God nuked the towns, an Mrs Lot died of a heart attack, not salinization when shen she looked. “Pillar of salt” is apparently an idiomatic expression in Aramaic, meaning to be literally scared to death. God said don’t look, and she did...
“I said don’t look ethel! But it was too late! She’d already been salinized!!”
Boogety boogety!
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I have also heard that look back could also mean to lag behind. Lot’s Wife lagged behind because she still wanted to hold on to her life in the past and got caught up in the volcanic ash. If you look at what happened in Pompeii you can see that a person can be turned to volcanic glass in an instant.
Interesting. Have you a link?