FLASH OF DARKNESS

producer of chemicals or industry and agriculture magnesium the lightweight metal from the sea and plastics you use every day in your home tonight's presentation the field of emergency first aid the object in point an armband bearing the letters CD the case in point Conrad Steiner MD age 42 married father of two children although seemingly in good physical condition he's actually in very great the danger does not threaten him alone it is a vicious veralyn things which may very well destroy all mankind dr. Steiners office who's calling please oh yes just a moment dr. Schneider yes telephone he says hello John Rossi visit test all right thank you mr. Mitchell if we got any patients that can't wait till tomorrow nothing very serious why doctor don't alarm them but send them on a home that a yellow alert practice I don't know I'm send them on home anyway I'll call miss town and we'll get over to warehouse no I just hoped you didn't pick today to go downtown shopping all right they're in school I sent the patient's home but they didn't like it if this is just another test you're gonna have some pretty unhappy patients we're gonna have a pretty unhappy doctor sure good to see you it yeah short-handed we are not much of a showing what is this Harry another test you know as much about it as I do all right maybe dr. Steiner has some information Wow dr. Haydock what's the dope on this I don't know I got a phone call you did I know but no mr. Sherman was pretty unhappy about my leaving the drug store deke are coming up and everything I had a patient in the chair when they called me already had the novocaine in well at least the tooth on traveling for a while okay I guess I'm all excited myself I forgot all about it I've got a battery ready on my car we should be able to get some indication from Conrad well I just wish they'd get this over with I've got to get home and rest my friend mr. Horowitz having a big party tonight it's his birthday he gets awful upset when I'm late honey if they'd known that at headquarters they never called an alert doctor did you remember to call you exchanged that's no practice alert show wouldn't pull a red alert for a test what does that mean we're in war we're in something honey what about that radio doctor now we better get shoulder you mean this is all the area to show that we've got around here there's a bomb drop that one wasted on the suburbs I'll be dropping on the city itself that's a good 14 miles away well you don't think this is just somebody's bright idea do you have some super test or something get out of that shock wave will hit any second come on by why go downtown heyday closer we wouldn't be talking about it my friend mr. Hart with his offices downtown it's right in the financial just that's why for the Art Fair money to do that I'll try to control good Edie there's ten to three already a lot of people if they're gonna need help but start moving these cases while we're waiting try to find a couple hands where's the warehouse they were short-handed send us every available man you can find William right there'll be two trucks out right away Morningside area was badly hit there alters control headquarters is asking everybody for help put a check back for an estimate on the fallout pattern under trial or I will keep the lines there she said you might go shopping downtown I don't know I don't know we better get moving I'll check that battery radio in my car and see if it still works we can't trust the mains up there we better find containers and take emergency water up with us where have you been spent over an hour since we call control they promised to send help where it all right let's load up that before we got to be set up by dark we'll bill first date unit zone three we got orders to set up in the morning side armory can't go any farther the power lines aren't state line we've been three hours coming these five miles this is the end of the line for now anyway be left wind firestorms up hot you could cook a steak at the next corner there's school over there it's a radiological says the whole area is clean I don't know if it's a destructor attack but it looks okay all right that's where we set up up at the water main draw everything found power gasps bones not much but it's home some butter [ __ ] and I thought miss Mitchell got enough realize like the worst cases you do on a tram at the holding area Mitchell will set up surgery dr. Sam Harry yeah just stop the police car outside he's got a reading I'm asking the call control this zone caliber setup tell em we need help a lot of it right away tell them what eat stretcher-bearers we need water right let's get these desks cleared out moving the supplies use the desk to build a fire get water boiling for the instruments come on let's do it I better change my uniform yeah that'll be a help civil defense headquarters for this region has just released the news that Ground Zero was approximately one block east of the Union Station emergency aid is being rushed into all devastated areas in the state no reports not available at this time as the total damage of the nationwide attack but the enemy is reported to have paid heavily an aircraft loss this is conelrad keep tuned to this frequency obey the instructions of your wardens and civil defense workers emergency aid is being brought in keep calm they established from zero Union Station I've been having it all out in the downtown area Mitchell any word about your wife something it was a whole lot of preserves one had his cellar this glass went flying all over the place I look at that his just scratches we'll have you fixed up in no time at all Michels soap and water my thiolate now dressing you go with a nurse son doctor when you picks up my brother he says he can't see I told him to stay inside but he ran up the cellar steps he wanted to see it after the flash came he fell back down then when I went over to see that's when the glass hit me almost our whole house filling looking at the blast you threw up four or five turns the fire engine gave us a ride back he was sick all the way metal decontamination I take this point on to isolation you can stay with your brother if you like something he picks him up pretty sick boy I'd sure like to call my mom if I could she works downtown do you know if there's a phone I could use doctor well not right now maybe a little later you go with the nurse that little kid figuring be blind I won't bother him for long the amount of radiation he's taking he'll be dead doc that's all I got wrong with me can you tie it off I notice you're pretty short you gotten stacked up way into the street can you use some help yeah okay and care of me all right this is last one doing back there it's after midnight already and we're out of everything what's that stop anything it's got a radio on it police caught