Among the natural risks that we don't think about too much in the U.S. are volcanoes.

Sure, we all know about Mt. Saint Helens in Washington, and the lingering eruption risks along the West Coast, but for most of us volcanoes are something that happen "somewhere else" that present little direct risk to our lives and livelihoods. (Except for the occasional eruption in Iceland that diverts air traffic into Europe. How annoying.) 

Truth is, most of us are wrong.

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