What about the coming ice age and the coming heat wave
Catastrophism and particularly the ideas that something big is about to happen sells. For some reason a lot of us have fun with the idea that Yellowstone will blow, killing all or most of us. While it is certainly true that such things happen, the possibility that it will in our brief lifetimes is very small. One of the hardest things to mentally grasp is just how very long a million years are.
Oh that’s all called “climate change” now.
As someone maybe I think said, “the climate, she be a changin’...”
Can’t beat it with a hockey stick!