[guitarplayer1953]

If it goes the entire Midwest bread basket will be covered in ash. So if you don't die from breathing the ash and it turning into concrete in your lungs you will starve to death.

[winoneforthegipper]

So the mid atlantic ridge between the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate did not produce. However, I 5.0 a few minutes ago occurred on the tectonic boundary of the Eurasian and the indo-australian plate.

Magnitude 5.0 - KYRGYZSTAN
2010 March 02 01:55:39 UTC

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010tiaf.php#maps

Interesting enough for two days ago when the same progression occurred, it did manifest on the southern mid-atlantic ridge and ended near Greece on the Eurasian/African plate fault.

[TChris]

So if you don't die from breathing the ash and it turning into concrete in your lungs you will starve to death.

Build up food storage.

Wheat is about $0.15/lb in 50 lb. bags from a grain elevator. You could have half a ton to store for $150.00.

A wheat grinder is either about $70 for a hand crank or about $275 for a good electric one.

Sam's Club for some big packs of yeast, cooking oil, salt, sugar, rice, etc.

Used 55 gal. poly water barrels are ~$30 each or so if you look around. Don't let starving be an option for your family.