The US would be gone, but not instantly.
There’d be plenty of time for the Progressives on the coasts to black-slap, gloat and hold celebratory parties over the mass demise of all the Bitter Clingers in flyover country. Before they hit upon the realization of where their food came from.
quote from another article on the subject :
“it would push much of Earth to the verge of extinction.
It’s immediate effects would be deadly enough, with some estimates saying that 87,000 people would be killed instantly.
A 10-foot layer of ash would spread up to 1,000 miles away, leaving two-thirds of the country completely uninhabitable.
I live on the East Coast. I would also live on the West Coast should this happen.
I don’t see a problem here. I love beaches.
:-)
The novel ‘Lucifer’s Hammer’ explores prepped type coping with a worldwide disaster, from the viewpoint of riding out a massive comet strike.