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2. According to one of The Girl’s teachers, there is a mountain near town that is holding on by a thread. Someday it’s going to crack and fall apart.
3. When it goes, it’ll wipe out everything for miles around.
4. But that’s nothing compared to what Yellowstone will do.
5. Yellowstone is a super volcano. Someday it’s going to blow.
6. When it does, it’ll take out the entire state of Wyoming and a good chunk of Montana and Idaho.
7. The first thing that gets you in a volcanic eruption is toxic gas.
8. If the gas doesn’t kill everyone where I live, the following earthquakes will.
9. Brick does not hold up well in an earthquake. It crumbles. Wood houses hold up much better.
10. My foundation is made of brick. I’m thinking about getting a “collar” to reinforce it.
11. Last year we had five earthquakes in a hundred mile radius that I know of.
12. There may be a link between unstable weather and increases in earthquakes.
13. The eruption of Yellowstone is overdue.
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