New Madrid Earthquake occurs later

[stevep]

  Been reminded by the History Guy video on this, see here on the New Madrid quake in Feb 1812 made me think of a couple of scenarios.

a)  It occurs say a year later, with the 1812 conflict ongoing.  Going to seriously disrupt the western states of the US and their use of the Mississippi.  Would it have a big enough impact that say the Indians of the 'Old NW' region just south of the Great Lakes could survive US pressure to stay a factor in the region.  Probably as a British protectorate as the US wouldn't accept an Indian nation.

b)  That it occurs 50 years later, in the ACW.  Going to hit both sides and seriously affect the Western [i.e. basically Mississippi valley and areas between it and the Appalachian Mountains.] theatre.  Plus given the religious feeling at the time is there a possibility it could be seen as an 'act of god' getting some to suggest that the fighting must stop.

  What do people think might happen in either scenario?

[lordroel]

Feb 10, 2022 20:40:43 GMT stevep said:

  Been reminded by the History Guy video on this, see here on the New Madrid quake in Feb 1812 made me think of a couple of scenarios.

a)  It occurs say a year later, with the 1812 conflict ongoing.  Going to seriously disrupt the western states of the US and their use of the Mississippi.  Would it have a big enough impact that say the Indians of the 'Old NW' region just south of the Great Lakes could survive US pressure to stay a factor in the region.  Probably as a British protectorate as the US wouldn't accept an Indian nation.

b)  That it occurs 50 years later, in the ACW.  Going to hit both sides and seriously affect the Western [i.e. basically Mississippi valley and areas between it and the Appalachian Mountains.] theatre.  Plus given the religious feeling at the time is there a possibility it could be seen as an 'act of god' getting some to suggest that the fighting must stop.

  What do people think might happen in either scenario?

This happening by you B option stevep, depends on how many people live in the Red zone as shown here on the map.

[stevep]

Feb 10, 2022 20:44:41 GMT lordroel said:

Feb 10, 2022 20:40:43 GMT stevep said:

  Been reminded by the History Guy video on this, see here on the New Madrid quake in Feb 1812 made me think of a couple of scenarios.

a)  It occurs say a year later, with the 1812 conflict ongoing.  Going to seriously disrupt the western states of the US and their use of the Mississippi.  Would it have a big enough impact that say the Indians of the 'Old NW' region just south of the Great Lakes could survive US pressure to stay a factor in the region.  Probably as a British protectorate as the US wouldn't accept an Indian nation.

b)  That it occurs 50 years later, in the ACW.  Going to hit both sides and seriously affect the Western [i.e. basically Mississippi valley and areas between it and the Appalachian Mountains.] theatre.  Plus given the religious feeling at the time is there a possibility it could be seen as an 'act of god' getting some to suggest that the fighting must stop.

  What do people think might happen in either scenario?

This happening by you B option stevep , depends on how many people live in the Red zone as shown here on the map.

  lordroel,

  Well that was a quick response.   Interesting that the chart shows both the 1st and 4th as being magnitude 7.7 when the THG video seemed to say it was the last one that was so destructive.  It was partly his map of the wider impact - which as you show was very wide - and also that just a little south of the town was en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Island_Number_Ten, which was a battle in the ACW that made me think of the idea.  That was actually Feb-Mar 1862 to if things were delayed 50 years they would have an impact on events in the Mississippi valley and the fighting there.

  Steve