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Points of Divergence : Natural Disasters
Points of divergence concerning various natural disasters and catastrophes.
General
WI: A great natural catastrophe during World War One ?
Earthquakes and other catastrophes that could have changed the history of the Byzantine Empire
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Earthquakes
Earthquakes and other catastrophes that could have changed the history of the Byzantine Empire
WI: A more devastating, earlier San Francisco Earthquake takes place
The Vari Norman dam fails after the 6.7 Los Angeles earthquake of 1971
Effects of a greater Sylmar earthquake in 1971 ?
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Volcanoes
Eruptions of the Yellowstone supervolcano
Is it plausible to butterfly away volcano eruptions in a realistic timeline ?
Same topic as the above, different thread
Plausibility check: Could civilization prosper even during much greater volcanism than in OTL ?
The Toba supervolcano eruption doesn't occur
A Pre-Columbian Era supervolcano eruption ?
WI: Supervolcano "wrecking" late 17th century Europe and ramifications of such an event ?
The Great Plague of 304 AD - Connections have been made to volcanic eruptions of the time.
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Fires, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, storms, etc.
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Epidemics
The Black Death (13th century Europe and Asia)
WI HIV not first found in gays ?
WI AIDS became a worldwide pandemic by 1935 ?
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Famines
WI the North American drought of 1856-1865 had been averted ?
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Cosmic catastrophes
Plausibility check: Do all PODs based on meteor-caused natural disasters fall into ASB territory ?
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