I think you went waaaay too far forward, mate.![]()
Oh, sorry! I'll edit that.
I think you went waaaay too far forward, mate.![]()
March 2nd, 2005: After a close race and a series of contentious recounts, Democrat Erskine Bowles is declared the winner of the Senate race in North Carolina, defeating Republican Richard Burr by less than a hundred votes. It's a small victory in an otherwise bleak picture for the Democrats in that chamber of Congress. Despite John Kerry's narrow victory in the Electoral College, the Republicans gained five seats in the Senate, largely piggybacking off of high Republican turnout for the Republicans in the South and among other conservatives voters. Notably, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle was defeated in South Dakota by former Representative John Thune. The only gain Democrats were able to make was in Illinois, where state legislator Barack Obama narrowly defeated businessman Jack Ryan. [1]
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[1] Two important things to note from the last sentence: in this scenario, Peter Coors defeats Ken Salazar for the Colorado seat. Also, Jack Ryan's divorce records remain sealed in this scenario... and he loses anyway.
This may be what Stolengood was talking about, but the first post specifically states that Daschle held his seat while the Republicans had a net gain of four.
Wikipedia said:On 25 July 2006, one reactor was shut down after an electrical fault.[3][4] According to the Swedish Nuclear Power Inspection authority SKI, the incident was rated 2 on the International Nuclear Event Scale. Initially it was rated 1 since two generators remained online. But once it was discovered that all four generators could have failed due to the same fault, the event was upgraded to 2.
At the request of the Swedish Government, IAEA launched an OSART mission to Forsmark.
Lars-Olov Höglund, a former construction chief at Vattenfall, claimed it was the most serious nuclear incident in the world since the Chernobyl disaster and it was pure luck that prevented a meltdown.[5]
December 25, 2005: This "electrical fault" happens on this day and is more severe than OTL due to the cold weather/snow/...
Also, Forsmark is understaffed on this general holiday, and the inadequately trained ersatz staff cannot prevent a total meltdown in 3 of the 4 reactors...
Dates after August 2005 aren't open yet.
August 15th, 2005: Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney announces plans to to run for reelection in 2006 and rules out speculation he was planning to run for President in 2008. In a later interview, Romney stated he was heartened by modest 2004 gains in the Massachusetts legislature for Republicans despite John Kerry easily carrying the state in the previous year's Presidential election and by his Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey's good strong but ultimately failed electoral fight against Niki Tsongas in the special election two months prior, while on the other hand being pessimistic Republican primary voters would be receptive to choosing a moderate Massachusetts Republican as their challenger against fellow Bay Stater John Kerry.
Regardless of politics the hurricane season of 2005 will still occur, though I'd be interested to see how the media reacts to a Democratic administration handling the event all things being equal.