Remember to stock up on your emergency food supply. After all, Glen Beck says so. OH Brother..Oh yes, he has it himself. Friggan kook.
Here is the thing. As it says, there is a very remote chance of a super eruption. There have been many smaller St Helen sized eruptions. Nobody knows.
If there was a super eruption, about 1/2 to 2/3rds of the earths population would die off. The volcanic winter would last for about ten years-at least that is what they think by comparing past super eruptions. So we could expect an ice age to form which would last for years and years-at the very least, a mini ice age.
So the survivalists would live for how much longer? Unless as the prior post states, that you are prepared to move to another area of the planet, your toast. But I cant fault anyone for trying though.
I do not know if anyone knows, but the last volcanic eruption around Flagstaff Az was about 600 years ago. The whole of the west is covered with cones, and many are not extinct. I.E-the Long Valley caldera in CA is very active and will most likely go before Yellowstone ever would. Matter of fact, they say that the magma is actually higher than the valley around there. It has intruded into the mountains and hills above the valley. THAT ONE, is truly a ticking time bomb.
Maximum worst case scenario:
THEY ALL GO AT THE SAME TIME!.......................
Just wondering if I can heat my freeze-dried food in lava???