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Originally Posted by Olefin
FYI I was born and raised in Western New York and I have family members there still who have friends who work at those power plants - and EMP basically would have left those plants almost untouched - the turbines and almost all the control equipment in the mid-90's was very old fashioned - we arent talking banks of computers that were vulnerable to EMP
Also that whole area is very well watered - there are even what we call "mucklands" that are close to swamps that most likely would still be fine no matter what the drought conditions. And if there is anywhere in the Northeast that could take an influx of people and be able to feed them its there.
and there are a lot of hunters and veterans in the area that would be assisting in keeping order
It is mentioned in Challenge magazine as well - the module about the oil in PA talks about the area in some length
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I haven't seen a true drought here in my 50 years (this Saturday) of living here (minus the time I served with The 10th). In fact, I think that the nuke strikes at Chicago (on both the East and West sides) would cause just the OPPOSITE. The strikes (which would destroy BOTH canals that connect the Mississippi & the Great Lakes) would bring a cloud of debris that would INCREASE the snowfall for that winter and drive summer temps down. This would require all the OH, PA and NY farmers in the lee shores of Lake Erie to switch to cold weather crops like winter wheat, potatoes, and alfalfa in order to prevent crop loss. This would persist all the way down to I80 West where the drought would start (because you enter a different climatic region there).
This is a result of the region along the lake being in the "Lake Effect Zone" where the Lakes have a big effect on weather. We get some of the highest snow totals in the US and have only an average of 6 direct sunlight hours per day throughout the year (A reason I use to argue with "West Coasties" who claim solar is the energy solution for the whole US). Our temps range from 100 F in the summer to -30 F in the winter. We can get snow as early as September and as late as May. Our winds are on average MUCH HIGHER than the rest of PA or NY. This is why there are so many sailboats on the Great Lakes. I highly doubt that any drought would reach the North Shore of PA or the Southern Tier of NY. In fact, I think we would be more likely to experience a "Year Without Summer" like when Krakatoa erupted.