2/2: #Bestof2021: Finding the Hero of Herculaneum two thousand years later. Charles Pellegrino
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2/2: #Bestof2021: Finding the Hero of Herculaneum two thousand years later. Charles Pellegrino (Originally posted June 25, 2021)
https://news.yahoo.com/2-000-old-skeleton-roman-135559332.html
Ghosts of Vesuvius: A New Look at the Last Days of Pompeii, How Towers Fall, and Other Strange Connections Paperback – August 9, 2005 by Charles R Pellegrino
https://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-Vesuvius-Pompeii-Strange-Connections/dp/0060751002
A fascinating look at Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Vesuvius eruption in comparison with other historically significant volcanic eruptions, including the World Trade Center disaster.
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, which obliterated the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, was a disaster that resounds to this day. Now, the palaeontologist Charles Pellegrino presents a wealth of new knowledge about the doomed towns—and brings to vivid life the people, their last moments, and the aftermath.
The lessons learned from modern scrutiny of that ancient eruption produce disturbing echoes in the present. Dr Pellegrino, who worked at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack, shares his unique knowledge of the strange physics of volcanic 'downblast' and 'collapse column', drawing a direct link from past to present, and providing readers with a poignant glimpse into the last moments of the 'American Vesuvius'.
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| 0:00.0 | Sometimes you just need to get away. |
| 0:02.8 | And for the Aguil War family it was well over you. |
| 0:05.5 | They wanted to know exactly what they were getting, |
| 0:08.0 | like knowing their kids stay and eat a delicious breakfast for free. |
| 0:11.6 | Yes! |
| 0:12.6 | And no need to look heavy bags, with free parking at over 500 hotels. |
| 0:17.4 | Enjoy the same feeling whatever the trip. |
| 0:19.8 | Cremier in, rest easy. |
| 0:21.9 | Only available to book at premierin.com. |
| 0:24.9 | Season C's apply of two kids stay and eat breakfast free with a full paying adult. |
| 0:31.9 | This is CBSI in the world. |
| 0:36.5 | I'm John Bachelors and Charles Pellegrino, the explorer and author is here. |
| 0:40.3 | To help me unpack a new detail from the tragedy of the Soviet 79 AD, either August or October |
| 0:48.8 | in November. |
| 0:49.8 | It's unclear. |
| 0:50.8 | And a man discovered on the beach a Victorian guard hero attempting to rescue people. |
| 0:57.3 | He was killed in the surge, hundreds of feet high, hundreds of meters high, super heated |
| 1:02.8 | surge coming off of the Soviets early in the morning. |
| 1:07.1 | But you tell me Charlie that why we know anything about that surge is from what happened 9-11-2001. |
| 1:14.8 | How so? |
| 1:15.8 | Well, a lot of what we were able to see and confirm, in fact, what I, my group, what we |
| 1:22.3 | were doing in Grand Zero was exactly volcano physics. |
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