Some, however, founded gangs, like the Blades and the Rippers. Many of them were the founders of Adytum, a fenced sections in the suburbs of the old Los Angeles. Some inhabitants took shelter in the demonstration vault, and eventually most of them emerged in 2092, founding the Boneyard.
The city itself was ravaged by fires and nuclear bombs themselves – in fact, one of the warheads effectively turned Orange County into a crater. who survived the nuclear blasts died after the bombs dropped, due to radiation poisoning, disease, famine, and other reasons.