Yellowstone supervolcano is found to be even bigger! ![](/twocommunity/Images/Emoticons/msp_scared.gif)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25312674.
Does it matter if one gets hit by a forty ton truck or a train?.![](/twocommunity/Images/Emoticons/msp_biggrin.gif)
If that thing decided to go off, even at past estimates on size,I think we would be in dire trouble.![](/twocommunity/Images/Emoticons/msp_wink.gif)
It's amazing how big this thing is.
Let's hope it sleeps soundly.![](/twocommunity/Images/Emoticons/msp_smile.gif)
My understanding is that it doesn't sleep, in the sense of doing nothing. It undergoes a very long process of "reloading" the magma chamber,
As the article says, the process is ongoing and the last eruption was around 640k years ago, with a cycle of around 700k years.
Unless you come up with an elixir of eternal life I don't think it's going to be a problem for you - or any of us. More likely that the consequences of global warming will hit us first.
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52.0N 0.1E