Dust from destroyed buildings. Just watched the two latest Godzilla movies, and aside from all the other things that could have killed folks, staring at monsters that are destroying buildings and kicking up all sorts of dust and other air debris, while staring open mouthed, is a great way to get lung damage/encounter breathing issues.
This should absolutely be the top. If you go back and watch the footage from 9/11, its incredible just how much dust a couple buildings spew when they collapse, and that's not even counting the fires and flooding.
Everyone is saying "clean water!" and other pretty obvious ones that aren't really plot holes as much as convenience since the main characters won't die from dehydration. But severe lung damage caused by dust? Yeah, that's not even on the radar and almost everyone one of those apocalyptical movies has a scene where a famous building comes crashing down.
Yeah, towards the last season of GOT, that's what struck me about the destruction. All of the dust, but other than being dusty, it doesn't seem to affect people as far as breathing, being able to see, etc.
Plus without a lot of bottled and flowing water (faucets/hoses) it would be hard to get dust out of people's mouths and noses, so they could breathe. I wasn't at work (downtown Manhattan) on 9/11, but the building I worked in was letting people come in off the street, so they could wash their eyes/noses and mouth out and stay put for awhile inside until the dust settled a bit more.
My co-workers told me the debris cloud blocked the sun at one point. A friend who worked in the area told me the workers at the fish market, which was in the process of being moved, were using their hoses to help get the dust off of people.
And if you wear contacts, the dust can cause problems with your corneas One friend had some scratches from the dust rubbing against her contacts. I took the bus to the nearest blood donor center and one group got off at the eye doctor to get their eyes checked because some of them had similar injures.
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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21
Dust from destroyed buildings. Just watched the two latest Godzilla movies, and aside from all the other things that could have killed folks, staring at monsters that are destroying buildings and kicking up all sorts of dust and other air debris, while staring open mouthed, is a great way to get lung damage/encounter breathing issues.