I was kind of entranced by this video at the World Without Us website. Although I’m sure the timeline is speculative and fuzzy at best, it’s an intersting concept. Based on the book (now optioned as a movie, I believe), “World Without Us” postulates what would happen if humans just up and disappeared. (There’s also a similar miniseries currently running on the History Channel.)
Although the book reviews have focused cities and skyscrapers, this video takes that concept at a small scale: one single house.
My grandmother’s house was a farm house much like the one in the video, actually, and it’s been vacant for about 25 years now. I haven’t been out there in a while, but the last time I went (and you can see this in many old, abandoned buildings) it’s surprising how much decay a building can take, and still be fairly functional. I mean, the floor may be soft, and the roof may leak, but even after decades, most buildings would still provide pretty adequate shelter, in a pinch, if you had firewood and a couple of tarps, say.
Anyway, I found the video kind of poignant:
Grant Hamilton
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