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"Letting Off Steam" by Steve Payne
January 21: on this day in 2010
Hugo Chavez accused the United States of accidentally inducing a powerful
earthquake off the shore of Haiti as part of its clandestine and increasingly
desperate attempts to reduce the temperature of the Earth's core. The
accusations gained further credence when less than a fortnight later, John S.
McCain unveiled a $4tn federal budget under which the US deficit would spiral to
a record $1.56tn.
Over $250bn of funds earmarked for sending US astronauts back to the Moon had
already been diverted to the HAARP facility located in Gakuna, Alaska, a
project being personally overseen by Vice President Sarah Palin.
After receiving the nomination from the Republican Party, McCain had been informed that neutrinos from a massive solar flare were acting as microwave radiation, causing the temperature of the Earth's core to increase rapidly. Demanding "straight talk" from American geologists, a bold plan was presented, to trigger earthquakes in an attempt to let off stream from the Earth's core. At the heart of the project was a HAARP, an ionospheric research facility jointly funded by the US Air Force, the US Navy, the University of Alaska, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, capable of initiating anything, from earthquakes to rain, to draught. Steve Payne Editor of Today in Alternate History, a Daily Updating Blog of Important Events In History That Never Occurred Today. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Imagine what would be, if history had occurred a bit differently. Who says it didn't, somewhere? These fictional news items explore that possibility. Possibilities such as America becoming a Marxist superpower, aliens influencing human history in the 18th century and Teddy Roosevelt winning his 3rd term as president abound in this interesting fictional blog.
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says: what if the 2012 doomsday predicted by the Mayans could by prevented
by American technology prowess? Please note that the opinions expressed in this
post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s).
