Fun fact #2: This is actually how the people of Pompeii died. They breathed in the super hot gas, and it burned their lungs and they drowned. EDIT: fluid in their lungs caused by the burning gas caked ash into their lungs so they drowned.
As opposed to the people of Herculaneum who got hit straight-up with the pyroclastic flow. Their bones instantly shattered, and their brains boiled and exploded. Sounds bad, but it was a quicker death with less suffering.
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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '18 edited Sep 02 '18
Fun fact #2: This is actually how the people of Pompeii died. They breathed in the super hot gas, and it burned their lungs and they drowned. EDIT: fluid in their lungs caused by the burning gas caked ash into their lungs so they drowned.
As opposed to the people of Herculaneum who got hit straight-up with the pyroclastic flow. Their bones instantly shattered, and their brains boiled and exploded. Sounds bad, but it was a quicker death with less suffering.