Disaster-pieces
Yesterday's earthquake (the first one I've actually experienced since moving here three years ago) got me thinking about some disaster movies. Thankfully, no one was hurt yesterday and there was no damage to speak of. So I'm very happy for that.
But for some reason I got in my head about all of the really bad moments in disaster-type movies, topping the list being that one defining moment of The Day After Tomorrow...
They're being chased by cold?!?!
If you haven't seen the movie and feel this may spoil your enjoyment of it, you may want to skip today's entry.
There's a point late in the movie where a second ice age hits. The temperature dropped so much that helicopters were freezing in mid-air, dropping to the ground and shattering like my Mom's Hummels tm when I had that ill-fated wiffle ball game in the living room. Our heros take refuge in this huge library (I believe) and there is a huge bonfire lit to keep away the elements. Some of them are outside for some reason or another when the cold starts hitting. So they have to race back to the bonfire and literally are CHASED BY COLD down the hallway. You could visually see the hallway icing over, steps behind our protagonists. As if that was how cold moved...in a linear fashion. It's cold here, but an inch away balmy and tropical.
He got back to the room and slammed the door on cold. Like it was a wolf nipping at his heels.
This was a cold that was dropping helicopters out of mid-flight. But Jake Gyllenhal outran it. OUTRAN IT!
Yes, the man is faster than a climate change.
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