[aruanan]

Oh, please! What a crock of used food. This guy never heard of the inverse-square law.

Or you're just unfamiliar with what has happened the previous times Yellowstone has blown. Such an eruption now would have a major worldwide effect. It would dwarf the volcanic explosion in the Mediterranean in the 2nd millennium BC and that affected the entire planet.

[Happy2BMe]

"It would dwarf the volcanic explosion in the Mediterranean in the 2nd millennium BC and that affected the entire planet."

Let's not forget that only 13 years ago Mount Pinatubo in the Phillipines erupted and caused earth's temperature to drop .5 celcius.

Aerial view of Mount Pinatubo after the cataclysmic June 15, 1991. A joint team from the US Geological Survey and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) worked closely to assess hazards and monitor and predict eruptive activity at Mount Pinatubo in 1991. The accurate characterization of the hazards and timely warnings of eruptions led to the evacuation of approximately 56,000 people--including 14,500 U.S. servicemen and their dependents--from high-hazard areas near Mount Pinatubo days before the volcano's climactic eruption. Photo by E.W. Wolfe.

[blam]

"It would dwarf the volcanic explosion in the Mediterranean in the 2nd millennium BC and that affected the entire planet."

You mean Santorini in 1628BC? That's the one I believe provided the fireworks for the biblical Exodus.