Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-6104247-20130430210408/@comment-7431988-20130504234152

Yellowstone is dormant I believe, andand if you are being cold and logical, the economic effect of Versuvius etc. erupting would be quite low, as Italy contributes very little to the global economy, and if it is erupting every so often it is definatly active, and Yellowstone is dormant at most, but not extinct, the suphur tasting springs and geysers in the ground prove that that it is still not dead. Also, I am not sure, but I think that Versuvius is the current spout of the Bay of Naples trips, and that it would take thousands of years to reach the level of pressure needed to blow the entire volcano, whilst we have only had around 50 years