 How is this article written?
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] It has happened a hundred times in the long history of Earth—and, sooner or later, will happen again! Newspapers in the mountain states gave it a few inches on the front page; anything is news in late August. They found themselves on the scene of what was fast becoming the most violent and widespread earthquake North America—probably the world—has ever seen in historic times. To describe it in the simplest terms, land east of the Fault was settling, and at a precipitous rate. East, where sharp reports and muffled wheezes told of continued buckling and dropping, the earth trembled downward.
 Like a factual retelling of events that have happened in America's history.
 Like a factual retelling of events that have happened in America's history.  As a scientific paper going over a tragedy that happened once in America.  As a theory as to what could end up happening to America one day.  As an obviously fictional scenario.