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<p>[QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 7699694, member: 5682"]Thank you for reading my post. I no longer believe those in Pompeii had much time to react and most people quickly died. Those in Herculaneum, however, had more time to flee and more people survived, but many seemed to have suffered the same fate.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Although located some 3 [more like 1-2] miles closer to Mount Vesuvius than Pompeii, the small wealthy seaside town of Herculaneum managed to dodge the majority of the ash and pumice fall from the first eruption, thanks to prevailing winds blowing the volcanic cloud southeast towards Pompeii and the surrounding area. The apocalyptic scene unfolding in front of their eyes, however, was enough to convince the majority of the citizens of Herculaneum to flee from their city. They were the wise ones, as Mount Vesuvius was far from done yet.”</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-in-79-ad-and-the-destruction-of-pompeii" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-in-79-ad-and-the-destruction-of-pompeii" rel="nofollow">https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-in-79-ad-and-the-destruction-of-pompeii</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1321514[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 7699694, member: 5682"]Thank you for reading my post. I no longer believe those in Pompeii had much time to react and most people quickly died. Those in Herculaneum, however, had more time to flee and more people survived, but many seemed to have suffered the same fate. “Although located some 3 [more like 1-2] miles closer to Mount Vesuvius than Pompeii, the small wealthy seaside town of Herculaneum managed to dodge the majority of the ash and pumice fall from the first eruption, thanks to prevailing winds blowing the volcanic cloud southeast towards Pompeii and the surrounding area. The apocalyptic scene unfolding in front of their eyes, however, was enough to convince the majority of the citizens of Herculaneum to flee from their city. They were the wise ones, as Mount Vesuvius was far from done yet.” [URL]https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-in-79-ad-and-the-destruction-of-pompeii[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1321514[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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