Dante's Peak Page #3

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Hey, Grandma. Somebody

left their clothes here.

Sometimes couples sneak

up here for a hot dip

and some hot nookie.

Ruth, for God's sake.

Lauren, move.

Lauren, get out of the way.

Watch me, Mom.

Graham, no, no! No!

No. Stop.

Don't look, pal.

Paul, we should

monitor the entire area.

Get the whole

shooting match in here.

I don't know.

The acidity in the lake

is high enough to bother me.

There's enough carbon dioxide

coming out of the soil

to start killing

trees and wildlife...

Paul...

You sent me up here to

check. I'm doing that.

I think attention

should be paid.

All right.

I'll call you.

You guys okay?

Yeah.

Yeah.

'Bye, Mom.

I love you.

I love you, Mom.

I don't think

I'll be too late, Ruth.

'Bye.

'Bye.

You okay?

Yeah.

Any idea who they were?

No, never seen them before.

Backpackers, maybe.

What's going on here, Harry?

I don't know.

How big a problem

do you think we have?

It's too early to tell.

But I think you should call

a city council meeting.

Ready to roll?

Yeah.

I thought this was supposed

to be an extinct volcano.

Not extinct,

just dormant,

as in sleeping.

And your volcano

might just be waking up.

Mr. Dalton, you're talking about

the evacuation of 7,400 people.

You don't think

that's a little extreme?

I'm just saying to consider alerting the

town to the possibility of an evacuation.

What Mr. Dalton here

doesn't realize

is that if Elliot Blair gets the

idea that there's a problem here,

he'll take his $18 million, his 800 jobs,

and he's going to evacuate.

Les, two people

are dead and we...

This is the first

opportunity in 40 years...

Look, it's been

a very long day.

Let's try to treat

each other nicely.

Norman, why don't you pull out the

town's emergency evacuation plans?

We should at least

have a look at them.

If I can find them.

Look at this

nice little town

nestled all snug and cozy

right against the mountain.

Yeah, just like Pompeii.

Come on, let's unpack her.

The conference room should be

big enough to set up shop in.

Great, thanks.

Do you know where

I can find Harry Dalton?

He's over at the

city council chambers.

He and the mayor

called a meeting.

So, when is this mountain

likely to blow up?

I wish that predicting volcanic

eruptions were an exact science.

Unfortunately, we...

Perfect.

So, we put the town on notice,

and then nothing happens.

People, we're not the

only town in this state.

All right, so are we ready

to put it to vote?

I don't know if we've enough

information.

Paul.

Everybody, this is my boss,

Dr. Paul Dreyfus. Mayor Wando.

Hi. Rachel.

It's a pleasure indeed.

What's going on here?

I've recommended to

the council members

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