Lost the game
Banned
What if, on August 7, 1930 (a date which was picked because of it's proximity to the Midterms) an 8.8 magnitude earthquake along the New Madrid Fault hit, somewhere near Cairo, Illinois? Not a full-scale 1811-style event, with three similarly-sized quakes, just a singe 8.8. How does Herbert Hoover react? How does this effect the Midterms? Is this the kind of kick-start a la World War II, to bring an end to the Great Depression? Will this effect the rise of totalitarianism in Europe? Will FDR still get elected, or is this enough to butterfly his becoming a candidate?