Suddenly, Laurie feared for the life of her own 17 year-old son John, and tried to call Yosemite to talk to him, but her phone was dead...6:15 p.m.Sound detectors and seismographs registered explosion due east.At 6:18, magnetometer revealed deviation 12 degrees, 20 minutes east...Such deviation possible only if a disturbing force equivalent o 20,000 tons of steel or iron ore...had become part of the Earth at about a 50-mile radius."Hendry hypothesized that it was a large meteorite, but Carrington""s aide Dr.Will Redding (George Fenneman) explained how a special telescopic camera had picked up evidence of radioactivity, suggesting it wasn""t a meteor:"On the appearance of radioactivity, a Geiger counter trips the release and the cameras function." They united against slavery, assembled in small groups, and learned "the art of corporate and militant action.But first and foremost, I remember Mama.(looking up and reminiscing) I remember every Saturday night, I would sit at my desk by the attic window and write down in my diary all my innermost thoughts."Ginny was suffering from multiple stab wounds and severe hysterical shock.[Supposedly, she was he sole survivor, meaning that boyfriend Paul hadn""t only disappeared, but died, although his fate was unknown in the previous film.