It may not have hurricanes (which are coastal ocean storms) but it has straight line tornadoes that can come off Lake Michigan that can be just as damaging. I lived in Western Michigan for 8 years and there was a terrible straight line storm there that knocked out power for a week, flooded roads, ripped down thousands of huge trees, ruined houses and caused millions of dollars worth of damage.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.