Yellowstone: The Anatomy of a Supposed Volcanic Conspiracy

As many of my regular readers know, I have a bit of a bee in my bonnet over the media's (and public's) obsession with the Yellowstone Caldera. Now, I truly appreciate what a geologically unique and powerful location Yellowstone is today -- it is one of the few active giant caldera systems on the planet and it is located in the middle of one of the more populous (and powerful) countries on Earth. The caldera has the ability to produce a society-changing event where much of a continent could be rendered uninhabitable for years if not decades. However, all that being said, sometimes you need to just step back and take a deep breath with it comes to a "restless caldera" like Yellowstone. Watching the caldera's many webicorders and webcams on a daily basis might be a fun hobby, but when you start to take it so seriously that you ...