"Is there really no way to stop it?" Gale asked out of nowhere while they were having lunch in the space. (It was just more comfortable eating there in the car).
Naia lifted her head from her gyudon and looked at the other girl in puzzlement.
She then realized she was reading while eating. "What part are you in now?"
"Extreme Cold."
So in the story, the Fall had already happened, followed by a few disasters. By the time the Extreme Cold landed, a month or so would've already passed.
Most places would have begun to experience running out of essential resources, as the majority of the food stocked in supermarkets, groceries, and so on would've already been consumed or gone bad.
At best, the shelf-stable food would've already been taken and monopolized by the local powers.
