User blog comment:Enclavehunter/TL and OTL Events/@comment-1630894-20111220040724/@comment-1310192-20111221043557

Or if the POD was so large it actually erases or changes that. For example, I believe several parts of the world in 83 DD are becoming more humid. This I believe stopped the shrinkage of the Aral Sea and limited the food crisis in Eastern Africa (and have also with Greek helped caused the creation of the Eonile and partially made the Sahara retreat).

Also, political events are not really that influential in the ATL world (or shoulfn't be).