feb 22, 2048 - 30 years later

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Devastated by solar winds, artificial satellites return to Earth in the form of shooting stars. Some of their pieces make it to the ground and start some fires. Roofs on houses collapse, allowing trees to grow inside. Many homes begin to collapse and fall apart as rotting walls and timbers give in to rot and rain damage. Southern states like Florida are completely swept away. Metal in cars and other human structures is exposed to oxidation and disintegration. In northern cities, gutted skyscrapers and buildings are filled with rainwater and snow. Rain pours through floors and rots ceilings. The changing seasons only adds pressure to the buildings. Rainwater seeps into cracks in concrete columns, pillars, and walls, and then it freezes in winter before thawing again in spring. The support columns give way and the buildings topple.

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