Forum:Question about 'humans'

Is it possible that humans could have survived outside of the vaults during the great war? Or did all turn into Ghouls?

Thanks! Yearsago 18:58, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Some did survive outside Vaults, even if slightly mutated. Ausir 19:02, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

in areas that didnt get bombed but still got fallout people would have gone into homemade or prefab underground bunkers which were come in the years after ww2 because of the fears about america getting nuked.

I think that everyone who was not in a vault or home made fallout shelter was turned into a ghoul, but im not sure.

Only big cities (such as DC, LA, New York, Dallas etc) that are of military, political or economical importance would have been nuked, so people living in small towns, farming communities and small cities of no importance would be unaffected, aside from low levels of radiation (which we actually already have from the environment) and a reduced supply of food. Thetford 14:54, January 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * And a loss of centralised government, little to no law enforcement, probably no electricity, poor or non-existent medical services, a lack of clean water, that is, assuming that only big cities were nuked. From the intro to Fallout - 'In two brief hours, most of the planet was reduced to cinders.' From the intro to Fallout 2 - 'The earth was nearly wiped clean of life.... Humanity was almost extinguished.' Whilst it sounds a little over the top, the Great War really was almost total in its influence. Of course, some people would survive outside of the Vaults regardless of the incredible scope of the conflict (it could even be argued that not living in a Vault would be the best chance of long-term survival of the species), but I don't think anyone would be unaffected. Ishotamaninnewreno 15:43, January 25, 2010 (UTC)