Inside Yellowstone's fiery heart: Rice researchers map volatile-rich cap, offering clues to future volcanic activity

[Vogon_Glory]

1. We gringos are also children of the shaking eath

I understand that many Mexicans and Mexicans think of themselves as the sons (and also daughters?) of the shaking earth.

It may sound silly to say this, but I believe that Americans living west of the Great Plains are also children of the shaking earth, whether we acknowledge it or not. From the silent volcanos of New Mexico to the hot-spots of the Pacific Northwest and California to the fault lines near the Sierras, those Americans are also living in a geologically-active part of the world, whether they want to believe it or not.