Posted on 08/27/2011 7:54:23 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Pliny the Elder's ship approached the shore near Pompeii.
Ashes were already falling, hotter and thicker as the ships drew near, followed by bits of pumice and blackened stones, charred and cracked by the flames . . . Meanwhile on Mount Vesuvius broad sheets of fire and leaping flames blazed at several points, their bright glare emphasized by the darkness of night. (pp. 429, 431)
But they could not land because the shore was blocked by volcanic debris, so they sailed south and landed at Stabiae. Hoping to quiet the frightened people, the uncle asked to be carried to the bath house. Afterward he lay down and ate. Next, hoping to quiet the inhabitants, he went to bed. The volcano did not do likewise, however.
By this time the courtyard giving access to his room was full of ashes mixed with pumice-stones, so that its level had risen, and if he had stayed in the room any longer he would never had got out. . . . They debated whether to stay indoors or take their chance in the open, for the buildings were now shaking with violent shocks, and seemed to be swaying to and fro as if they were torn from their foundations. Outside on the other hand, there was the danger of falling pumice-stones, even though these were light and porous. . . . As a protection against falling objects they put pillows on their heads tied down with cloths. (pp. 431, 433)
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you beat me to it!
He’s got a time machine too, and had to test his disaster machine somewhere that it wouldn’t arouse suspicion.
Looks like the northern view of Mt Shasta
And they think man is a threat to the planet.
“And they think man is a threat to the planet.”
I have often said to my friends who think man is damaging the earth— That we are but a pimple on Mothers Earths Butt.
We can no more damage the earth than a pimple can damage a human.
Pompeii: Vesuvius eruption may have been later than thought
BBC | October 16, 2018 | unattributed
Posted on 10/17/2018 3:27:06 AM by SunkenCiv
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