season on record." "Better be sure." "My ass is on the line." "You saw the model." "And I hope to God it's wrong." "Mr." "Vice President." "Tom." "You know Professor Hall." "Yes, we've met." "Professor Hall has some information I think you should look at." "We just got these results from our simulation model." "They explain what's causing this weather." "I'll read it later. I have to meet with the director of FEMA" "This is very urgent." "Our climate is changing violently. lt will happen over the next six to eight weeks." "You said this wouldn't happen for another 1 00 years." "l was wrong." "Well, suppose you're wrong this time." "I wish I were, but you're aware of what's happening everywhere." "We're making all the necessary preparations for this storm." "What more do you expect?" "You have to start thinking about large-scale evacuations right now." "Especially in the Northern states." "Evacuations?" "Yes." "Have you lost your mind, Hall?" "I have to go." "Mr. Vice President!" "If we don't act now, it's going to be too late." "Come on, Jack." "LAURA:" "Thanks for bringing us here." "l couldn't let you leave New York without seeing the Natural History Museum." "Of course not." "It's a fine collection of stuffed animals." "Hey, guys, check this out." ""The body of this mammoth was found perfectly preserved in the Siberian tundra with food still in its mouth and stomach indicating that it froze instantly while grazing."" "REPORTER [ON TV]:" "It's been 24 hours since snow started failing across the British isles and over Northern Europe." "It shows no signs of letting up." "No, no, no." "You've got to stop worrying." "No, no." "It's fine." "We've got plenty of supplies." "We're just snowed in." "Yeah." "No, it's all right." "It's all right." "No, you stay where you are." "I'll be fine." "Yeah, I love you too." "Okay, bye." "Hey." "How's Jeanette?" "Oh, fine." "The ferry just landed." "dennis:" "Must be nice in Spain." "Wish I was there." "REPORTER [ON TV]:" "A Search-and-reScue team has been deployed by helicopter to airlift the royal family to safety." "Yeah, you think they'll come get us?" "Not likely." "Luckily we've got our own genny, enough tea and biscuits to sink a ship." "Oh, we'll be fine." "As long as the loo doesn't back up again." "[laughing]" "REPORTER [ON TV]:" "In Ireland, those remaining in Belfast and Bambridge have been urged to evacuate to Dublin as soon as possible." "The north continues to receive the worst of the storm and conditions in the south are expected to worsen." "PILOT 1:" "We've got zero visibility." "Maintain heading and speed." "pilot 2:" "What's our heading?" "COPlLOT: 035, sir." "Approximately 40 kilometers from Balmoral Castle." "pilot 1 :" "We've lost visual contact with you." "This gauge can't be right." "PILOT 1:" "Wind speed has dropped to zero." "We have vertical walls of cirrus cloud formations." "[buzzing]" "COPlLOT:" "What is going on?" "pilot 2:" "The bloody fuel lines are starting to freeze." "[YELLING lNDlSTlNCTLY]" "pilot 3:" "Port engine pressure is dropping." "The rotor rpm is dropping." "We've got a flameout on the starboard side as well." "Prepare for crash landing." "Select emergency fuel." "Come on, you bastard!" "Come on!" "RAPSON:" "What I'm about to say is supposed to be confidential." "Several hours ago, three helicopters went down over Scotland." "They crashed because the fuel in their lines froze." "JACK:" "At what temperature does--?" "RAPSON:" "Negative 1 50 degrees Fahrenheit." "We had to look it up." "The temperature dropped phenomenally fast." "On the ground, people froze before they could get out of their cars even." "Can you get a satellite picture of Scotland two hours ago?" "Yeah." "We've got mountains of data but nowhere near enough computer power to analyze it." "Can you help us?" "Send us what you got." "We'll do our best." "RAPSON:" "Thanks, Jack." "Bye for now." "This is Scotland at the time the