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Neighboring Silo Uprising
the Louds
The neighboring silo’s uprising began before a scheduled cleaning and produced a deadly crush on the staircase.
Story so far
Solo dates the fighting that drove him into hiding to thirty-four years earlier. He remembers violence continuing after people had left the silo and worsening into disputes over food and women.
The account of the last great Louds returns to its beginning, the day before a scheduled cleaning. People carrying pipes and steel bars flee upward amid loud bangs. The stairwell fills beyond its designed capacity, and Russ reports that people are being crushed.
Role
The fighting that drove Solo into hiding, now shown at its outbreak.
Sources — 8 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 48
- Solo dates the fighting that drove him into hiding to thirty-four years earlier.
- Solo recalls fighting continuing after people had left the silo.
- Solo says the fighting spread throughout the silo and worsened into disputes over food and women.
Chapter 147
- The last of the great Louds begins the day before a scheduled cleaning.
Chapter 148
- Some of the people fleeing upward carry pipes and steel bars.
- Loud bangs accompany the crowd surging up the staircase.
Chapter 153
- During the turmoil, Silo Seventeen’s stairwell carries more traffic than it was designed to hold.
- Russ reports that people are being crushed in the traffic.