Underground bunker.


If someone was in a secret underground bunker before Captain Trips started, could they have survived? If they had plenty of food and water, and were well over a hundred feet below the surface, along with clean air/filter system. How long would they have to remain in the bunker before the virus went away. I would imagine a submarine would be a safer place to be as well. I am sure there must have been a secret bunker somewhere.

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Would have been cool for King to write this scenario in, but the original book was already over 800 pages, an extended one that came out later was over 1000.

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Captain Tripps was a virus, but there was clearly a supernatural force at work. I think the only way anyone survived is if they were chosen by either side. Hiding in a bunker probably wouldn't save anyone who wasn't meant to survive.

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Captain Tripps was a virus, but there was clearly a supernatural force at work. I think the only way anyone survived is if they were chosen by either side. Hiding in a bunker probably wouldn't save anyone who wasn't meant to survive.


Agreed. This has been talked about on the old IMDb forum, and a few, including yours truly, believe that the virus was supernaturally enhanced. This is not explicitly stated, but there are allusions to it in the book.

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