Vocabulary Story 903 Why People Stayed Around Vesuvius before the Eruption

1 Vocabulary Story 903 Why People Stayed Around Vesuvius before the Eruption
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The conditions around Mount Vesuvius in 79AD were ambiguous. The
land was rich, supporting a great modus vivendi with a limpid skies.
This inspired confidence, despite earthquakes.
People toiled on the slopes, garnering in fat juicy grapes. People felt
empowered to build right up to the edge of the sleeping volcano. It
was a heinous, flagrant, reckless thing to do in hindsight. The eruption
sent ash all the way into the hinterlands.
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2 Vocabulary Story 903 Why People Stayed Around Vesuvius before the Eruption
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The conditions around Mount Vesuvius in 79AD were contradictory. The
land was rich, supporting a great lifestyle with a clear skies.
This created confidence, in spite of earthquakes.
People worked on the slopes, taking in fat juicy grapes. People felt
able to build right up to the edge of the sleeping volcano. It
was a hateful, openly bad, fool hardy thing to do in retrospect. The eruption
sent ash all the way into the countryside.
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