Fault lines.

Description:

Nuclear weapons set off along San Andres Fault in California. Triggers massive earthquakse around the world but especially devastates the US. New Volcanoes block the gulf stream from normal path. Northeast US goes into massive winter. The story is about a team that works to restore the gulf stream and the efforts of one family to survive the extremely harsh winter in the US northeast. Other parts describe how the US copes with the situation internally and externally.

subjects: Natural disaster,  earthquakes,  volcanos,  winter survival,  international politics,  Children's fiction

Places: California,  carribean,  Washington DC,  Maine,  US

Times: 1970's