[blam]

"Enough grain grown in other areas (Russia) to feed US, plus food stock."

It will be to cold to grow grain in Russia or anywhere else on earth.

[RussianConservative]

Ha, grain grow in Siberia during brief summer, very intense grow season...and that far north. Most Russia produce grain, especially huge south region Stavrapol. End of world will not come.

[RussianConservative]

Also, depend on prevelent wind, depend where ash go. Big chance that such huge explosion disrupt gulf stream and thus not spread as far, and when do spread it stay in north hemesphere, thus south still have light and grow grain in Australia and Africa and South America. Equater is huge buffer wall that keep north wind from south. Mass extinction not happen 600,000 years ago, not happen now. Everyone run with hands in air screaming end of world, it is no end of world.