San Andreas

Aah!

Help!!

So, uh, I understand that you all were part

of the Fifty-Eighth rescue squadron staged over at Bagram

in Afghanistan for combat search and rescue.

Yes, ma'am. Two tours.

And you're still flying together?

Yeah, we all got pretty tight over there. Wouldn't break up the family.

Dude, do we look like family?

A little.

So, what's the biggest difference

between rescuing over there and what you do here?

Not getting shot at.

You're a funny guy.

Yeah. Not exactly.

Um... Chief Gaines?

I'm told that between Afghanistan and LAFD,

you have over six hundred documented rescues.

That's, uh... Pretty impressive.

Just doin' my job, ma'am.

Go where they tell me to go.

That's great. You can cut there.

There she is.

Looks pretty tight.

Take her up.

Winds are variable.

Two-Seven-Zero to Three-Zero-Zero.

Ten knots gusting to fifteen.

Metro, this is LAFD.

Helo Five on scene of Cliff-V rescue.

We have visual.

Copy, Helo Five. What's the girl's name?

Natalie.

Metro, connect her cell to our sat phone.

Helo five, you're connected.

Hello?

Natalie, this is chief pilot Raymond Gaines

of the Los Angeles fire department.

I'm piloting the chopper above you.

You holdin' up all right?

I don't know. I'm not feeling very well.

Oh, my God! The car is sliding.

Natalie, I'm gonna need you to stay calm, honey.

We're coming to get you, okay? Okay.

Seven miles visibility.

19 winds are at two seven zero at ten knots.

We show you one plus one five playtime.

Man, I don't see a way in.

We're gonna tip the hat.

Tip the hat?

Yeah. You might wanna hold on to somethin'.

Here we go.

Fifteen feet out.

Ten feet.

Five.

Whoa, whoa, easy, Ray.

All right. You got it.

All right. Tuck 'em in, boys.

Joby, forget the basket.

We gotta do a double tie-in on this one.

That car goes, so does she.

Door's open.

Get this.

Hookin' up.

On the skid.

We got five minutes Max.

What happens in five minutes?

It's no big deal. Just engine failure.

Good thing I only need three.

Oh, thank God. No, no! Natalie, do not...

Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Get me out of here.

Natalie, I need you to stay perfectly still.

I have to stabilize the car, okay? Hurry, please.

Car secured.

Got it.

What the hell?

Shit.

Whoa, whoa!

Dylan! Oh, my God. Are you all right?

Jesus. Joby's pinned!

Ah, Goddamn it.

Joby, I'm Comin' down.

Harrison, you're flyin'. Marcus, rig me a rope.

Handin' over. Roger.

Takin' over.

Be ready to cut. Roger that.

Hooked up.

Out the door.

Ray's clear.

Natalie, don't you worry. I'm gonna get you outta...

Aaah!

This thing isn't gonna hold!

Ray, we are in the red! We are going to crash!

Natalie, we are going now!

I got you.

Cut it! Joby, swing!

Yeah!

What do we say we get you home now.

I think that's a really good idea.

Now the Sendai quake in Japan was considered to be

one of the five strongest since 1900.

It was so powerful, in fact,

that it moved the main island of Japan eight feet.

This is just one of the 1.3 million earthquakes

that occur around the globe each year.

The largest ever recorded here in North America:

Anchorage, Alaska, 1964. A 9.1.

The earth shook for five straight minutes.

The energy release

was the equivalent of ten million atom bombs

the size of the one dropped on Hiroshima.

And that's not the biggest earthquake ever recorded.

No, the biggest was four years earlier

off the coast of Valdivia in Southern Chile.

A 9.5 on the Richter Scale.

Right there.

Bam.

This quake lasted eleven minutes and spawned a Tsunami

eighty-two feet high that leveled Hilo, Hawaii,

eight thousand miles away.

Eight thousand miles away.

So, um, it's... it's mass destruction like this

that shows just how important

the research that we're doing here is,

because we need to be able to predict these things.

Right? To plan and prepare for them.

Yes, ma'am. Professor, do you think

something that intense could happen here?

Well, the San Andreas fault

runs right up the spine of California.

It's the demarcation line

between two tectonic plates that are constantly moving.

Well, and add to that the fact that it's supposed to happen

every one hundred and fifty years

and we're about a hundred years overdue.

I'd say it's not a matter of if.

It's a matter of when.

Damn, Godzilla.

What the hell did you do to her this time?

Played a little tug of war with a car.

How soon before you get her fixed?

I'll call Martinez today.

Get a new one sent over to maintenance.

Elgin, you move any faster, you're gonna break that hip.

Harrison said you're taking off with Blake for a few days.

Yeah. Leavin' tomorrow.

Driving her back up to school.

Volleyball team has their first game this weekend,

so I figured we'd cruise up the coast. Do a little campin'.

Dude, I can't believe she's in college already.

I know. Too fast, brother.

I'll catch you inside. All right, man.

Lawrence, I gotta show you something.

Yeah? Aha. Easy. Easy.

Now, we got a rare low-level seismic swarm

out in Falco, Nevada.

Twenty-three small quakes, all tiny.

2.0 to 2.6 in the last twenty-four hours.

Okay. Where the hell is Falco, Nevada?

Thirty-five miles southeast of Vegas,

maybe five miles from the Hoover Dam.

Right.

There aren't any faults out there.

Any known faults.

Now, if we get there while the mini quakes continue,

we can test our theory.

And if the magnetic pulse rate goes up before the quakes...

Then we're predicting them.

Then we are predicting them.

All right. Let's go check it out.

Hi, Dad. Hey, sweetie.

I was wondering if there was room for my bike.

I thought that I could ride it to class

and then I wouldn't have to buy a parking pass.

That's a great idea.

I'm sure I could figure out a way to fit it in.

All right, great.

Um, I can't find the key to the lock at Mom's,

so it's either in the top left drawer of my dresser

or on top of the wardrobe in my pink shoe box.

Hm? Okay, no problem. I'll find it.

Don't know if you have plans tonight,

but I would love to take you to dinner.

You could even invite your Mom along.

Could be fun. Oh, thanks, Dad.

But we already have plans with Daniel.

Dad?

Are you okay? Yeah, of course I am.

Totally cool. No problem at all.

Okay. I'll see you tomorrow, then.