fire truck anything at all call headquarters and tell them we've got to have supplies we got casualties backed up for a block we need trucks to move these people back to hospitals and tell him to hurry yes dr. Mitchell said that I can make it on what he's got Wayne go easy with that either one there doctor now let's do this closure win it well well I don't know the only searching I've done has been the dental field I don't know about this I don't think I can do it you're gonna do a lot of things for this isn't love to right here doctor just a second alert since the problem didn't hear any bombs the last time you're gonna be using gas with it that's the easy way out soon dissipation up can't blame me mom comes out looking like a upper plate doctor take it isolation aren't you even going to give him more think I haven't got enough for the ones I can save I can't spare it for the hopeless cases but it's not right it's not human she's suffering she's an agony no I'm not practicing the kind of medicine you learned in nurse's aid class I'm not practicing the kind of medicine I learned either we're out of supplies and we're almost out of time our jobs to save the ones that can be saved and call it inhuman all right it is but these aren't our terms are the terms that we're handed to us Sean we're going medical advisers warned that all water must be boiled ten minutes before using a sergeant who logically will fear all water must be boiled ten minutes before using because of bacteriological contamination all water from whatever source must be boiled 10 minutes before using person suffering nausea vomiting or diarrhea should report immediately to a first-aid station or hospital the enemy has projected flaws with airborne bacteria it is important to remain calm any illness should be immediately reported all water must be boiled the Joint Chiefs of Staff have released a memory report Washington DC New York City Boston Philadelphia Chicago Detroit st. Louis Galveston Portland San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego we're all subjected to heavy nuclear bombardment many secondary targets were hit biological warfare has been extensively used from his headquarters near Washington the president has warned of a possibility of further attacks the civilian population is asked to remain calm to follow the instructions of their defense authorities the enemy suffered extremely heavy losses in yesterday's rays the chief executive emphasized that the nation's defense and retaliatory power is comparatively on in Paris all water must be boiled ten minutes before you give everything go from the holding area with your dentist restraint there's a suture there's nothing but heavy skin suit you next up I am latenan where do you want this stuff medical supplies what do you want to put them put it down there anywhere I can still get some powdered coffee left you look like you could use some I'll get it I'm whole lot better at that I have this either Thanks who's dr. Steiner I am I got a message for you about your wife she's working down to zone three Control Center it says to tell you she's okay thank you I'm supposed to take some of your people back in the empty trucks Wayne get hold of ed banner tell him I want to move all the people from the holding area into these trucks yes sir how was it outside I never seen anything like it people are crazy smash ups someone leaves our cars lose our heads a way to keep the streets clear I know your figure they calm down after the first shock do all they can to bring things back to normal crazier than ever guy jumped on a running board right they could truck away from me almost broke my knuckles Ana crazy I never seen anything like it taking the holding area sooo I got the time nearly six we still get some light now that's good or my critical faculties are pretty low there's rioting in the outlying districts turn it over the radio wardens can't control the police either maniacs they're worse than the enemy it's a sucking chest wound up too close they're ready for surgery yes attention displaced persons go to the evacuation areas which have been set up the wardens will direct you every illegal act performed now aids the enemy looters will be shot on sight I repeat looters will be shot on sight by order of the civil defense director of this area keep your doors locked isolation profound shock start IV plasma substitute no we can't spare an elevator feet holding area surgery when there's room labor here the splint on her I can reduce that fraction when they get her back to the hospital urged on the enemies homeland and delivered of crippling retaliation every major center of enemy population we're told has been bombed Industrial concentrations have been devastated in the worst of the presidents America has suffered a terrible flaw but has come up fighting stay tuned to this frequency all bulletins will be relayed as soon as they're released this is conelrad this is conelrad thank you well here we go again what do we do now do what we can do what we have to ed see if the phones are in yet do not have a squad car call and we've got to have relief I'm gonna get more supplies more nurses these girl can't stay on a fee forever it's been almost 24 hours seems more like 24 days well anyway that getting improvised hospitals into operation anything more on the riding you know they had a pretty rough time back in our own district they even send in the trucks to see about the nurses it there you are doc thanks huh powers on doctors edy tells me when we put over 1500 people through here since we opened it sounds like an underestimate sorry I asked for relief nurses I guess we can make it a few conduct ah yeah Chuck's coming up now frog guess we'll be able to clear up the holding area for you get rid of some of the congestion those terms of my Central Valley been getting the radioactive fallout and a bomb that hit us boy it sure is rough Oh boss is moving up burial burial what do you mean look the center of the city it's nothing nothing but I have big crater must be a couple of miles wide a couple or you are not there well that's even to radioactive to take bodies out so we can't do anything about them Sally let's take care of the living dr. look dr. Steiner yeah I'm dr. Nagato we're relieving you you and your people are going back on the trucks after you've rested you'll be assigned to a rear area hospital Oh your wife she's waiting for you at local control he's all right yeah it was a little difficult for a while but the troops have moved in the rioting is under control let me take over doctor you're worn out you'll meet all the rest you can get the bacteria they drop they're gonna cause a lot of trouble Thanks doctor my brother my brother Jimmy we'll take you back with us get some food and some rest it'll be better tomorrow it'll be a lot better tomorrow