temperature dropped." "FRANK:" "This thing looks just like a hurricane." "JANET:" "Only hurricanes don't form over land." "[THUNDER rumbling]" "Good evening, sir." "Hey, Harold." "Thanks." "See you in the morning." "Right, sir." "DOORMAN:" "Terrible weather." "J.D.:" "Tell me about it." "LAURA:" "Wow." "You live here?" "J.D.:" "Just on the weekends." "It's my dad's place." "He's kind of never around, so...." "Where is he?" "Skiing in Europe with my stepmom." "LAURA:" "Is this you and your brother?" "Yeah, that's when we took a bike trip together." "It's been raining like this for three days now." "[HORNS HONKING]" "MAN:" "Come on, hurry up." "I'm just standing here." "You can't stay here." "LUTHER:" "I never liked this neighborhood." "REPORTER 1 [ON TV]:" "It's a mob Scene here at Grand Central Station." "Over half the platforms are flooded and service has been suspended on ali trains." "With planes still grounded and trains now out of service that's bad news for the...." "Victor's coming to pick me up." "You guys want a ride to the train station?" "Not anymore." "REPORTER 2 [ON TV]:" "In Nova Scotia earlier today the ocean rose by 25 feet in a matter of seconds." "What we have feared for the past few days has indeed happened." "The cold front moving from the Arctic has created an enormous storm system in Canada which, incredible as it sounds, looks more like a tropical hurricane...." "I gotta go pick up my little brother." "Do you guys want a ride?" "Where is he?" "J.D.:" "He's in a boarding school in Philadelphia." "REPORTER 2 [ON TV]:" "If this system moves south we could see a wind-driven storm surge threaten the entire Eastern Seaboard." "Okay, bye." "Victor's stuck in traffic over on Fifth Avenue." "It'll be easier if we meet him over there." "All right." "You mean walk?" "No, not in this." "We should take the stairs." "We're on the top floor." "I guess we're walking." "[HORNS HONKING]" "Maybe we should just stay here." "I think the young lady is right." "No." "We need to get home." "[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]" "[GOATS NElGHING]" "Hey, Cesar, come here." "CESAR:" "What are you doing?" "The wolves, they're gone." "REPORTER [ON TV]:" "To give you an idea of the situation which seems to be becoming worse with each passing minute:" "At the moment, we have flooding in most parts of the island." "We've got traffic snari-ups because the electricity is now out to almost every part of Manhattan." "No traffic signals." "Car accidents, at least 200." "And lower Manhattan, we've been told, is virtually inaccessible." "[THUNDER rumbling]" "[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]" "Can you call Mom?" "Will you please phone her for me?" "SECURITY GUARD:" "Hey." "[GRUNTlNG]" "That dog can't come in here." "Come on, man." "It's pouring out there." "I don't care." "Read the sign." "It's supposed to be a public library." "[DOG barking]" "J.D.:" "Come on, guys, this way." "GARY:" "Excuse me." "Your bad." "TONY:" "Goddamn 1 500-dollar waterproof raincoat." "GARY:" "Please, shut up, man." "PAUL:" "There must be rats everywhere." "GARY:" "That's because it's New York." "Hey!" "Hey!" "Open up." "BUS driver:" "It's out of service." "Come on." "lt's out of service." "l'll give you $1 00." "BUS driver:" "You don't have to do that." "No, really. $200." "I won't have it." "God, I love buses." "This is so much fun." "This is gonna be the bomb." "J.D.:" "Hello?" "l can't reach my driver." "No signal." "LAURA:" "This is insane." "We're not gonna be able to drive." "We should go back." "brian:" "Yeah, I vote for that." "Are you kidding?" "We have to get higher!" "Come on." "Up to the library." "CAMPBELL:" "Calm down." "[WOMAN shouting in FRENCH]" "I can't understand what you're saying." "If you stay calm, ma'am, I'll get you out." "[GASPS]" "CAMPBELL:" "The door is jammed!" "I don't speak French!" "[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]" "Hey, where's