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Narrator: As the eruption lost power, The central column gave way to gravity. Clouds of ash and hot gas, known as pyroclastic flows, Raced down the flanks of vesuvius at over 100 miles an hour. Kayla: So you can imagine,
being someone in pompeii who Had survived this disastrous
downpour of pumice; You're thinking maybe
things are safe now, And the eruption is over, but
things were actually about to Get a whole lot worse
being someone in pompeii who Had survived this disastrous
downpour of pumice; You're thinking maybe
things are safe now, And the eruption is over, but
things were actually about to Get a whole lot worse
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Narrator: As the
eruption lost power,
00:00:03.102 --> 00:00:06.017
The central column
gave way to gravity.
00:00:06.272 --> 00:00:10.374
Clouds of ash and hot gas,
known as pyroclastic flows,
00:00:10.476 --> 00:00:15.479
Raced down the flanks
of vesuvius at over
100 miles an hour.
00:00:15.581 --> 00:00:18.315
Kayla: So you can imagine,
being someone in pompeii who
00:00:18.417 --> 00:00:23.353
Had survived this disastrous
downpour of pumice;
00:00:23.456 --> 00:00:26.156
You're thinking maybe
things are safe now,
00:00:26.258 --> 00:00:28.459
And the eruption is over, but
things were actually about to
00:00:28.561 --> 00:00:30.761
Get a whole lot worse.
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Movie Summary
Forensic experts scan Pompeii's victims to investigate why they didn't escape the eruption.