Hemel Hempstead (1962: The Apocalypse)

1974- 1977
It was annexed peacfuly by Buckinghamshire in 1977.

Earthquake
An earthquake rocked the ruins of Northolt and a large surrounding aria, reaching out as far as Hereford, in the early morning of 23rd September 2002 (as in OTL). It registering 5.7 on the Richter scale according to scientists in the Kingdom of Lille-Wallonia and the PRUK, and lasted approximately 20 seconds. An aftershock of magnitude 2.4 occurred on 25th September at the same time, but was not felt beyond Hemel Hempstead.

Bad weather
There was major flooding between June and August 2007. The winter of 2009-2010 was the worst in 50 years.

Transport
Travel is mostly by horse, sailng boat and bicycle, since there are few motor vehicles.

Also see

 * 1) 1962: Doomsday
 * 2) List of surviving nations (1962: Doomsday)