If we get the big one (earthquake) in California, does that speed up the Mad Max melt down or will it focus energy away from the economy and actually work as a stimulus program? This would be similar to what WWII did for the U.S. to get us out of the depression and put lots of people to work killing Germans and Japanese.[/quote]
A Nuke or Nukes going off in America would speed it up.
If it happens it will probably be set off by people they are resettling here from Gitmo.