[FAA]

Not good. Not good at all. If that sucker does ever go we could have something akin to a nuclear winter in large parts of the country.

[Lazamataz]

Well, at least Obama’s socialist America will be gone.

[Robert A Cook PE]

No. Only “Red State Voters” will be hurt. So Obama doesn’t care, and may even cheer on the problems. 8<)

Seriously though, a ten or hundred foot “bubble” rising would be worrisome.

1.5 inches? Not a prob lem. Now. In a century or two? We don’t know now.

Hundreds of grade 4, 5, 6 earthquakes in a month? Big problem. But this? No.

[stockpirate]

“Not good. Not good at all. If that sucker does ever go we could have something akin to a nuclear winter in large parts of the country.”

FAA, a 1/3 of the USA would disappear in a matter of minutes, the volcanic ash would in some places be several feet deep.

[Prospero]

It certainly alarming. These signs seem to show the Yellowstone Caldera may erupt geologically soon, sometime within the next 325,000 years.

[blam]

"Not good. Not good at all. If that sucker does ever go we could have something akin to a nuclear winter in large parts of the country."

Don't kid yourself. The whole world would be severely affected:

Late Pleostocene Human Population Bottlenecks. . . (Toba)

"The last glacial period was preceded by 1000 years of the coldest temperatures of the Late Pleistocene, apparently caused by the eruption of the Mount Toba volcano. The six year long volcanic winter and 1000-year-long instant Ice Age that followed Mount Toba's eruption may have decimated Modern Man's entire population. Genetic evidence suggests that Human population size fell to about 10,000 adults between 50 and 100 thousand years ago. The survivors from this global catastrophy would have found refuge in isolated tropical pockets, mainly in Equatorial Africa. Populations living in Europe and northern China would have been completely eliminated by the reduction of the summer temperatures by as much as 12 degrees centigrade."

[The Duke]

Sounds like the timing was perfect for the introduction of my new book on disaster preparedness. Unfortunately I’m about to relocate to a part of the country that could be affect by that bad boy! :(

[Ozark Tom]

Dean Ings toilet paper roll fallout filter might work for volcanic fly ash.

[saintgermaine]

Sooner than later this country needs something to shake it up, may be this will be it. So far mankind has had a pretty easy ride, without too many natural disasters but eventually our luck may run out.