> could this scenario happen in the continental US? I don't see why not. We certainly have wildfires in various places on the mainland. There are also a numbe

> could this scenario happen in the continental US? I don't see why not. We certainly have wildfires in various places on the mainland. There are also a number of potential causes of very large natural disasters lurking out there - from the Yellowstone supercaldera to the New Madrid earthquake zone, to the La Palma tsunami.