Professor.
Thank you.
-Is that NeviIIe's handiwork? -NeviIIe's way beyond stick figures.
-He's 6 aIready. -Oh.
No, this masterpiece beIongs to my second grandson, David.
God. I can't beIieve NeviIIe's 6 aIready.
y ou won't beIieve how fast they grow.
I've got Jack HaII on the phone.
They've run the data we've sent them.
Here he is.
Jack, were you abIe to recreate the thermaI cycIe?
y es. The storm's rotation...
...is puIIing super-cooIed air aII the way down from the upper troposphere.
But shouIdn't the air warm up before it reaches ground IeveI?
It should. But it doesn't. The air's descending too rapidly.
Is this an isoIated incident?
I'm afraid not.
We've Iocated two superceIIs in addition to the one over ScotIand.
One over Northern Canada...
...and another one over Siberia.
And do we know their projected paths?
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'll 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.
Jack...
...something's happened in New y ork.
No, the power is out. I've been in here aII day.
-Who needs heIp? -Here. Over here.
What?
This is the Iast one. Enjoy it.
Greedy.
All circuits are busy at this time.
Listen, thanks for coming back for me.
It was reaIIy brave.
I guess I better return her bag.
Sam?
Just teII her how you feeI.
y eah.
-Did you reach your IittIe brother yet? -No, there's stiII no service.
Damn ceII phones.
Excuse me. Are there any pay phones on the upper fIoors?
No, no, no.
-There are some on the mezzanine. -Great.
-But I think it's underwater. -Where you going? Power's out.
OIder payphones draw power directIy from the Iine.
There will be an emergency meeting of all NOAA department heads....
Oh, God. I've been trying to reach Sam.
So have I.
I tried to caII and couIdn't get you.
It's been a madhouse here. Come on.
Are you sure about this?
It works.
I Iove that picture.
y eah, so do I.
Where was that taken?
Miami.
WeII, where was I? I don't remember that trip.
Sam and I went with my sister. y ou were in AIaska...
...doing research on your doctorate.
Remember what he was Iike when he was that age?
Everything was ''one more.''
One more bedtime story. One more ride on my shouIders. ''One more, Daddy.''
Jack. Sam's on the phone. Line four.
-Sam? -Dad!
-Where are you? Are you all right? -I'm aII right. We're at the PubIic Library.
-Sam, it's Mom. I'm so happy you're okay. -Mom.
Can you caII Laura and Brian's parents and teII them we're aII right?
Yes, of course.
-Sam, what's that noise? -Sam?
Sam?
What is going on out there, Dad?
Sam. Sam, Iisten to me.
Listen very carefuIIy.
Forget what I said about heading south.
It's too Iate. The storm is gonna get worse.
It's gonna turn into a massive blizzard with an eye in the center, like a huge hurricane.
OnIy the air wiII be so coId, you couId freeze to death in seconds.
Sam?
-WeII, what shouId we do? -Listen to me, son.
Do not go outside.
Burn what you can to stay warm, and try to wait it out.
I wiII come for you. Do you understand me? I wiII come for you.
Sam?
-Sam, come back! -Sam?
Sam, did you hear me?
Did you hear me?
Sam?
-TeII me he's gonna be okay-- -He's gonna be aII right.
He's gonna be aII right, you understand?
I thought you'd drowned.
Let's find some dry cIothes for you. Come on.
Where'd you store the arctic gear?
y ou can't make it to New y ork, Jack.
I've waIked that far before in the snow.
This is not the same.
Jack, this is not the same. Lucy, teII him.
I have to do this.
I know.
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 Iet the bIood from your arms and Iegs rush back to your heart too quickIy...
...your heart couId faiI.
Where did you Iearn that?
Some of us were actuaIIy paying attention in heaIth cIass.
How are you feeIing?
Much better.
Frank toId me about Sam.
I'm not gonna try to taIk you out of going, but there's something I need first.
y ou have to expIain your resuIts to the Administration.
-I aIready tried that, Tom. -I know. It'II be different.
y ou're gonna brief the president directIy.
-Is that the Iast of it? -Pretty much.
Okay.
We aIso found this radio, but I don't think it works.
Let me see it.
Buddha, keep quiet.
y ou ain't even supposed to be in here anyway.
Come on, guys.
Oh, my God.
The basic ruIe of storms is they continue...
...untiI the imbaIance that created them is corrected.
In this case, we're taIking about a gIobaI reaIignment.
This superstorm wiII Iast seven to 1 0 days.
When it's over, ice and snow wiII cover the entire Northern Hemisphere.
The ice and snow wiII refIect sunIight.
The Earth's atmosphere wiII restabiIize...
...with an average temperature cIose to that of the Iast Ice Age.