Laura?" "She was just right there." "She's right there!" "Right there, see?" "What is she doing?" "Tell them to cover their eyes." "[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "[CHILD SCREAMS]" "REPORTER [OVER radio]:" "There is a wall of water coming towards New York City" "[screaming]" "[gasping]" "[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "CAMPBELL:" "What?" "Her bag's in the cab." "Their passports." "CAMPBELL:" "Forget about it." "LAURA:" "I'll get it." "CAMPBELL:" "Come on." "[RUMBLING]" "Oh, my...." "Laura!" "Sam." "No!" "Brian, no!" "Laura!" "Laura, look!" "Come on." "Come!" "Come on!" "brian:" "Sam!" "J.D.:" "No!" "[GLASS shattering]" "[DOG barking]" "simon:" "Professor." "RAPSON:" "Oh, thank you." "ls that Neville's handiwork?" "Neville's way beyond stick figures." "He's 6 already." "Oh." "No, this masterpiece belongs to my second grandson, David." "God." "I can't believe Neville's 6 already." "You won't believe how fast they grow." "I've got Jack Hall on the phone." "They've run the data we've sent them." "Here he is." "Jack, were you able to re-create the thermal cycle?" "Yes." "The storm's rotation is pulling supercooled air all the way down from the upper troposphere." "But shouldn't the air warm up before it reaches ground level?" "JACK:" "It should." "But it doesn't." "The air's descending too rapidly." "Is this an isolated incident?" "I'm afraid not." "We've located two supercells in addition to the one over Scotland." "One over Northern Canada and another one over Siberia." "And do we know their projected paths?" "JACK:" "Yes." "Our previous estimates of six to eight weeks weren't even close." "This one storm is going to change the face of our planet." "Here's a projection of 24 hours out." "This is 48 hours out." "And in seven to 1 0 days...." "When this storm is over we'il be in a new ice age." "My God." "Professor it's time you got out of there." "I'm afraid that time has come and gone, my friend." "What can we do?" "Save as many as you can." "[STATIC CRACKLES]" "[dial TONE BUZZING]" "[PHONE rings]" "FRANK:" "Jack something's happened in New York." "No, the power is out." "I've been in here all day." "SECURITY GUARD:" "Who needs help?" "WOMAN:" "Here." "Over here." "[BABY crying]" "[chattering]" "[DOG whimpering]" "What?" "This is the last one." "Enjoy it." "Greedy." "OPERATOR [OVER PHONE]:" "Ali circuits are busy at this time." "Listen, thanks for coming back for me." "It was really brave." "I guess I better return her bag." "[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "J.D.:" "Sam?" "Just tell her how you feel." "Yeah." "[dialing]" "Did you reach your little brother yet?" "No, there's still no service." "Damn cell phones." "Excuse me." "Yes." "Are there pay phones on the upper floors?" "No, no, no." "There are some on the mezzanine." "Great." "But I think it's underwater." "Where you going?" "Power's out." "SAM:" "Older pay phones draw power directly from the line." "WOMAN [OVER PA]:" "There will be an emergency meeting...." "Oh, God. I've been trying to reach Sam." "So have I." "I tried to call and couldn't get you." "It's been a madhouse here." "Come on." "Are you sure about this?" "[GRUNTlNG]" "[dial TONE BUZZING]" "It works." "I love that picture." "LUCY:" "Yeah, so do I." "Where was that taken?" "Miami." "Well, where was I?" "I don't remember that trip." "Sam and I went with my sister." "You were in Alaska doing research on your doctorate." "[SIGHS]" "Remember what he was like when he was that age?" "Everything was "one more."" "One more bedtime story." "One more ride on my shoulders. "One more, Daddy."" "Jack." "Sam's on the phone." "Line four." "Sam?" "Dad!" "JACK:" "Where are you?" "Are you all right?" "l'm all right." "We're at the Public Library." "lt's Mom. I'm so happy you're okay." "SAM:" "Mom." "Can you call Laura and Brian's parents and tell them we're all right?" "LUCY:" "Yes, of