Comments on: Future Archeological Digs http://popgoestheculture.com/archives/23 Susie Watson, trend analyst and pop culture pundit teams up with cartoonist Barbara Luhring. Together they tear through the real and manufactured trends in pop culture today. Listen in! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:47:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Old Comments http://popgoestheculture.com/archives/23#comment-28 Old Comments Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:03:27 +0000 http://popgoestheculture.com/?p=23#comment-28 I haven't even finished listening but I had to point out that pompei was preserved within ash, not lava. The top of the volcano exploded, the folks of Pompei began to panic and they were immediately buried within a deluge of muddy ash and super-heated gas. The lava came later. This is the reason we can excavate the town with relative ease. If it had been just lava, there wouldn't be anyone left in town as lava is generally much slower moving. mamaloo • 7/18/06; 11:27:17 AM And, that should be "Pompeii". Sorry - I know how spelling errors are such a sore point with Susie! *wink* mamaloo • 7/18/06; 11:29:08 AM Oh Mamaloo - I am so embarrassed not to know about the ash/lava thing, but I have to admit, I never understood why anyone would stand still while being covered with lava. Thanks for solving one of life's mysteries for me. I wouldn't want to go either way. And thanks for indulging me on the spelling thing. Susie Watson • 7/19/06; 11:14:55 AM I haven’t even finished listening but I had to point out that pompei was preserved within ash, not lava. The top of the volcano exploded, the folks of Pompei began to panic and they were immediately buried within a deluge of muddy ash and super-heated gas. The lava came later. This is the reason we can excavate the town with relative ease. If it had been just lava, there wouldn’t be anyone left in town as lava is generally much slower moving.
mamaloo • 7/18/06; 11:27:17 AM

And, that should be “Pompeii”. Sorry - I know how spelling errors are such a sore point with Susie! *wink*
mamaloo • 7/18/06; 11:29:08 AM

Oh Mamaloo - I am so embarrassed not to know about the ash/lava thing, but I have to admit, I never understood why anyone would stand still while being covered with lava. Thanks for solving one of life’s mysteries for me. I wouldn’t want to go either way. And thanks for indulging me on the spelling thing.
Susie Watson • 7/19/06; 11:14:55 AM

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