Meteors and Destruction
If a meteor hit a continent and destroyed nearly all life in at least an 822,500 sq mile area (the area of said continent), then left a still-nearly dead area of about 110,000 sq miles, I need to know... How long it would take for the rest of that 822,500 sq mile area to basically 'get back to normal.' I've calculated the population and technology levels at about 13th century Europe. I won't be getting into technology levels of the world before the meteor hit.
The map is here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/yep_its_just_me/Osara.png (Ignore the map scale.) That's where I want to put my undead and other evil creatures.
I haven't outlined any of the rest of the planet, but it's basically earth-size (to make a lot of things easier) and the mainland itself is 560,000 sq miles, and the 822,500 sq miles includes the three islands. The area where the meteor would've hit is that upper left-hand spot that looks like a burned-out hold --which it is.
I'd sure appreciate the help! I'm working on a timeline, and am just clueless. Right now I have my timeline at year 2418 and wonder if this is adequate. The "hole" left by the meteor is roughly 265 miles by 123 miles. The fact that it's still dead could be related to more magical/mystical means, but I want to be realistic about the rest of my world.
I know Mount St. Helens is recovering nicely, and I've had experience with watching considerable wildfire burned areas recover, but they had a lot of help from everything around... seed spores, animals migrating in and the like, but a continent probably wouldn't have that extra push of momentum and resources to recover that rapidly.
Thanks!
Kelly
The map is here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/yep_its_just_me/Osara.png (Ignore the map scale.) That's where I want to put my undead and other evil creatures.
I haven't outlined any of the rest of the planet, but it's basically earth-size (to make a lot of things easier) and the mainland itself is 560,000 sq miles, and the 822,500 sq miles includes the three islands. The area where the meteor would've hit is that upper left-hand spot that looks like a burned-out hold --which it is.
I'd sure appreciate the help! I'm working on a timeline, and am just clueless. Right now I have my timeline at year 2418 and wonder if this is adequate. The "hole" left by the meteor is roughly 265 miles by 123 miles. The fact that it's still dead could be related to more magical/mystical means, but I want to be realistic about the rest of my world.
I know Mount St. Helens is recovering nicely, and I've had experience with watching considerable wildfire burned areas recover, but they had a lot of help from everything around... seed spores, animals migrating in and the like, but a continent probably wouldn't have that extra push of momentum and resources to recover that rapidly.
Thanks!
Kelly