course." "Sam, what's that noise?" "Sam?" "Sam?" "[gasping]" "SAM:" "What is going on out there, Dad?" "Sam." "Sam, listen to me." "Listen very carefully." "Forget what I said about heading south." "It's too late." "The storm is gonna get worse." "It'il turn into a massive blizzard with an eye in the center like a huge hurricane." "Uh-huh." "Only the air will be so cold, you could freeze to death in seconds." "LAURA:" "Sam?" "Well, what should we do?" "JACK:" "Listen to me, son." "Do not go outside." "Burn what you can to stay warm, and try to wait it out." "I will come for you." "Do you understand me?" "I will come for you." "[GRUNTlNG]" "LAURA:" "Sam?" "Sam, come back!" "JACK:" "Sam?" "LUCY:" "Sam?" "JACK:" "Sam, did you hear me?" "Did you hear me?" "LUCY:" "Sam?" "Tell me he's gonna be okay" "He's gonna be all right." "He's gonna be all right, you understand?" "[gasping]" "I thought you'd drowned." "Let's find some dry clothes for you." "Come on." "Where'd you store the arctic gear?" "You can't make it to New York, Jack." "I've walked that far before in the snow." "FRANK:" "This is not the same." "Jack, this is not the same." "Lucy, tell him." "I have to do this." "I know." "SAM:" "My hands are shak" "Shaking." "That's okay." "Here." "Here." "Come here." "What are you doing?" "I'm using my body heat to warm you." "If we let the blood from your arms and legs rush back to your heart too quickly your heart could fail." "[SAM GASPING]" "Where--?" "Where did you learn that?" "Some of us were actually paying attention in health class." "How are you feeling?" "Much better." "GOMEZ:" "Frank told me about Sam." "I won't try to talk you out of going, but there's something I need first." "You have to explain your results to the Administration." "l already tried that, Tom." "l know. lt'll be different." "You're gonna brief the president directly." "CAMPBELL:" "Is that the last of it?" "LAURA:" "Pretty much." "CAMPBELL:" "Okay." "We also found this radio, but I don't think it works." "Let me see it." "[DOG barking]" "Buddha, keep quiet." "You ain't even supposed to be in here anyway." "[RUMBLING]" "[METAL SCRAPING]" "Come on, guys." "Oh, my God." "[GLASS shattering]" "The basic rule of storms is they continue until the imbalance that created them is corrected." "In this case, we're talking about a global realignment." "This superstorm will last seven to 1 0 days." "When it's over, ice and snow will cover the entire Northern Hemisphere." "The ice and snow will reflect sunlight." "The Earth's atmosphere will restabilize with an average temperature close to that of the last ice Age." "Well, what can we do about this?" "Head as far south as possible." "That is not amusing, professor." "Where do you suggest they go?" "The farther south they go, the safer they'll be." "Texas." "Parts of Florida that aren't flooded." "Mexico would be best." "Mexico?" "Maybe you should stick to science and leave policy to us." "GOMEZ:" "Well, we tried that approach." "You didn't wanna hear about the science when it could have made a difference." "What exactly are you proposing, professor?" "Evacuate everyone south of that line." "What about the people in the North?" "I'm afraid it's too late for them." "If they go outside the storm will kill them." "At this point their best chance is to stay inside." "Try to ride it out." "Pray." "What do you think he'll do?" "I don't know." "Jack thanks and good luck." "You too." "We're all gonna need it." "We can't evacuate half the country because one scientist thinks the climate is shifting." "Every minute we delay costs lives." "And the other half of the country?" "If Professor Hall is right about this storm sending troops north will create more victims." "We need to save the people we can right now." "We take the same approach in triage on the battlefield." "Sometimes it's necessary to make difficult choices" "I don't accept abandoning half the country is