Geon
Donor
Given the large number of burn victims (see epilogue) it is likely you will have a major scandal investigation regarding why some were allowed to be treated at the burn centers and other weren't. It won't matter that the Department of Health will point out there aren't enough beds to go around. That will rise the question, why aren't there? Heads will roll.
On the domestic front you are probably looking at a recession, a bad one. Consider one factor, insurance companies are going to be asked to pay out millions if not billions on claims in the Charleston area. Any businesses based in Charleston are gone permanently. That is another hit to the economy.
Televangelists such as Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson will be proclaiming the apocalypse. Witness their reactions after 9/11. Can you imagine what it would be after a nuclear attack on this country? Likely they will retract and tone down their rhetoric later but this will add fuel to the fire so to speak regarding the nation's mood.
In foreign reaction consider that in Europe the anti-nuclear activists will stage massive demonstrations in West Germany, France, and the U.K. demanding removal of U.S. nuclear weapons - which the U.S will refuse. Several liberal senators and congressmen in the U.S. will likely lend their support to the anti-nuclear movement, and likely sign their political death warrants come November, 1984. Also, as here in the U.S, you are likely to have violent counter-demonstrations as well as police breaking up some of these demonstrations as fights break out between the two factions.
On the domestic front you are probably looking at a recession, a bad one. Consider one factor, insurance companies are going to be asked to pay out millions if not billions on claims in the Charleston area. Any businesses based in Charleston are gone permanently. That is another hit to the economy.
Televangelists such as Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson will be proclaiming the apocalypse. Witness their reactions after 9/11. Can you imagine what it would be after a nuclear attack on this country? Likely they will retract and tone down their rhetoric later but this will add fuel to the fire so to speak regarding the nation's mood.
In foreign reaction consider that in Europe the anti-nuclear activists will stage massive demonstrations in West Germany, France, and the U.K. demanding removal of U.S. nuclear weapons - which the U.S will refuse. Several liberal senators and congressmen in the U.S. will likely lend their support to the anti-nuclear movement, and likely sign their political death warrants come November, 1984. Also, as here in the U.S, you are likely to have violent counter-demonstrations as well as police breaking up some of these demonstrations as fights break out between the two factions.