That last bit deserved repeating. Sometimes I find myself getting caught up in the stuff (being polite here) that passes for information on the web. It's always good to step back and ask whether the info makes sense and to consider the time frames the earth works with. Anyone can make a prediction that sometime in the next millennium there might be a major volcanic eruption that could end all life on Earth -- anything is possible. But what does that mean to us as we prepare? Not much.

Make preparations for likely events: hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, tornadoes in the mid-west, earthquakes along the major faults, rain in California. . . None of these are end of time scenarios, they're real events that anyone can justify making necessary preparations.