[Rick Lee]

I recently watched a documentary on the HUGE volcano underneath Yellowstone, which included some computer graphics of what a massive eruption would be like. It's
unf%ckingbelievable! It would make Mt. St. Helens look like a firecracker dud.

Also, I saw one on a volcano in the Azores, which, WHEN, not if, the side of the mountain falls into the Atlantic, would send a tsunami to the US east coast which would even dwarf the one that devastated Indonesia and Thailand two years ago.

I know there's nothing we can do about this stuff, but it makes you think. I've read a few of Carl Sagan's books, so I understand how small and insignificant we are and how temporary our stewardship of the planet is. But man.... this stuff is heavy!