History Literature / OrangeTempest

* ManOnFire: Happens to two Crusaders captured by the Caliphate.

** On a much smaller scale, the last two surviving Crusaders of the cell that orchestrated the Yorba Linda bombing try this against the Mexican Army when they are trapped on Mexican Highway 5 with no means of escape. [[spoiler:[[KillEmAll They don't succeed.]]]]

''Orange Tempest'' is an AlternateHistory timeline by Alternate History Geek, a member of Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom, exploring what might have happened had 2010's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Igor Hurricane Igor]] become a Category 5 hurricane and hit Bermuda, New England, Atlantic Canada, and eventually Europe. It can be read [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=329477 here]], and its table of contents is [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/wiki/doku.php?id=timelines:orange_tempest here]]. Sadly, it appears to be have [[OrphanedSeries come to a halt]], with the last update being in March 2015.

''Orange Tempest'' is an AlternateHistory timeline by Alternate History Geek, a member of Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom, exploring what might have happened had 2010's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Igor Hurricane Igor]] become a Category 5 hurricane and hit Bermuda, New England, Atlantic Canada, and eventually Europe. It can be read [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=329477 here]], and its table of contents is [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/wiki/doku.php?id=timelines:orange_tempest here]].

''Orange Tempest'' is an AlternateHistory timeline by Alternate History Geek, a member of Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom, exploring what might have happened had 2010's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Igor Hurricane Igor]] become a Category 5 hurricane and hit Bermuda, New England, Atlantic Canada, and eventually Europe. It can be read [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=329477 here]], and its table of contents is [[http://wiki.alternatehistory.com/doku.php/timelines/orange_tempest?&#table_of_contents here]].

''Orange Tempest'' is an ongoing AlternateHistory timeline by Alternate History Geek, a member of Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom, exploring what might have happened had 2010's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Igor Hurricane Igor]] become a Category 5 hurricane and hit Bermuda, New England, Atlantic Canada, and eventually Europe. It can be read [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=329477 here]], and its table of contents is [[http://wiki.alternatehistory.com/doku.php/timelines/orange_tempest?&#table_of_contents here]].

** Then taken UpToEleven when [[spoiler:a huge expanse of northeastern Japan is contaminated by the Fukushima Daiichi and Fukushima Daini meltdowns]].

* CopKiller: The Crusaders fleeing L.A. after the Yorba Linda bombing end up killing [[UpToEleven ''32'' police officers and 6 Border Patrol agents]] in the process.

''Orange Tempest'' is an ongoing AlternateHistory timeline by Alternate History Geek, a member of AlternateHistoryDotCom, exploring what might have happened had 2010's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Igor Hurricane Igor]] become a Category 5 hurricane and hit Bermuda, New England, Atlantic Canada, and eventually Europe. It can be read [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=329477 here]], and its table of contents is [[http://wiki.alternatehistory.com/doku.php/timelines/orange_tempest?&#table_of_contents here]].

* ShoutOut: One of the in-universe books that the timeline references is written by [[Series/DoctorWho Clara O. Oswald]].
** And another by [[Series/BlueBloods Edith Janko]].

** Finally, the Egyptian democratic government's army gets besieged in the strongholds of Asyut and Luxor in the south; after the defenders of Asyut surrender and are promptly massacred, Luxor's defenders fight to the death.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillian: The Crusade of God justifies the Yorba Linda bombing because its victims practice homosexuality (which they call "sodomy").

* ChineseWithChopperSupport: They invade and occupy the northern half of North Korea after [[spoiler:ten nuclear weapons are used]] in the North Korean Civil War.

* EgyptiansWithEagleFighters: Currently having more than a little trouble against the EIS.

* IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles: Israel bombs Hezbollah supply columns in Syria up until March 2013, and later launches an offensive into Syria that drives Syrian Army, Hezbollah, and Islamist forces out of the southern part of the country.
** TheSamsonOption: Israel [[spoiler:launches a tactical nuclear strike against Syrian Army and Hezbollah forces that used chemical weapons against Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights, marking the first time the Israeli nuclear arsenal has ever actually been used]].

* MexicansWithMachineGuns: The Mexican Army are the ones who finally bring [[spoiler:the escaping Crusaders who had orchestrated the Yorba Linda bombing and during their escape been responsible for the deaths of 32 police officers and 6 Border Patrol agents]] to their end.

* NorthKoreansWithNodongs: They topple Kim Jong-il from power, [[spoiler:execute him]], and begin modernising North Korea in preparation for reunification with the south. Unfortunately, several generals don't like this and attempt a coup, which ends up [[spoiler:going nuclear]].

* PakistanisWithPanters: They fight a CivilWar against their own country's intelligence service and then conduct a rather brutal campaign against Taliban insurgents in northwestern Pakistan.
** PakAttack: Three Pakistani nuclear weapons end up getting used: two by government forces, and one captured nuke planted in [[spoiler:Islamabad]] by the ISI and Taliban.

* SouthKoreansWithMarines: They (along with [[YanksWithTanks the U.S. Army]]) invade and occupy the southern half of North Korea after [[spoiler:ten nuclear weapons are used]] in the North Korean Civil War.

** A [[spoiler:Christian extremist group]] car-bombs [[spoiler:the reception for a wedding between two Californian women]].
* YanksWithTanks: Mostly in the form of DeathFromAbove and special-forces raids, though.
** Until [[spoiler:ten nuclear weapons are used in the North Korean Civil War]], after which they invade and occupy the southern half of North Korea (alongside the [[SouthKoreansWithMarines South Koreans]]).