Independence Day Scenes 6-10 Summary

Scene 6

Now we're in New York City with two men who are playing chess and chatting outside on a nice sunny day. This is a nice change of pace from all the stress.
They are talking about the younger man's divorce (the younger dude is named David).
David wins the game and leaves—guess he didn't want to talk about his personal life anymore. His father seems a bit nosy, so we get it.

David has arrived back at work, and it's total chaos.
You see, he works at a cable company, and customers are freaking out and calling in because their service has been disrupted (presumably by the whole alien spaceship/satellite collision thing).
As a result, employees are occupied answering calls.
David's colleague, Marty, is also freaking out. He seems like a pretty high-energy guy in general, and he's extremely upset.
He shows David some figures, and David gets freaked out as well, saying that what he's seeing is "impossible."
Fingers crossed we don't get left in the dark much longer.

Now we're in Imperial Valley, California.
The alien news doesn't seem to have hit here yet, since the three kids we see here are entirely too relaxed. They're just hanging out in their trailer.
However, they have different problems soon enough. An angry farmer named Lucas comes up with ruined veggies.
He says if their father Russell doesn't show up soon, he's going to find "someone else."

Now we see Russell in the air flying over a field. It seems he's a crop duster.
His son Miguel gets his attention and he lands…and he can barely get out of the plane. What's going on with this guy?
Miguel informs him he's been dusting the wrong field. Russ seems more than a little befuddled and takes a swig from a bottle he's carrying with him.
Ah, now it's starting to make a bit more sense. This guy likes to drink a lot. And then fly around. Oh, that seems safe.