so, what. Is the antichrist going to pop out of the Volcanoe or something?
I do stand corrected. It was not Katla, but Laki, which is blamed for the famine in Europe. (There are plenty of sources available which make this mistake, and they got me) Having said that, Katla can produce the type of eruption which is a “once in a hundred years” type of event, think Pinatubo. Eruptions of this magnitude have a greater impact on climate than anything civilization can muster, even including Al Gore. Here are some nice lists of Geological Events: http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/platetec/topten.htm