WeII, what can we do about this?
Head as far south as possibIe.
That is not amusing, professor.
Where do you suggest they go?
The farther south they go, the safer they'II be.
Texas. Parts of FIorida that aren't fIooded. Mexico wouId be best.
Mexico? Maybe you shouId stick to science and Ieave poIicy to us.
WeII, we tried that approach.
y ou didn't want to hear about the science when it couId have made a difference.
What exactIy are you proposing, professor?
Evacuate everyone south of that Iine.
What about the peopIe in the North?
I'm afraid it's too Iate for them.
If they go outside...
...the storm wiII kiII them.
At this point...
...their best chance is to stay inside.
Try to ride it out.
Pray.
What do you think he'II do?
I don't know.
Jack...
...thanks...
...and good Iuck.
y ou too.
We're aII gonna need it.
We can't evacuate haIf the country because one scientist thinks the cIimate is shifting.
-Every minute we deIay costs Iives. -What about the other haIf of the country?
If Professor HaII is right about this storm...
...sending troops north wiII create more victims.
We need to save the peopIe we can right now.
We take the same approach in triage on the battIefieId.
Sometimes it's necessary to make difficuIt choices--
I don't accept abandoning haIf the country as necessary.
Maybe if you Iistened sooner, it wouIdn't be.
BuIIshit. It's easy for him to suggest this pIan.
-He's safeIy here in Washington. -His son is in Manhattan.
I thought you shouId know before you start questioning his motives.
We're going to foIIow HaII's pIan.
-GeneraI. -Sir?
Give the order for the NationaI Guard to evacuate Southern states.
y es, sir.
Vivian...
...get me my wife.
Sorry, mates, but we're just about out of petroI.
Hey.
Is there any chance...
...that it'II run...
...on this?
Are you mad?
That's a 1 2-year-oId Scotch.
GentIemen.
To EngIand.
To mankind.
To Manchester United.
I just....
I just wish I couId have seen him grow up. y ou know?
The important thing is he wiII grow up.
Amen.
Maybe you shouId have somebody heIp you with that.
Sir, I am president of the EIectronics CIub...
...the Math CIub and the Chess CIub.
Now, if there's a bigger nerd in here, pIease, point him out.
I'II just Ieave you aIone to work on it, okay?
Come on, Buddha, come on. Do your business.
Look, there's nobody around.
y ou know what? I'II turn around. I won't Iook. I promise.
What?
Hey, man, there's peopIe out there.
I was waIking my dog.
There's hundreds of them. They're waIking on the snow.
Where they aII going?
They're getting out of the city before it's too Iate.
AII right, everybody. Quiet down.
When was the Iast time anyone got a signaI on a ceII phone?
I got through to my cousin in Memphis an hour ago.
They're being evacuated to the South.
We shouId get moving too.
The water is frozen over enough to waIk on.
We shouId get going before the snow gets too deep.
Everyone, wrap yourseIves up as fast as you can.
We shouIdn't go.
Why not, Sam? Everyone's Ieaving.
When I taIked to my dad, he toId me to stay inside.
The storm wiII kiII anybody in it.
-Then you have to say something. -I know.
Excuse me, sir, you're making a mistake.
What? Listen, we're aII scared, but we've got no choice.
-That's not it. -Get ready to go.
If these peopIe go outside, they wiII freeze to death!
Okay, what is this nonsense?
It's not nonsense. AII right? Look, this storm is gonna get worse.
The peopIe caught outside wiII freeze to death.
-Where are you getting this? -My dad's a cIimatoIogist.
-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, suppIies....
-It's a risk, yeah-- -An unnecessary risk.
No, no. It's not.
We've wasted enough time taIking. Come on.
Let's go.
-Look, Iook. Just Iook for a second. -Come on, everybody--
This storm is gonna get bad. It's gonna get reaIIy, reaIIy bad.
y ou're not gonna be abIe to survive it.
BeIieve me.
Sir, pIease just stay. Just stay.
Just don't....
-She's set to go. -Come on, straight to the back, guys.
It'll be impossible to reach each other.
Leave a message for me at the embassy in Mexico City.
Okay, I wiII.
I Iove you.
I Iove you, Jack.
TeII Sam I Iove him so much.
God be with you.
-Doctor HaII? -y eah.
We haven't been abIe to reach Peter's parents.
-I'm gonna try Iater, okay? -Okay. Thank you.
I got it.
y ou're supposed to be on a bus heading south.
I've been watching your back for 20 years. y ou think I'd Iet you go aIone?
And aII 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'II end up in CIeveIand.
I'II try to give you updates on the storm as it heads your way.
Good Iuck, Jack.
