First of all, love this part of the forum and many thanks to everyone for posting suggestions, tips, etc. on preparedness.
No question that preparing for natural disasters like hurricanes, tornado outbreaks, blizzards, floods, and the like are very important...but what do you all think the next large scale (domestic) natural disaster will be? Massive earthquake? Tsunami? Volcanic activity? I lump these into an altogether different category than more 'normal' natural disasters that occur on a fairly regular basis.
A few news stories today peeked my interest, all of them revolving around the recent quakes/tremors felt across the US.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/us/24earthquake.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/us...e.html?_r=1&hp
These disruptions in our area of the Earth's crust have got me worried because of the Yellowstone Caldera which lies...you guessed it, under Yellowstone National Park. In a word, it's a supervolcano measuring about 35 miles x 45 miles. It's been swelling for years but the recent earthquakes in Japan, Chile, and now in the US, could lead to instability which in turn could be a trigger for this volcano.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/ar...oon-erupt.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...magma-science/
So I believe this is the next large-scale disaster to hit our country and it might happen in the near future. While volcanoes swell and contract, hearing about earthquakes throughout the country got me think worst-case scenario. The results would obviously be crippling as ash would fall over most of the nation's farmland, damaging soil and agriculture, 9% of our exports. I don't need to tell anyone that during these economic times something on this scale would be crippiling for the US.
Scary...thoughts? Anyone else been following this? This definitely puts an emphasis on the importance of food storage.
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