

The Rumbling is supposed to eliminate all life outside the walls, and we know
people can't escape by climbing mountains because the Titans will walk over
them. But how about basements?

Shouldn't some people be able to escape by hiding in basements? The footprints
shown of the Titans don't seem to be so deep as to make someone unable to
escape by hiding in a deep basement. Or are people also killed by other means
when the Rumbling happens, such as high surrounding temperature or something?


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Why couldn't people escape from the Rumbling by hiding in basements?


In addition to their extreme weight literally flattening everything, the titan
release a lot of hot steam that burns and causes fires with the sheer heat
released.

So even if the basement somehow survived the weight, the titan's heat would
bake the inhabitants alive.


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