Spin-off from my thread re: Obama's "57 states" gaffe:
In OTL, on May 8, 2007, Obama made the following comment (in reference to a tornado that killed 12 people in Kansas):
“In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. 10,000 people died — an entire town destroyed.”
(He went on to blame the alleged lack of sufficient National Guard resources on Iraq).
WI Obama's statement was accurate, and 10,000 people really had died in a disaster in Kansas that week? What effect does this have on the presidential campaign, etc?
Note: The deadliest tornado in history was one that killed 1.300 in Bangladesh, the deadliest in US history killed 747 people.
Maybe in this ATL the tornado causes a deadly chemical spill or something?
Altho, since Obama didn't actually say "tornado", in this ATL it could have been something else- a meteor strike, perhaps.