[Right_Handed_Writer]

Some truth, but mostly normal. I'm far enough away to say COOL if it uncorks! See the Snopes site:

http://www.snopes.com/science/volcano.asp

[John H K]

I spent quite a bit of time arguing with similar kooks and nitwits to the writer of the article about the Long Valley Caldera on USENET in the late 1990s....they were convinced the "government was covering up" the fact that Long Valley was about to explode, etc. etc.

It obviously hasn't. And seismicity and ground deformation at Long Valley has really slacked off.

[SuziQ]

From the Snopes article: On 21 August 2003, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurred under the southern boundary of the park.

Yowsers! We had just left Montana two days before! We drove through the southern part of the Park on the 17th because my b-i-l wanted to see the Grand Tetons. It was a beautiful drive, unfortunately the pictures don't look so great because there was lots of mist in front of the Tetons.

Sounds like there would be some 'warning' since there will likely be some earthqaukes. Folks would have a chance to bug out if they wanted to. Guess each person will have assess their own, or their family's risk. I'm just glad I live in MA; didn't think I'd ever have cause to say that! ;o)

[Thud]

Note that the Snopes site referred to "29 sizable" eruptions in the past 630,000 years, i.e., the odds (using the same math used by the doomies here) are 29/1 that the next big Yellowstone eruption will be "sizable" instead of "super".

Which omits the umpteen non-sizable eruptions in the same period, as in the odds are umpteen to one that the next Yellowstone eruption will be non-sizable.

I certainly hope that nothing drastic happens, but the odds are comfortable that whatever it is will be of only local biological significance.