Here’s a thought. Given the cold-war mentality of many Americans in the 50’s and 60’s, what are the odds that a few paranoid Hillsiders had built bomb shelters in their backyards prior to The End? The bombs start flying, a few of the Hillsiders are still at home at the time and run into their shelters, and wait. They turn on their radios or TVs, which work for a few minutes then there’s nothing. Obviously, the worst has happened, so they stay in their bunkers and keep waiting. They get lucky – their air recycling system works properly and they can sit snug. Eventually, the food runs out, or the water. Maybe they had planned really long-term and had several year’s worth of supplies stockpiled. Energy generators, too, which weren’t wiped out. There wouldn’t be too many people lasting this long, but you only need one or two. Finally, their resources exhausted, and assuming they have a way to get past all the dust above them, they open the airlock to escape outside…
Here’s a thought. Given the cold-war mentality of many Americans in the 50’s and 60’s, what are the odds that a few paranoid Hillsiders had built bomb shelters in their backyards prior to The End? The bombs start flying, a few of the Hillsiders are still at home at the time and run into their shelters, and wait. They turn on their radios or TVs, which work for a few minutes then there’s nothing. Obviously, the worst has happened, so they stay in their bunkers and keep waiting. They get lucky – their air recycling system works properly and they can sit snug. Eventually, the food runs out, or the water. Maybe they had planned really long-term and had several year’s worth of supplies stockpiled. Energy generators, too, which weren’t wiped out. There wouldn’t be too many people lasting this long, but you only need one or two. Finally, their resources exhausted, and assuming they have a way to get past all the dust above them, they open the airlock to escape outside…