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To: dynachrome
If the New Madrid fault lets go with a big one, 8.0 or larger, the USA is in for a WORLD of hurt.

Basically, everything from Springfield, IL to New Orleans and from Central Tennessee to Kansas is going to be down and out.

Kansas City would be hurt but still standing.

The main interior artery of the USA, the Mississippi River would, in all likely hood, not be navigable for a long period of time by anything but a small sport boat, maybe a pontoon boat.

Bridges over the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, etc rivers would be down, including railroad bridges.

Travel disrupted through the center of the country, I-80 might still be open, but just about everything but air travel.

Good luck if it ever happens, we'll all need it.

17 posted on 01/18/2010 6:08:16 PM PST by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: Just another Joe

“Kansas City would be hurt but still standing.’

The problem is that the “zombie” population would destroy what is left standing in the outlying cities.


19 posted on 01/18/2010 6:16:59 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
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To: Just another Joe

That’s the premise and background of my third novel.


21 posted on 01/19/2010 4:53:04 AM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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