The story centers around a man, David (Played by Joe Lando, who discovers that the earth is under attack from thousands of meteors (caused by a failed attempt by world leaders to destroy a comet heading towards earth). David soon discovers that a meteor that landed in nearby Lake Mead (in Nevada), has contaminated the drinking water in the Las Vegas area (where he lives with his wife and daughter). People who drank the water begin to die. This discovery causes the federal government to begin quarantines of people who drank the water – David’s daughter included. David is then separated from his family through a series of plot circumstances.