How in dear hell did the firefighters survive the cloudburst?

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And the thugs holding them for that matter? I'm replaying this game now for maybe the fourth time, but this question has only just occurred to me. All the firefighters you hadn't yet saved are still available to be sorted out after the fear gas gets cleaned up by Ivy. How can that be? Most of them are outside in the open. Even a few on ground level. Its just so unimmersive. Oh and all the checkpoints on ground level are still fine like nothing happened too.

[Slippery Williams]

Just finished the game again tonight and overhead some thugs saying that sometimes it’s permanent insanity and sometimes the effects wear off pretty quickly. Some are pissed off they got caught in the cloudburst and sound like they have recovered fine.

I think in general the toxin just effects people differently. Maybe some people have deeper rooted fears and stay crazy longer but some end up facing their fears and coming out of the hallucinations pretty fast after exposure