G-Force mobile command headquarters Houston Intercontinental Airport Houston, Texas Things began to fall apart all across the United States the moment Godzilla stepped out of San Francisco Bay. It was one of the blackest days in the nation's history. Twenty-six hours after Godzilla arrived, the stock market took its first step toward a historic plunge. At the same time, gold and precious metals shot up in value as investors began to fear the worst. Fortunes were made and lost - but mostly lost. And not even financial giants or Fortune 500 companies were immune to the precipitous plunge in stock prices. In the end, the Securities and Exchange Commission stepped in and shut down the stock market early. They did not say when it would open again. After all, the nation was in a state of emergency, and the whole nation's infrastructure was now threatened. The president went on television for the fourth time in three weeks.