necessary." "Maybe if you listened sooner, it wouldn't be." "Bullshit. lt's easy for him to suggest this plan." "He's safely here in Washington." "His son is in Manhattan." "I thought you should know before you start questioning his motives." "We're going to follow Hall's plan." "General." "Sir?" "Give the order for the National Guard to evacuate Southern states." "pierce:" "Yes, sir." "Vivian get me my wife." "[wind whistling]" "[GENERATOR WHIRRlNG]" "dennis:" "Sorry, mates, but we're just about out of petrol." "simon:" "Hey." "Is there any chance that it'll run on this?" "RAPSON:" "Are you mad?" "That's a 1 2-year-old Scotch." "[LAUGHS]" "Gentlemen." "To England." "To mankind." "To Manchester United." "I just...." "I just wish I could have seen him grow up." "You know?" "The important thing is he will grow up." "Amen." "CAMPBELL:" "Maybe you should have somebody help you." "Sir, I am president of the Electronics Club the Math Club and the Chess Club." "Now, if there's a bigger nerd in here, please, point him out." "I'll just leave you alone to work on it, okay?" "LUTHER:" "Come on, Buddha, come on." "Do your business." "Look, there's nobody around." "You know what?" "I'll turn around." "I won't look. I promise." "[DOG barking]" "What?" "Hey, man, there's people out there." "I was walking my dog." "There's hundreds of them." "They're walking on the snow." "MAN:" "Where they all going?" "They're getting out of the city before it's too late." "CAMPBELL:" "All right, everybody." "Quiet down." "When was the last time anyone got a signal on a cell phone?" "I got through to my cousin in Memphis an hour ago." "They're being evacuated to the South." "CAMPBELL:" "We should get moving." "The water is frozen over enough to walk on." "We should go before the snow gets too deep." "[chattering]" "CAMPBELL:" "Everyone, wrap yourselves up as fast as you can." "We shouldn't go." "Why not, Sam?" "Everyone's leaving." "When I talked to my dad, he told me to stay inside." "The storm will kill anybody in it." "Then you have to say something." "l know." "Excuse me, sir, you're making a mistake." "What?" "Listen, we're all scared, but we've got no choice." "That's not it." "Get ready to go." "If these people go outside, they will freeze to death!" "Okay, what is this nonsense?" "It's not nonsense." "All right?" "Look, this storm is gonna get worse." "The people caught outside will freeze to death." "Where are you getting this?" "My dad's a climatologist." "He works for the government." "So, what do we do?" "We stay inside, we keep warm, and we wait it out." "The snow is getting deeper by the minute." "We'd be trapped here without food, supplies...." "lt's a risk, yeah-- CAMPBELL:" "An unnecessary risk." "SAM:" "No, no." "It's not." "CAMPBELL:" "We've wasted enough time talking." "Let's go." "Look, look." "Just look for a second." "CAMPBELL:" "Come on, everybody" "This storm is gonna get bad." "It's gonna get really, really bad." "You're not gonna be able to survive it." "Believe me." "Sir, please just stay." "Just stay." "Just don't...." "MARIA:" "She's set to go." "Come on, straight to the back, guys." "JACK [OVER PHONE]:" "It'il be impossible to reach each other." "Leave a message for me at the embassy in Mexico City." "Okay, I will." "I love you." "I love you, Jack." "Tell Sam I love him so much." "God be with you." "Dr." "Hall?" "Yeah." "We haven't been able to reach Peter's parents." "l'm gonna try later, okay?" "Okay." "Thank you." "I got it." "You're supposed to be on a bus heading south." "I've been watching your back for 20 years." "You think I'd let you go alone?" "And all these years I thought I was watching your back." "Where are the keys?" "In the truck." "Where do you think you're going?" "Neither one of you can 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." "REPORTER 1 :" "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 in anticipation of crossing into Mexico." "Instead, they've