 What's the most unexpected result of the disaster?
It has happened a hundred times in the long history of Earth—and, sooner or later, will happen again! 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. East, where sharp reports and muffled wheezes told of continued buckling and dropping, the earth trembled downward. Virtually all east-west land communication was suspended and the President declared a national emergency. On the actual scene of the disaster (or the scenes ; it is impossible to speak of anything this size in the singular) there was a horrifying confusion. Nearly two million people were on the move, and the U. S. was faced with a gigantic wave of refugees.
 Even though millions of lives were lost, the economy is now booming due to the sea.
 Because of the new sea, there are no more rivers to trade by.  Even though millions of lives were lost, the economy is now booming due to the sea.  Coast-to-coast travel via buses and trucks is now a thing of the past.  Many of the previous states have dissolved.