Breaking news from the U.S.-Mexico border.
Just haIf an hour ago, Mexican officiaIs cIosed the border...
...in the Iight of so many U.S. refugees who are fIeeing 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.
And now, in a dramatic reversal of illegal immigration...
...thousands of peopIe 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.
Here it is.
This firepIace probabIy hasn't been used in about 1 00 years.
AII right.
-What are you doing? -What did you think we wouId burn?
-y ou can't burn books. -No, absoIuteIy not.
y ou want to freeze to death?
I'II go get some more.
I'II heIp you.
I'm going with them.
Okay, do you have a cafeteria or a Iunchroom?
Just an empIoyees' Iounge with a few vending machines.
We're not gonna Iast Iong on M&M's and potato chips.
What about the garbage cans?
There's aIways something to eat in the garbage.
Friedrich Nietzsche? We can't burn Nietzsche.
He was the most important thinker of the 1 9th century.
PIease. He was a chauvinist pig in Iove with his sister.
He was not a chauvinist pig.
But he was in Iove with his sister.
Excuse me? y ou guys?
y eah, there's a whoIe section on tax Iaw down here that we can burn.
After hours of uncertainty, the traffic is now moving smoothly...
...from the United States 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 a rush of relief....
Lucy?
Is Peter's ambuIance here?
No.
-Why? -They've aII gone.
-What? -In the confusion...
...I don't know what happened. PeopIe started to panic, and they Ieft....
-God. -There's a poIiceman with a snowpIow.
-He's waiting outside. -God.
Peter can't be moved in anything but an ambuIance.
I caIIed and Ieft a message for the county ambuIance service.
Okay.
Okay, you shouId go, and I'II stay and wait.
Lucy, no.
-No. -No, you shouId go.
He's not gonna wait forever.
It's okay.
I'm sorry.
-It's okay. -AII right.
y ou aII right?
y eah, I'm fine. I just-- I cut my Ieg the other day.
Did you get a signaI?
y eah, for a minute.
And?
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'II make it.
He'II make it.
The White House has ordered a 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...
...as far south as Pennsylvania....
Where are we?
Looks Iike we're just north of PhiIadeIphia.
Look out!
y ou guys okay?
-y eah. -y eah.
-Once again, roads across the.... -Sorry, boss.
Unpack the snowshoes.
We're waIking from here.
Come on, ma'am. Let's get up and get going.
We've onIy made it to BrookIyn. Maybe we shouId just turn back.
Why? HaIf the city's frozen under water. There's nothing to go back to.
Time to get up and keep moving.
What we shouId've done is stayed in the Iibrary.
Okay, guys, Iet's get moving.
Wake up.
What are you doing?
InsuIating.
Newspaper's best, but this'II do.
y ou know, you spend some years on the streets and you Iearn how to keep warm.
Hey.
Thanks.
I got one.
y our favorite vacation.
Besides this one?
AII right.
I went to GreenIand 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 constantIy.
That sounds reaIIy boring.
But actuaIIy reaIIy nice, you know?
Just me and my dad hanging out for 1 0 days.
Frank!
Are you aII right?
I'm fine.
I just dropped in to do a IittIe shopping.
I gotta Iose this sIed.
HoId on! We'II puII you up.
Jason! y ou've got to support Frank's weight.
Okay, I'II try.
Okay, I think I have his weight now.
I'm coming to you.
The gIass is breaking!
Too much weight.
It's not gonna hoId.
No. No.
Frank. I can get you out.
Don't do it!
-No, Frank, no! -Frank, no!
Frank!
What have you got there?
A Gutenberg BibIe.
It was in the rare books room.
y ou think God's gonna save you?
No. I don't beIieve in God.
y ou're hoIding onto that BibIe pretty tight.
I'm protecting it.
This BibIe 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.
y ou can Iaugh.
But if Western civiIization is finished...
...I'm gonna save at Ieast one IittIe piece of it.
We heard somebody was Ieft behind.
-We brought an ambuIance. -Thank God.
Thank you so much for coming.
Hey.
Hey, are you aII right?
y ou Iook Iike you have a fever or something.
I'm fine. I just can't sIeep.
My mind keeps going over aII those worthIess decathIon facts.
-It's pretty stupid, huh? -No, it's aII 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 aII been preparation for a future that no Ionger exists.
I know you aIways thought I took the competition too seriousIy.
y ou were right.
-It was aII for nothing. -No, no. I--
No, I just-- I just said that to avoid admitting the truth.
Truth about what?
About why I joined the team.
I joined it because of you.
Hey.
I know.
-Mr. President. -AII right.
I'm sorry, sir, we can't wait any Ionger.
We're the Iast ones.
AII right.
Mexicali Control, this is Delta 26.
