Polar Storm Page #2

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the atmosphere.

Pam, are you

reading this?

Yes. I'm measuring a

radiation spike in

the belt safe-zone.

and rising.

Hey, look

at this.

Wait, that's odd.

I'm getting

a second set

of separate

readings from

the comet.

Magnify sector LP4.

[beep]

I see something

in the tail.

Copernicus is fragmenting!

We've got a piece

of the comet

breaking away.

We can't

see anything.

Can you read

the fragment's specs?

Projectile

diameter is

Velocity at

a second.

What's the trajectory?

Descending at--

It's gonna

hit Earth.

Use the belt

electron trajectory

to triangulate a

point of impact.

Working on it!

Latitude 51 degrees

and longitude 179.

James, that's only

where you are.

[breaks up]

James? Did you

hear what I said?

Get out of there!

Notify I EW to

issue an alert.

Repeat, notify

IEW to issue

an alert.

Pam, you copy?

Damn it!

Where's their

projective point

of impact?

I don't know.

I lost her.

Maybe l

can amplify

the signal.

Shockwave! Get

back in the car!

Let's get

out of here!

What's the point?

We're dead!

We can't outrun

a blast!

Avalanche bunker

at the bottom

of the hill!

Right!

Step on it, man!

[roar]

[distant explosion]

[deafening roaring]

Try uploading

the data in case

we don't make it.

James.

[deafening roaring]

Peter! Get

out of there!

Come on!

[shout]

(Lou Vanetti)

Reports of massive

damage and casualties

have been coming

in from Alaska,

northern Canada,

and eastern Russia.

Communication is

still down throughout

these affected areas.

As the death toll rises,

we're getting estimates

that as many as a quarter

of a million people

may have

perished in this

history-making disaster.

One piece of

good news

to report,

local resident

Dr. James Mayfield

has miraculously

survived the blast

despite being within

a few hundred miles

of ground zero

where the comet struck.

He is expected to

be arriving home today.

James!

I thought

I'd lost you.

It's good

to be home.

(Lou over TV)

Mayfield is one voice

raising caution...

Hey, buddy.

Hey, Dad!

[happy chuckles]

You okay?

Yeah.

Welcome home.

Thanks.

Who wants coffee?

I would love one.

Well, I'm sure you guys

has lots of science stuff

to talk about so,

Whoa, Shane.

Where are

you going?

I just got home,

sit down with us.

Yeah, I'm kinda tired.

I feel like

laying down.

He got into a

fight and broke

a telescope.

I'm making him

and the other kid

pay for it. Sorry.

No, don't be sorry.

I don't envy either

one of you.

I wouldn't want

a stepmother

for a teacher

or a stepson

for a student.

Now that you're home,

you're gonna have to

play bad cop

and do all

the disciplining.

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