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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8109206" data-attributes="member: 6801228">I guess it depends on how much of a stasis they can go into. Most of the people looking into the "plants dying" side of things seem to point to the trees surviving a few months on their reserves. And, if the trees are just "hibernating" but will be dead when they go to sprout new growth in the spring and find that they do not have the energy to do so... then they are effectively dead, because they will either die with the coming of spring and warmth, or die from continued cold.Responding to your second post, it does actually matter if it is 6 or 24 months. I know trees aren't bears, but bears and other hibernating animals also lower their metabolism and "sleep" through the winter. And they generally have juuust enough of a reserve to make it out the other side. Now, animals need far more energy than plants, I know, but plants also create and store less energy. If the ratios are even roughly the same, then you can see why a minimum of 4 times longer is a problematic statement. And of course, we have been focused on trees, but we have to remember that not only are their other plants equally dead, but more importantly to the survival of the Ten Towns are the animals. The vast majority of which would be dead as well.</blockquote>