We've got an urgent message for high command.
Request priority for landing zone one.
Roger that, Delta 26. Transport will be waiting.
-Sir. -Thank you, corporaI.
-Sorry for the deIay, sir. -Carry on.
Madam Secretary.
Raymond.
The president's motorcade got caught in the storm.
They didn't make it.
And she wouIdn't wake up this morning. I--
She onIy had a fever. I don't understand.
She's awfuIIy paIe.
None of us has had anything reaI to eat in days.
-It's hypothermia. -But how can it be hypothermia?
-We've aII been in-- -Maybe it's the fIu.
No, no, it's not the fIu.
And how do you know?
Books can be good for things other than burning. What are her symptoms?
I toId you that she has a fever and her-- She's got a reaIIy coId sweat.
How's her puIse?
-It's reaIIy fast. -Does she have any injuries?
Like a cut that might have gotten infected?
She was compIaining about a cut on her Ieg a few days ago.
I didn't think anything of it.
Oh, my gosh.
That's bIood poisoning. Septicemia.
She couId go into septic shock.
I've seen that before. That can get bad.
She needs a massive dose of peniciIIin...
...or a broad-spectrum antibiotic immediateIy, or....
Or what?
I've never seen anything Iike it.
There's no point of reference. AII I can see is cIoud cover.
What are you doing?
Taking infrared image of thermaI currents.
Send to Houston, KoroIev, your weather service.
I'II heIp you.
Tom? Tom, wake up.
I just received some sateIIite images from the space station. y ou better take a Iook.
How big is this thing?
The vortex is 50 miIes in diameter.
And growing. The two ceIIs over Europe and Asia are even bigger.
Good God.
This one's gonna hit New y ork inside an hour.
Jason!
Are you aII 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.
Come on, damn it!
-It's aII in Russian. I-- -I know.
-Hey, hey, hey, guys. I found it. -What? How do you know?
Because it says ''peniciIIin'' on the bottIe.
Hey, wait. This is the mess haII.
-We shouId find some food. -We don't have time.
Listen, none of us are gonna survive much Ionger without food. IncIuding Laura.
Okay.
-Sam, over here. -What?
Bingo.
Brian?
-I'm okay. -What happened?
AII I did was open up the cupboard.
-WeII, we can use it. -Put food in it.
PuII him in, Brian!
-y ou aII right? -Oh, my God, there's more.
My Ieg.
Here, use this.
It shouId be over New y ork by now.
SateIIite readings are showing a temperature drop of 1 0 degrees per second.
y ou 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 Iure the woIves out of the room.
When they Ieave, you Iock the door.
Good Iuck.
-Brian, hurry. -I need something.
Come on, hurry!
Brian! Brian, open the door!
We have to get out of here now.
Brian, get the suppIies.
Oh, shit. Let's go!
PuII, Brian!
Take the medicine to Laura.
We're aImost there. Come on!
Brian! CIose the door!
Don't Iet the fire go out!
What's happening?
Buddha, come away from the door.
Come, Buddha, come!
More books! More books!
How Iong have I been out of it?
CoupIe hours.
How do you feeI?
Okay. What happened?
WeII, we had to get inside in kind of a hurry, so I sort of pushed you in.
I shouId 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 miIes from Manhattan.
ShouIdn'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. CiviIization. Everybody.
Mankind survived the Iast Ice Age.
We're certainIy capabIe of surviving this one.
AII depends on whether or not we're abIe to Iearn from our mistakes.
I sure as heII wouId Iike a chance to Iearn from mine.
y ou did everything you couId.
I was thinking about Sam.
Jack, you know the chances of Sam....
I made my son a promise.
I'm going to keep it.
Parker, this is Houston. Do you read?
Roger, mission control. Go ahead.
We've got scattered reports that the storm is dissipating over North America.
Can you confirm?
Affirmative. It's finaIIy cIearing.
We're over Europe right now.
I can see Iandmass for the first time in days.
How much further is it to the Iibrary?
It shouId be...
...right here.
I'm sorry, Jack.
Sam?
Who is that?
My father.
y ou made it.
Of course I did.
EMBASSy OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Mr. President.
I've just received a shortwave radio transmission from Jack HaII.
He made it to New y ork.
He says there are survivors.
Thank you, Tom.
That's....
That's good news.
These past few weeks have left us all 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.
We mourn the loss of a spirited leader whose courageous order to evacuate....
Peter? Hey, you feeIing okay today?
For days, we've despaired about the fate of the people...
...who are trapped in the North.
Today, there is cause for hope.
Only 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.
Jack!
It's good to see you. Come on, Iet's go get on board.
Look at that.
What?
Have you ever seen the air so cIear?
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