The Yellowstone Conundrum (Is this the end?) was a free book when this post was written. A fiction book for you to read. This is about something that scares the crap out of me. I really think that it could happen. :(
The Yellowstone Caldera, the most dangerous hot-spot on the surface of
the earth, erupts with a series of 11.2 earthquakes and spews volcanic
ash high into the atmosphere. Six hundred miles away a 9.45 quake under
Puget Sound causes massive destruction to Seattle as a tsunami strikes
and destroys most of the waterfront.
The Fort Peck Dam in
Montana on the Missouri River fails as does the Jackson Dam on the Snake
River. The power grid in the Western United States quickly
disintegrates, with utility companies fending for themselves. Power
outages reach the East Coast.
The Beginning of the End is a
page-turning novel with readers following eight characters as they
scramble out of harm's way on Day One of the Yellowstone Conundrum;
everyday people put into extraordinary situations, with the President of
the United States and his cabinet scrambling in the background to find
how to escape from lose-lose scenarios.
The Columbia Generating
Plant on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation suffers great damage and begins
a meltdown. Bridges in Portland collapse. Infrastructure in the NW is
severely damaged and thousands are killed; Salt Lake City, Boise,
Denver and every city, town and village in the Pacific Northwest are
affected.
The massive Death Cloud from the Yellowstone explosion
sends volcanic ash into the jet stream, which then begins to carry the
heavy ash south across Wyoming, over Denver until it catches up with a
low pressure system advancing across Texas.
Follow army vet Ray
Spaulding as he survives the crash of a WSDOT ferry in the tsunami, then
manages to save, then lead a handful of everyday people who rally
together to save the Seattle Public Library from destruction by gangs.
University
of Washington professor Denny Cain and student Karen Bagley vow to get
out of Seattle, only to find themselves in a firefight as the local
Seattle gangs attempt to claim the night.
Skier Penny Armstrong fights her inner demons by skiing north toward Billings in an attempt to avoid the Death Cloud.
Long-distance
trucker Cameron Hedges is forced to step out of character as he first
rescues Betsy Jamison, then convinces an entire town to move out of
harm's way.
Robert and Nancy O'Brien, both up-and-coming managers
within the Department of the Interior are separated by their jobs, then
by the earthquake and explosion.
The President of the United
States must deal with his own Kobayoshi Maru, with a series of
impossible lose-lose scenarios as the power grid in the United States
collapses.
Super easy and frugal dinner. Great for when you are in a hurry.
