Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but I doubt all the Naval Intellegence people are "dummies".

I've also read that during the last mini ice-age, the sheet of ice extended right to Hwy 44 and that vegetation was growing less than a mile south. To me, that would mean that Ozarks should be okay if a mini ice-age hit. The last place I would want to be is north, but it seems we all have reasons for our opinions and not all is posted, some are just things in our brains held from previous reads. People who are crossing the Ozarks off because of some dormant volcano in the area but think it's safer up by Yellowstone are confusing me.

To each his own and the best of luck in your quest for the perfect bug out place.