Let's go back to our Volcano Series for Natural Disaster Week! Today, we'll tell the story of how Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. We'll cover what type of volcano, the warnings of doom, the cities themselves, how Nero sent help, how they were discovered centuries later, and how climbing Mt. Vesuvius is hella boring.

This was part 2 in our 7 part series that you can find anywhere you listen!

Ep 38: Volcanoes Pt 1 - Mt. Toba's Echo: Journey into Earth's Cataclysmic Past

• A prehistoric eruption so massive it may have nearly wiped out humanity.

Ep 42: Volcanoes Pt 2 - Time Capsule of Tragedy: Exploring Pompeii's Frozen History

• Mount Vesuvius destroys—and preserves—an entire Roman city in one day.

Ep 46: Volcanoes Pt 3 - The Silent Summer: Tambora's Echo in Time

• An eruption in 1815 caused global famine and the “year without a summer.”

Ep 51: Volcanoes Pt 4 - Krakatoa: Exploring the Tectonic Plates Beneath the Cataclysmic Eruption

• One of the loudest sounds in history, an eruption that reshaped the map—and the climate.

Ep 59: Volcanoes Pt 5 - Mud, Fire, and Ash: The Mt. Pelée Eruption

• In 1902, a pyroclastic flow annihilated the city of Saint-Pierre in seconds.

Ep 66 - Volcanoes Part 6 - George Vancouver, this is it!: The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens

• When the mountain blew in 1980, it was one of the most iconic eruptions of the 20th century.

Ep 71 - Volcanoes Part 7 - The End of the World - Yellowstone & Mass Extinctions

• The mother of all volcanoes—and how super-eruptions may have ended worlds before.

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