been met with closed gates." "REPORTER 2:" "And now, in a dramatic reversal of illegal immigration thousands of people are crossing the Rio Grande into Mexico." "The scene 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." "judith:" "Here it is." "This fireplace probably hasn't been used in about 1 00 years." "All right." "What are you doing?" "What did you think we would burn?" "You can't burn books." "No, absolutely not." "You want to 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." "[DOG barking]" "We're not gonna last long on MM's and potato chips." "What about the garbage cans?" "There's always something to eat in the garbage." "Friedrich Nietzsche?" "We can't burn Nietzsche." "He was the most important thinker of the 1 9th century." "Please." "He was a chauvinist pig in love with his sister." "He was not a chauvinist pig." "But he was in love with his sister." "brian:" "Excuse me?" "You guys?" "Yeah, there's a whole section on tax law down here that we can burn." "REPORTER [ON TV]:" "After hours of uncertainty, traffic is moving smoothly from the United States into Mexico." "This is only possible because the president was able to negotiate a deal to forgive ali Latin American debt in exchange for opening the border." "Now, multitudes of American families are feeling a rush of relief...." "[LUCY speaking lNDlSTlNCTLY]" "Lucy?" "Is Peter's ambulance here?" "No." "Why?" "They've all gone." "What?" "ln the confusion I don't know what happened." "People started to panic, and they left...." "God." "There's a policeman with a snowplow." "He's waiting outside." "God." "Peter can't be moved in anything but an ambulance." "I called and left a message for the county ambulance service." "Okay." "Okay, you should go, and I'll stay and wait." "Lucy, no." "No." "No, you should go." "He's not gonna wait forever." "It's okay." "I'm sorry." "lt's okay." "All right." "[gasping]" "You all right?" "Yeah, I'm fine." "I just-- I cut my leg the other day." "[STATIC CRACKLING]" "Did you get a signal?" "brian:" "Yeah, for a minute." "And?" "brian:" "Man, this storm is everywhere." "It's hit the entire Northern Hemisphere." "Europe is buried under 1 5 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 [OVER radio]:" "The White house has ordered a disaster alert for ali 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 as far south as Pennsylvania...." "Where are we?" "Looks like we're just north of Philadelphia." "JACK:" "Look out!" "You guys okay?" "Yeah." "JASON:" "Yeah." "MAN [OVER radio]:" "Roads across the...." "Sorry, boss." "Unpack the snowshoes." "We're walking from here." "CAMPBELL:" "Come on, ma'am." "Let's get up and get going." "MAN:" "We've only made it to Brooklyn." "Maybe we should just turn back." "SECURITY GUARD:" "Why?" "Half the city's frozen." "There's nothing to go back to." "CAMPBELL:" "Get up, keep moving." "What we should've done is stayed in the library." "Okay, guys, let's get moving." "Wake up." "What are you doing?" "LUTHER:" "Insulating." "Newspaper's best, but this'll do." "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?" "[SAM LAUGHS]" "All right." "I went to Greenland with my dad on one of his research trips a few years ago and the ship broke down, and we got stuck." "And it rained constantly." "That sounds really boring." "But actually really nice, you know?" "Just me and my dad hanging out for 1 0 days." "[SIGHS]" "[GLASS shattering]" "[GRUNTlNG]" "[screaming]" "JACK:" "Frank!" "Are you all right?" "FRANK:" "I'm fine." "I just dropped in to do a little shopping." "I gotta lose this sled." "Hold on!" "We'll pull you up." "Jason!" "You've got to support Frank's weight." "Okay, I'll try." "Okay, I think I have his weight now." "I'm coming to you." "[GLASS cracking]" "The glass is breaking!" "Too much weight." "It's not gonna hold." "No." "No." "Frank. I can get you out." "Don't do