Planet Earth without Russia

[onodera]

Originally posted by Lonestar

This government can't even get housing straight for a couple hundred thousand people 3 years after a major Hurricane, you expect it's ass to get in gear by the time winter rolls around?

You expect Russians to defecate on Mt Rushmore for six months and not march to Malibu or Miami?

[Whoha]

Originally posted by onodera

Is it THAT cold at night in the middle of the summer in Dakotas?

It will get that cold in a few months(from the date in the scenario), and moving ~140 million people presents its own challenges. Starting out with everyone evenly distributed by population density into the US will still place extreme strain on the US, but will overall be the best bet to not have 100 million dead russians dumped on us.

[Julian Delphiki]

Originally posted by onodera

You also lose a nice place to get piss-drunk on weekends.

Are you suggesting that drinking and swimming cannot be combined ? One more way for ppl to get Darwin award nominations.

I really should check Russian drunk safe sooner or later

[Julian Delphiki]

dupe.

[Vesayen]

This scenario is too bizzare for me to take seriously. I'm sitting this one out.

[Starchild]

Russia sinks. The oceans pour in to replace the missing landmass. Its all bad for anyone living on the newly created coastlines.

[VetLegion]

Does Russia sink or does it evaporate?

If it sinks, the sea levels everywhere rise, like global warming only worse. If it evaporates, oceans have to redistribute the water and numerous countries find themselves with more land than before.


With regards to 140 million Russians in the USA, it is technically possible to shelter and feed them all once they are evenly distributed around. It would be an unparalleled logistical challenge though, and perhaps more than half would die from hunger before it is solved.

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by onodera

You expect Russians to defecate on Mt Rushmore for six months and not march to Malibu or Miami?

I expect there to be a lot of potshots between tghe loony locals and the Russians before this **** is figured out.

[onodera]

Originally posted by VetLegion
Does Russia sink or does it evaporate?

If it sinks, the sea levels everywhere rise, like global warming only worse. If it evaporates, oceans have to redistribute the water and numerous countries find themselves with more land than before.

Let's say the above-water part evaporates, and an equivalent volume of below-water Russia turns to water.
This way we'll avoid any sea-level changes.

[Heraclitus]

Originally posted by onodera


Let's say the above-water part evaporates, and an equivalent volume of below-water Russia turns to water.
This way we'll avoid any sea-level changes.

You should probably edit your OP to reflect this.

[Heraclitus]

Originally posted by Vesayen
This scenario is too bizzare for me to take seriously. I'm sitting this one out.

I'd agree, It would be more fun if the Russian territory remained or if just the infrastructure was gone. But my scenarios were pushing it as well, so I'll give it a try.

Russians starve and eventually riot. Submarine commanders try to bully the US government to take care of the stranded population. The US government claims that its already doing this and tries to hunt down the subs. Some of the sub commanders head for North Korea to sell their nukes.

A very odd Russian-American war might break out.

[Riesstiu IV]

Really, what is the point of all these strange scenarios?

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Riesstiu IV
Really, what is the point of all these strange scenarios?

QFT

[Heraclitus]

Originally posted by LordShiva


QFT

Lord Shiva! I’m disappointed.

It’s the same purpose all the threads have: +1

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Riesstiu IV
Really, what is the point of all these strange scenarios?

It's not mysterious. Bizarre hypothetical scenarios can help shed on new light on how others perceive the world. I think the more complicated the hypothetical parameters of the scenario become the less that can be learned however. You have to keep it so simple that you know everybody is on the same page with respect to the hypothetical bits and that it doesn't automatically derail just about everything they know (or rather think they know) about the world.