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How well will they fair without their speech writers, makeup artists, clerks, press flacks, lobbyists, friendly worshipful reporters, and all the other sicko-phants?

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"?

[Little Ray]

Since the entire East Coast will be devastated, I don’t think they’re much worried about that. They have plenty of C3 backup sites inland and people will be fixated on other stuff.