[wireplay]

It could be worse:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Garita_Caldera

[Frantzie]

Is that still active or is it just a crack in the earth that could reopen again.

How big is the opening at Yellowstone?

I am not a geologist but I wonder if the openings are so big now that the pressure would be lessened than what happened millions of year ago or if it happened again it would spew the ash and magma with the same force.

How big is the opening? I though with volcanoes that the cone builds up and a relatively small opening then blows due to the pressure.

[Rocky]

Thanks. I needed cheering-up.

[Frantzie]

Sh*t poor old dinosaurs. La Garita 100,000 megatons?!