For some reason, when I saw this, I thought Owen, as well as many other Buffista sprog and their parents might like it.

OMG, that is awesome!!

I do not worry about a Yellowstone volcano or the Sun dying, but I do definitely worry that an earthquake will level Seattle and/or make California fall into the ocean and then the US economy will be in chaos and even if I survive life will never be the same...

(Especially because I figure I am not the sort to make it through an apocalypse. I'd run out of food, loose my glasses, and get smashed by a truck or shot by looters)

Our sun won't supernova.

I am constantly trying to say, "betelgeuse" three times to summon that one because we can see it and it won't hurt us. But so far my attempts have been in vain.

I worry frequently about the Yellowstone supervolcano.

Pete worries about Mt. Rainier.

Maybe the Mayan thing will work out for you.

I can't lie--I cross my fingers about that too. Those crazy wacky Mayans.

Pete worries about Mt. Rainier.

You know, Mt. Saint Helens was pretty fuckin' big and yet most humans are still alive.

I mean 57 deaths isn't nothing, but traffic pileups have taken out more.

I worry about a massive earthquake triggering a domino-effect of volcanic eruptions around the Ring of Fire, with resulting giant tsunamis.

Well, I say "worry". "Contemplate", maybe.

I'm a lot more worried about the collapse of the economy than I am about natural disasters. But super viruses do freak me out a little.

Pete worries about Mt. Rainier.

The Cascadia subduction zone is really the more likely mega-disaster. Not that I will actually tell this to Pete. Because that leads nowhere helpful.

The most likely activity would be lava flows such as those that occurred after the last major eruption. Such a lava flow would ooze slowly over months and years, allowing plenty of time for park managers to evaluate the situation and protect people. No scientific evidence indicates such a lava flow will occur soon.

That's what they want you to believe. (And by worry, I mean, think about from time to time and wonder at the freakin' size of all that up in there)

Not that I will actually tell this to Pete.

NO.

Because that leads nowhere helpful.

That is a delightfully subtle description of his reaction.