Comments by "Jake Alter" (@jakealter5504) on "Timeline - World History Documentaries" channel.

  1. Rebeca C. Dávila I’d say fortunately since the magma at Vesuvius is very explosive
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  2. Night Raven it happened to both, Herculaneum just got hit first
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  3. Jeff J it’s because volcanic soil is extremely fertile
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  4. Linda T unlikely, you don’t really forget an event like this
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  5. stepintothewoods the earthquakes started around 16 years before the eruption, it’s possible that the earthquake of 63 ad was a very early warning sign from Vesuvius
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  6. Ellie R from the Bronx helicopters would be worthless in a volcanic eruption
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  7. Davey Blue Eyes actually it would be even worse
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  8. StylistecS it is
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  9. Salvatore Escoti yet Vesuvius is the one that has the larger and deadlier eruptions
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  10. Green Leafy Cabbage pliny the younger’s letters
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  11. MaryAnne Brown the eruption in New Zealand was small compared to the Pompeii eruption
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  12. Tory Stripling agreed, Vesuvius doesn’t care about the people living near it
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  13. I. M. Except the destruction will come from lahars, not pyroclastic flows
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  14. Allan Gibson Vesuvius is actually a separate volcano but it is basically on the edge of the caldera
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  15.  @AgentDev542  and extreme heat
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  16. Alice Sacco it’s just the most famous one
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  17. Except Vesuvius has a much deadlier reputation
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  18. Leafy Chu it’s because Vesuvius erupted within the last hundred years, the last eruption occurred during WWII
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  19. Jennifer Brewer the 1944 eruption was small compared to the Pompeii eruption
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  20. Alex Durn to be fair, both Vesuvius and Campi are capable of destroying Naples
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  21. Swithin Barclay that or escaping by boat
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  22. Swithin Barclay thanks
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  23.  @bradmiller2329  exactly
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