it!" "No, Frank, no!" "JACK:" "Frank, no!" "Frank!" "ELSA:" "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." "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." "You can laugh." "But if Western civilization is finished I'm gonna save at least one little piece of it." "We heard somebody was left behind." "We brought an ambulance." "Thank God." "Thank you so much for coming." "[GASPS]" "[coughing]" "SAM:" "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." "lt'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." "lt was all for nothing." "No, no." "I" "No, I just-- l just said that to avoid admitting the truth." "Truth about what?" "About why I joined the team." "I joined it because of you." "Hey." "[indistinct CHATTER OVER RADIO]" "BLAKE:" "I know." "I know." "pierce:" "Mr. President." "All right." "I'm sorry, sir, we can't wait any longer." "We're the last ones." "All right." "pilot:" "Mexicali Control, this is Delta 26." "We've got an urgent message for high command." "Request priority for landing zone one." "air CONTROLLER:" "Roger that Delta 26." "Transport will be waiting." "CORPORAL:" "Sir." "officer:" "Thank you." "CORPORAL:" "Sorry for the delay." "officer:" "Carry on." "CORPORAL:" "Madam Secretary." "SECRETARY:" "Raymond." "The president's motorcade got caught in the storm." "They didn't make it." "SAM:" "And she wouldn't wake up this morning. l" "She only had a fever." "I don't understand." "She's awfully pale." "None of us has had anything real to eat in days." "JEREMY:" "It's hypothermia." "LUTHER:" "But how can it be hypothermia?" "We've all been in" "Maybe it's the flu." "judith:" "No, no, it's not the flu." "And how do you know?" "Books can be good for things other than burning." "What are her symptoms?" "I told you that she has a fever and her-- She's got a really cold sweat." "How's her pulse?" "lt's really fast." "Does she have any injuries?" "Like a cut that might have gotten infected?" "She was complaining about a cut on her leg a few days ago." "I didn't think anything of it." "brian:" "Oh, my gosh." "That's blood poisoning." "Septicemia." "She could go into septic shock." "I've seen that before." "That can get bad." "She needs a massive dose of penicillin or a broad-spectrum antibiotic immediately, or...." "Or what?" "PARKER:" "I've never seen anything like it." "There's no point of reference." "All I can see is cloud cover." "What are you doing?" "Taking infrared image of thermal currents." "Send to Houston, Korolev, your weather service." "PARKER:" "I'll help you." "Tom?" "Tom, wake up." "I just received some satellite images from the space station." "You better take a look." "How big is this thing?" "The vortex is 50 miles in diameter." "And growing." "The two cells over Europe and Asia are even bigger." "GOMEZ:" "Good God." "This one's gonna hit New York inside an hour." "[JASON panting]" "JACK:" "Jason!" "Are you all right?" "Jason!" "What are you doing?" "There's gotta be medicine on that ship." "I thought you said it was too dangerous to go outside." "I know I did." "Where did you find those chairs?" "Why?" "I'm going with you." "Me too." "[GRUNTlNG]" "SAM:" "Come on, damn it!" "[GRUNTlNG]" "lt's all in Russian. l-- SAM:" "I know." "brian:" "Hey, hey, hey, guys." "I found it." "What?" "How do you know?" "Because it says "penicillin" on the bottle." "brian:" "Wait." "This is the mess hall." "We should find some food." "We don't have time." "None of us are gonna survive much longer without food." "Including Laura." "Okay." "[panting]" "J.D.:" "Sam, over here." "SAM:" "What?" "Bingo." "[SAM LAUGHS]" "[growling]" "[CLANGlNG]" "[YELLS]" "SAM:" "Brian?" "brian:" "I'm okay." "J.D.:" "What happened?" "All I did was open up the cupboard." "SAM:" "We can use it." "J.D.:" "For what?" "SAM:" "Put food in it." "[WOLF growling]" "[GASPS]" "[screaming]" "SAM:" "Pull him in, Brian!" "[WOLF WHlMPERlNG]" "brian:" "You all right?" "J.D.:" "My leg." "brian:" "Here, use this." "It