[Gritty]

If I recall, a lot of people laughed when Mt. St. Helens was doing the same thing.

[Catspaw]

When we were in Yellowstone in the early 90's, they had the same concern.

[John H K]

Well, Yellowstone is a caldera, and everything about calderas is infinately more complicated than a pretty much standard stratovolcano like St. Helens, which is much simpler by comparison.

Long Valley Caldera in CA had a great many indicators of possible eruptive activity, similar to St. Helens, in the 80s and 90s and has yet to erupt.

Also, for those who don't read the article, they're NOT talking about another caldera-forming blast like the ones hundreds of thousands of years ago that would kill everyon in the 3 adjacent states and end agriculture in the midwest, etc; HUGH blasts are a relative thing :-)

[jdege]

The problem is that Yellowstone sits over a supercaldera.

If the whole thing goes, it's not going to be something mild like Krakatoa:

http://www.yellowstonetreasures.com/nugget16.htm

[Eagle Eye]

If I recall, a lot of people laughed when Mt. St. Helens was doing the same thing.

Stop, you're killing me...seriesly...

I guess by now you should realize that you are playing stright man to a whole bunch of comedians.

[dljordan]

I read the article in the Denver Compost yesterday but in their usual "everything is fine, go back to sleep" style they didn't mention what would happen if this thing actually blew. I heard a guy on the radio the other day talking about Yellowstone and other "supervolcanoes". It made my hair stand up. Not much I can do about it though.