When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D it caused a lot of destruction throughout the region in Italy. In 62 A.D, there was a fatal earthquake that damaged towns, cities, this earthquake set Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD which the volcano erupted strongly with streams of hot gases, molten rock that hit Herculaneum. The city quickly was filled up with ash, pumice, molten rock, hot gases from the volcano. When Pompeii was hit not a while after ash, pumice, molten rock fell on top of the town. Some died in their homes or shops from the buildings collapsing while others died from the poisonous fumes that were ejected out of the volcano. The firestorm that was created by all the poisonous vapours in the atmosphere caused people to be suffocated the people …show more content…
While anyone who was remaining was pressured in this volcanic ash for century’s and Pompeii buried in ash. People who were alive were not so good because they had nothing no family or possessions. Though in 1944 March 18th Mount Vesuvius erupted again in World War 2, which impacted people a lot destroying parts of town as lava got shot out of Mount Vesuvius. This eruption wasn’t good because it went on for about 2 weeks before it finished. On the first day of the eruption on the 18th Mount Vesuvius made it rain rocks which were large, this covered the towns in metres of ash, lava and debris. Citizens could hear the roaring, rumbling and shaking as lava came down the mountain. When Italy’s allied forces had arrived for war it was unfortunate they had a horrible surprise because Mount Vesuvius had had destroyed Italy’s air forces planes at Terigro Airport. Over 12,000 people were displaced from their homes because of the disaster. The eight lava fountains that were created which were all around the place, as the days went by these fountains intensified. Because of this eruption, the magma chamber of Mount Vesuvius had collapsed which was the key thing to why the mountain had
To fully understand how this disaster was possible it is important to understand the historical background of the time period
America is very similar to Ancient Rome, but there are several differences. For example, the Roman Empire "fell" and America is still “standing”. Before ancient Rome “fell”, Rome started out as a small settlement of farmers on the Palatine hill. About one hundred years later, Rome became a republic. The Roman Empire started when Pax Romana or Roman peace began in 27 BCE under the rule of Augustus Caesar.
In general, volcanic activity related to subduction in oceanic and continental arcs seems to be caused by the melting of the mantle wedge above the subsiding lithosphere. A process which is induced by the release of hot fluids, essentially water (dehydration), by the descending slab into the asthenospheric wedge resulting in a decrease of the wedge's melting point often followed by its partial melting (4,5). Prior to the 1980 eruption, Mount St. Helens had been in a dormant state since 1856, having over the past 4 millenia displayed sporadic eruptive activity, seemingly increasing in frequency, with initial eruptions being separated by dormant intervals ranging from thousands to several hundreds of years to more recent intervals of 1 or 2 centuries in length
Imagine your entire city going up in flames faster than you can blink. Houses, stores, and schools were all reduced to nothing but ashes. Almost everyone that you used to know is now dead, in no more than an instant. This is what it would have been like to live in Hiroshima on the dark day of August 6, 1945, when the United States released the first nuclear weapon in the history of all warfare. They would drop a second over Nagasaki a mere three days later.
Many lives had been lost in this earthquake. In Document F, it explains how the plague brought the population of Rome from one million to 250,000, so it killed 75 percent of the people. This shows how the plague lowered the population drastically. This loss of population made it harder for Rome to find laborers and soldiers for war. The economy suffered and Rome was forced to acknowledge the loss of its power.
Thousands of people died, the city was wrecked and fires were set aflame. The earthquake happened at 5:13 in the morning on April 20, 1906. The earthquake destroyed the city hall and many more buildings that took a long time to build. It had killed many people and started oil leaks. The leaks led to fires that blazed upon the city and killed many more.
There were people getting starved because they didn’t have anything to eat. The dust also went into people’s houses and suffocated them. Many people had to cover their windows. They used clothing to stuff the cracks under the door. They couldn't go outside because too much dust would get in the house.
Electric lights dimmed to a faint glow along streets during the day” (Douglas-Hurt). People weren’t also just affected by this event mentally, but also physically. There was a disease that they came up with called dust pneumonia. This occurs when an individual breathes in too much dust, inflaming the alveoli. “...It was impossible to avoid breathing in the dust, and the worst cases led to debilitating respiratory ailments”
There are many natural disasters that affect the world, for example, volcanoes. Mount St. Helens is known to be the most active volcano in the Cascade Range in Washington; effecting the people and the state. It was first recognized as a volcano in 1835! Before the eruption on May 18,1980, Mount St. Helens was a beautiful symmetrical cone, 3,000 meters above sea level. For most of the 20th century, many people viewed this mountain and recreation area as a beautiful and peaceful place, but after the volcano erupted in 1980 that view point was shattered.
However, the eruption on May 18th was a true surprise. Within minutes, the mountain went from calm and quiet to become one of the greatest powerful natural disaster ever recorded in the U.S-
Triggered the largest landslide in recorded history and a major volcanic eruption that scattered ashes across a dozen states. The blast removed 1,300 feet off the top of Mt. St. Helen, making shockwave flow across the land, flattening forests and melting snow and ice, making it all muddy everywhere. A 57 total
It destroyed over 230 square miles of land. The volcano destroyed two hundred and fifty homes. Not only that but killing fifty- seven people and around seven thousand big game within the area. Also, the eruption of Mt St Helens is the most studied volcanic eruption
People were left homeless and hungry. It came in as a yellow brown dust that formed in the South and turned black going toward the North. It was hard to breathe, eat, and walk in this extremely crazy weather. People had to wear dust mask to keep their lungs from collecting the dust. Women had to hang wet sheets over their windows to keep dirt from entering their homes, and farmers watched as their crops died.
In the 1930’s, many dust storms formed in the Great Plains. These storms traveled all across america, destroying lives by way of dust pneumonia, destruction of homes, and death in the process. Because of these very poor living conditions, one third of the affected population was forced to leave. The ones crazy enough to stay, we’re forced to endure through many days of suffering. But what is responsible for the terrible events of the 1930?
Health risks spanned from the horrendous environment. The origin of the apocalypse is unknown, but the father did hear concussions then identifies a “dull rose glow” (52) one morning that altered the country from then on. The land was uninhabited, the trees were all dead, and ash flew all over creating a grey murk (4). The ash that fluttered around was a major hindrance for the man and his son. They had to wear masks to cover their face so they would not inhale the murk, but the father still seemed to have a reoccurring respiratory problem.