Catastrophe in America by Pete Thorsen

Author:Pete Thorsen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2016-06-29T03:00:00+00:00

Epilogue

Our wedding was the start of a whole new life for Amy and me. It was also happened to be the start of a whole new life for the United States too. That winter was a rough time for many Americans. There was not enough food and not enough heating fuels in the northern areas. The whole country breathed a sigh of relief when spring finally came. With the spring came renewed hope for our nation and we were more than ready to jump to work.

Native oil had been pumped to refineries over winter and those refineries had been manned and fired up to produce all the fuel that this country needed to run. Truckers saw to it that the fuel was delivered all around the nation. The nation’s farmers had the fuel, seeds, and fertilizer they needed for planting and even Mother Nature chipped in by providing an easy spring with no severe weather.

Crops were produced and hauled to canneries and packagers so we all would have all the food we would need to get through until the next batch of produce the following year. By the end of summer the whole nation was perking along and things were getting back towards the old normal. Phones, radios, and TV were back up and running again, though maybe not to the extent they were before but that was fine too.

Everybody was basically working now because there was still work to do and the nation’s population had been severely reduced though at this point there had been no census taken. Our son Bart was born in September at our home with the help of a mid-wife. There were hospitals open now but Amy wanted it done this way and she pretty much always gets her way!

The election was held a month early so the weather would be warmer (and our acting President wanted out of that position I think). There were some temporary changes due to not knowing the current population of each state. Each state elected two Senators the same as before but each state also only elected two Representatives this time. This had been decided by what was left of the old Congress and by the following year if populations warranted it added Representatives would be elected at that time in each state as dictated. So we ended up with all new people elected to Washington. And they had quite a lot of work to do.

All the finances for the government, for companies, and for individuals was all messed up and had to be straightened out. There were thousands of basically now un-owned houses and businesses around the country due to the reduced population and ownership of those places were in question.

Along with all the debt that was on the books for the government, for companies, and for individuals. It was all a mess and no one had a good answer for what to do about all of it. Basically all the nation’s banks were bankrupt and dissolved and that meant something had to done about the savings accounts for those still alive.

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