Not a chance.
They will have too much advanced notice.
All we’ll lose is the good parts of the East Coast.
And what about the thousand layers of bureaucrats doing their bidding?
How about their armed guards? Will they have time to evacuate their families? Will they resent losing their spouses and children? Will some of them be too grief stricken and distracted to be as effective as they need to be?
Will the people back in Buncombe County think this act of God means they've lost their "mandate of Heaven"?