should be over New York by now." "Satellite readings show a temperature drop of 1 0 degrees per second." "SAM:" "You guys I think we're in the eye of it." "We gotta get back right now." "Look, I'm gonna go outside, and I'm gonna lure the wolves out of the room." "When they leave, you lock the door." "Good luck." "[GLASS CRACKS]" "[growling]" "[GRUNTlNG]" "[WOLF WHlMPERS]" "[panting]" "[GROANS]" "J.D.:" "Brian, hurry." "brian:" "I need something." "J.D.:" "Come on, hurry!" "[WOLVES growling]" "[GRUNTlNG]" "[knocking]" "SAM:" "Brian!" "Brian, open the door!" "We have to get out of here now." "Brian, get the supplies." "[GRUNTlNG]" "[wind whistling]" "Oh, shit." "Let's go!" "Pull, Brian!" "SAM:" "Take the medicine to Laura." "[GRUNTlNG]" "SAM:" "We're almost there." "Come on!" "Brian!" "Close the door!" "SAM:" "Don't let the fire go out!" "What's happening?" "[DOG barking]" "Buddha, come away from the door." "Come, Buddha, come!" "SAM:" "More books!" "More books!" "How long have I been out of it?" "Couple hours." "How do you feel?" "Okay." "What happened?" "Well, we had to get inside in kind of a hurry, so I sort of pushed you in." "I should be used to you pushing me around." "Good to have you back." "What are you doing?" "The eye of the storm has passed, and we're 40 miles from Manhattan." "Shouldn't we wait one more day?" "Sam may not have one more day." "What do you think's gonna happen to us?" "What do you mean?" "I mean us." "Civilization." "Everybody." "Mankind survived the last ice Age." "We're certainly capable of surviving this one." "All depends on whether or not we're able to learn from our mistakes." "I sure as hell would like a chance to learn from mine." "You did everything you could." "I was thinking about Sam." "Jack, you know the chances of Sam...." "I made my son a promise." "I'm going to keep it." "FLIGHT DIRECTOR [OVER radio]:" "Parker, this is Houston." "Do you read?" "PARKER:" "Roger, mission control." "Go ahead." "FLIGHT DIRECTOR:" "We got reports the storm's dissipating over North America." "Can you confirm?" "PARKER:" "Affirmative." "It's finally clearing." "We're over Europe right now." "I can see landmass for the first time in days." "How much further is it to the library?" "It should be right here." "I'm sorry, Jack." "Sam?" "Who is that?" "My father." "You made it." "Of course I did." "[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]" "Mr. President." "I've just received a shortwave radio transmission from Jack Hall." "He made it to New York." "He says there are survivors." "Thank you, Tom." "That's...." "That's good news." "BECKER:" "these past few weeks have left us ail with a profound sense of humility in the face of nature's destructive power." "For years, we operated under the belief that we could continue consuming our planet's natural resources without consequence." "We were wrong." "I was wrong." "The fact that my first address to you comes from a consulate on foreign soil is a testament to our changed reality." "Not only Americans but people all around the globe are now guests in the nations we once called The Third World." "In our time of need, they have taken us in and sheltered us." "And i am deeply grateful for their hospitality." "BECKER [ON TV]:" "We mourn the loss of a leader whose order to evacuate...." "Peter?" "Hey, you feeling okay today?" "BECKER [ON TV]:" "For days, we've despaired about the fate of the people who are trapped in the North." "Today, there is cause for hope." "Oniy a few hours ago, i received word that a small group of people survived in New York City against all odds and in the face of tremendous adversity." "I've ordered an immediate search-and-rescue mission to bring them home and to look for more survivors." "GOMEZ:" "Jack!" "It's good to see you." "Come on, let's go get onboard." "yuri:" "Look at that." "What?" "Have you ever seen the air so clear?" "Subtitles by sdl Media Group" "[ENGLISH SDH]"