▁ice ▁of ▁multiple ▁winter s , ▁roads ▁appear ▁de grad ed ▁and ▁crack ed . ▁M oss ▁covers ▁their ▁surfaces , ▁and ▁grass ▁grows ▁in ▁the ▁cra cks . ▁New ▁trees ▁grow ▁in ▁home ▁gard ens . ▁Ve h icles ▁and ▁other ▁met all ic ▁structures ▁begin ▁to ▁succ umb ▁to ▁cor ros ion ▁that ▁stri ps ▁away ▁paint ▁and ▁protect ive ▁coat ings , ▁resulting ▁in ▁rust ▁that ▁e ats ▁through ▁metal . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 ▁billion ▁autom ob iles ▁will ▁soon ▁deg rade ▁into ▁h ollow ▁hus ks . ▁ ▁( 3 0 ▁years ▁A . H .) ▁Dev ast ated ▁by ▁solar ▁wind s , ▁artificial ▁sat ell ites ▁return ▁to ▁Earth ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁shooting ▁stars . ▁Some ▁of ▁their ▁pieces ▁make ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁ground ▁and ▁start ▁some ▁fires . ▁These ▁sat ell ites ▁have ▁been ▁spir alling ▁to ▁Earth ▁for ▁the ▁last ▁ 3 0 ▁years ▁but ▁now , ▁with ▁the ▁batter ies ▁dead ▁and ▁any ▁station keep ing ▁fuel ▁exp ended , ▁atmos pher ic ▁drag ▁causes ▁them ▁to ▁pl um met ▁to ▁the ▁ground . ▁ ▁Ro of s ▁on ▁houses ▁collapse , ▁allowing ▁trees ▁to ▁grow ▁in ▁their ▁interior . ▁Many ▁homes ▁begin ▁to ▁collapse ▁and ▁fall ▁apart ▁as ▁ro tt ing ▁walls ▁and ▁tim bers ▁succ umb ▁to ▁rot ▁and ▁rain ▁damage . ▁Bro ken ▁window ▁pan es ▁that ▁ble w ▁out ▁long ▁ago ▁allow ▁in ▁dust ▁and ▁de br is . ▁Sc oured ▁by ▁h urr icane ▁after ▁h