The scale of the destruction was utterly massive, to say the least. Buildings were toppled like dominoes, belching clouds of thick black dust into the air, blocking out the sun. All around were the sounds of the wounded, crying, moaning, screaming, pleading... Broken retaining walls crumbled away as survivors picked their way out of the wreckage, surveying the ravaged world around them. The dust was so thick, one could hardly see, let alone breathe.
Sirens in the distance, the emergency forces overwhelmed with the casualties of war. Where aid would not come, the common man became the savior, summoning hidden strength to free the trapped from their tangled prisons. Survivors idly noted the resemblance to the dozens of disaster movies they had watched in their lifetimes. Only, they never once imagined it happening to them.
Funny how a little wanton destruction will open society's eyes.