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Sierra had always been aware of the possibility of a war between the United States and the other side of the world. While other kids could ignore it she was always reminded because her father was an Air Force Colonel. He'd taught her how to survive and what to do if anything ever occurred, which he always insisted was good knowledge just because. Sierra trusted he knew what he was talking about and learned everything he had to teach her.
Shortly after her mother died he built a fallout shelter in the backyard for himself and his daughter should the worst ever come to pass. He planned for them to reach it together or at least to ensure her survival should it happen when he was on duty. Her school had one in the basement but he did not trust their preparations when it came to his little girl.
When the bombs fell the sirens went off long before they arrived. Sierra ran home despite her teachers shouts and burst inside looking for Colonel Jonas Walker. "DAD!" she shouted. She knew she had only minutes but she had to find him. The kinkajou searched her entire home before she had no choice but to grab her backpack and a few key items and seal herself in the fallout shelter. She locked it seconds before the shock wave passed over the area.
She spent the next two weeks listening to the radio and hiding inside her shelter. When her supplies ran low she gathered enough to have a good start and opened the hatch...
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Shortly after her mother died he built a fallout shelter in the backyard for himself and his daughter should the worst ever come to pass. He planned for them to reach it together or at least to ensure her survival should it happen when he was on duty. Her school had one in the basement but he did not trust their preparations when it came to his little girl.
When the bombs fell the sirens went off long before they arrived. Sierra ran home despite her teachers shouts and burst inside looking for Colonel Jonas Walker. "DAD!" she shouted. She knew she had only minutes but she had to find him. The kinkajou searched her entire home before she had no choice but to grab her backpack and a few key items and seal herself in the fallout shelter. She locked it seconds before the shock wave passed over the area.
She spent the next two weeks listening to the radio and hiding inside her shelter. When her supplies ran low she gathered enough to have a good start and opened the hatch...
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Man, I can't begin to imagine what it must be like to know that, not only is your entire world coming to an end, but the only family you have left is out there in it. Especially when you're as young as Sierra must be at this point. It's just a good thing her father was sensible enough to build the shelter and that she was sensible enough to use it rather than running back out of the house to look for him. Given that she still had a working radio in the shelter, I'm guessing that either it took a while for the country's infrastructure to crumble, or that maybe there are still enclaves of relative stability out there somewhere. But I'm glad she at least had that for what little comfort it could bring. At least it told her there were still some people left.
I do have to admit to being curious to know if the school's shelter fared as badly as her father assumed. Though given the state of the world she lives in, I'm going to guess he was right.
I do have to admit to being curious to know if the school's shelter fared as badly as her father assumed. Though given the state of the world she lives in, I'm going to guess he was right.
Most of the public shelters during the Cold War (including schools') were typically not designed nor, more importantly, properly equipped for two-week stays by dozens of people in one place. They were bomb shelters only, intended to keep people as safe as possible from the immediate effects of blast, heat, and radiation. After the initial effects (if you were in a target area) subsided, survivors would be released to seek long-term fallout shelter in their homes or those few prepared public shelters. Fallout would usually not become an immediate hazard for about 30-60 min after the initial blast, giving folks some time to get to a safer long-term protective area. The schools, if they didn't have a long-term shelter plan in place, would probably use buses to get the kids home or to adequate fallout shelters elsewhere close by.
Sierra and her dad were almost certainly living in a city close to an Air Force base, which would have been ground-zero for a nuclear warhead in the 350KT-1MT range. Depending on the distance of the community to ground zero, effects will be anywhere from moderate to devastating. Judging by the image, Sierra's home was apparently in the city suburbs, not military housing close by the base--otherwise, she'd almost certainly have been killed when the bomb exploded. As such, the house (and her school close by) may have gotten damaged but not destroyed. A lot of variables come into play here, so we'll have to see the story unfold to find out the truth.
Sierra and her dad were almost certainly living in a city close to an Air Force base, which would have been ground-zero for a nuclear warhead in the 350KT-1MT range. Depending on the distance of the community to ground zero, effects will be anywhere from moderate to devastating. Judging by the image, Sierra's home was apparently in the city suburbs, not military housing close by the base--otherwise, she'd almost certainly have been killed when the bomb exploded. As such, the house (and her school close by) may have gotten damaged but not destroyed. A lot of variables come into play here, so we'll have to see the story unfold to find out the truth.
Oh, I have a pretty decent knowledge of how things were in the real world. Modern history wasn't my area of focus, but I've read a fair bit. However, Lauren's world seems to be leaning a bit more toward a fantastic depiction of post apocalyptic society, a la Mad Max or the Fallout series, than something strictly grounded in real life. So I'm curious to see how things have played out in this version of the world, and what, if any differences, there are. If there's anything I've learned from following Lauren's stories it's not to make assumptions because she has a tendency to surprise you.
While I didn't actually know any of that (good to know, by the way), it kind of works with what I'd thought anyway so I guess I have good instincts. ;) I assume her actual house is far enough away so that it wouldn't be blown apart, as it appears in the comics which takes place well after she leaves, but odds are there would be damage to the façade.
I've gone back and forth on the fate of Sierra's father, since he's one of those characters like Topaz's parents that their storyline was never intended to be explored in any great detail, until it was... LOL. Though it is a key element of the series, what happened to him after the day the war ended. ;)
Since the book (after the prologue) takes place when Sierra is in her early twenties this is assumed to be when she's 16 or so. Maybe 17. I recall the radio gets some emergency broadcasts but not much else. It's explored in chapter 1, the only book to start with a flashback. Though in her case it seemed like it was necessary.
The fate of the school and her schoolmates (which was not intended to be explored) will be mentioned in chapter 6. :)
Since the book (after the prologue) takes place when Sierra is in her early twenties this is assumed to be when she's 16 or so. Maybe 17. I recall the radio gets some emergency broadcasts but not much else. It's explored in chapter 1, the only book to start with a flashback. Though in her case it seemed like it was necessary.
The fate of the school and her schoolmates (which was not intended to be explored) will be mentioned in chapter 6. :)
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