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======Points of Divergence : Natural Disasters ====== | ======Points of Divergence : Natural Disasters ====== |
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| Points of divergence concerning various natural disasters and catastrophes. |
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==== General ==== | ==== General ==== |
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Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. | Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. |
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====Earthquakes ==== | ====Earthquakes ==== |
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**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=120085|Earthquakes and other catastrophes that could have changed the history of the Byzantine Empire]]** | * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=120085|Earthquakes and other catastrophes that could have changed the history of the Byzantine Empire]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=30887|WI: A more devastating, earlier San Francisco Earthquake takes place]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=4361|The Vari Norman dam fails after the 6.7 Los Angeles earthquake of 1971]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=214003|Effects of a greater Sylmar earthquake in 1971 ?]]** |
| * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. |
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**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=30887|WI: A more devastating, earlier San Francisco Earthquake takes place]]** | ---- |
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**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=4361|The Vari Norman dam fails after the 6.7 Los Angeles earthquake of 1971]]** | |
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**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=214003|Effects of a greater Sylmar earthquake in 1971 ?]]** | |
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Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. | |
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====Volcanoes==== | ====Volcanoes==== |
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**[[Yellowstone supervolcano|Eruptions of the Yellowstone supervolcano]]** | * **[[Yellowstone supervolcano|Eruptions of the Yellowstone supervolcano]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=34599|Is it plausible to butterfly away volcano eruptions in a realistic timeline ?]]** |
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=34599|Is it plausible to butterfly away volcano eruptions in a realistic timeline ?]]** | * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=119161|Same topic as the above, different thread]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=12991|Plausibility check: Could civilization prosper even during much greater volcanism than in OTL ?]]** |
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=119161|Same topic as the above, different thread]]** | * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=145096|The Toba supervolcano eruption doesn't occur]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=23110|A Pre-Columbian Era supervolcano eruption ?]]** |
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=12991|Plausibility check: Could civilization prosper even during much greater volcanism than in OTL ?]]** | * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=156327|WI: Supervolcano "wrecking" late 17th century Europe and ramifications of such an event ?]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=140290|The Great Plague of 304 AD]]** - Connections have been made to volcanic eruptions of the time. |
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=145096|The Toba supervolcano eruption doesn't occur]]** | * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=29053|WI: Vesuvius erupts in 2006]]** |
| * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. |
**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=23110|A Pre-Columbian Era supervolcano eruption ?]]** | |
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**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=156327|WI: Supervolcano "wrecking" late 17th century Europe and ramifications of such an event ?]]** | |
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**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=140290|The Great Plague of 304 AD]]** - Connections have been made to volcanic eruptions of the time. | |
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**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=29053|WI: Vesuvius erupts in 2006]]** | |
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Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. | |
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====Fires, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, storms, etc. ==== | ====Fires, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, storms, etc. ==== |
* **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=38981|The Canary island of La Palma collapses, causing a megatsunami in the present day (2)]]** | * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=38981|The Canary island of La Palma collapses, causing a megatsunami in the present day (2)]]** |
* **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=188215|The United States after a La Palma megatsunami occurs ?]]** | * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=188215|The United States after a La Palma megatsunami occurs ?]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=291425|WI: Powerful hurricane hits the US shortly after a huge Coronal Mass Ejection hits the Earth]]** |
* Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. | * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. |
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====Epidemics==== | ====Epidemics==== |
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**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=280|Epidemiological PODs]]** | * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=280|Epidemiological PODs]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=135866|Plausibility check: Domesticated animals and disease]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=80287|Disease and Africa]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=347212|What if HIV began in ancient times ?]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=140290|The Great Plague of 304 AD]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=111799|WI: The Vinland Pandemic]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/european-diseases-spread-to-the-new-world-during-the-dark-ages.115530/|Wi European diseases spread to the New World during the Dark Ages ?]]** |
| * **[[The Black Death]]** (13th century Europe and Asia) |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=271252|WI: Medieval AIDS ?]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=290056|WI Spanish Flu hit in 1913]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=79626|Spanish Flu and WWI]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=178043|WI: A world without HIV ?]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=296863|WI HIV not first found in gays ?]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=305793|WI AIDS became a worldwide pandemic by 1935 ?]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=13223|Worldwide epidemic]]** |
| * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=364130|Most severe non-ASB pandemic in 2016]]** |
| * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. |
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**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=140290|The Great Plague of 304 AD]]** | ---- |
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**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=111799|WI: The Vinland Pandemic]]** | |
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**[[The Black Death]]** (13th century Europe and Asia) | |
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**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=271252|WI: Medieval AIDS ?]]** | |
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**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=290056|WI Spanish Flu hit in 1913]]** | |
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**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=79626|Spanish Flu and WWI]]** | |
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**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=178043|WI: A world without HIV ?]]** | |
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Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. | |
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====Famines==== | ====Famines==== |
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Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. | Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. |
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====Cosmic catastrophes==== | ====Cosmic catastrophes==== |
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**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=244855|Plausibility check: Do all PODs based on meteor-caused natural disasters fall into ASB territory ?]]** | **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=244855|Plausibility check: Do all PODs based on meteor-caused natural disasters fall into ASB territory ?]]** |
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| **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256388|WI a 1859-style solar storm happened today ?]]** |
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| **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=322437|WI: Solar superstorm in 2012]]** |
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Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. | Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. |
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==== See Also ==== | ==== See Also ==== |
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**[[pods:exotic pods|Exotic Points of Divergence]]** | **[[pods:exotic pods|Exotic Points of Divergence]]** |
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