Spoiler
Someone who has played the downloadable content, understands the story or anything just spoil this for me; I'm confused as it is! You can see the information yourself http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Hopeville.I done some quick research into some random things and found that the X-17 Meteorological Station caused the Divide to be the Divide it is today. Was it really our courior? Apparently It was the subject of a meteorological experiment that went horribly wrong. It is these horrific meteorological activities that have ravaged the Divide.