It all depends on the magnitude of the eruption. And if it a fairly low magnitude, it may be survivable. I dont think it is fair to say that it will wipe out mankind. The scientists dont know, and I doubt seriousley if you do.
The only thing they can say is it is past due, and they THINK it may be a big one. But we all know that mother nature does exactly as she wants, and it may be a low level eruption despite all of the horror story's.
Besides, the temperature of the earth will take quite a long time to cool, it wont be a flash freeze. And nobody knows how long the ash will stay in the atmosphere, so mankind could be here for a while after the event, maybe forever, nobody really knows.
I am preparing for realistic possible events, but I'm just saying that this one is in the top 10, based on it's past eruption intervals.
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