Escape from L.A.
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An earthquake measuring 9.6
on the Richter scale

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hits at 12:59pm,
August 23 in the year 2000.

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After the devastation,
the Constitution is amended,

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and the newly-elected president
accepts a lifetime term of office.

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The country's capital is
relocated from Washington, DC,

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to the President's home town
of Lynchburg, Virginia.

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Los Angeles island is declared
no longer part of the United States,

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and becomes the deportation point
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for all people found unfit to live
in a new, moral America.

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The United States Police Force,
like an army,

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is encamped along the shoreline,
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making any escape from LA impossible.
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From the south-east of Orange
country to the north-west of Malibu,

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the Great Wall excludes LA
from the mainland.

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The President's first act as
commander in chief is Directive 17-

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Once an American loses
his or her citizenship,

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they are deported to this island of
the damned and may never come back.

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Attention. We are on tactical alert.
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Remain at battle stations.
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I repeat, remain at battle stations.

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