Modern Day
Pompei?
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Pyroclastic flows is a thing. A very BAD thing if you happen to be close.
- A pyroclastic flow (also known as a pyroclastic density current or a pyroclastic cloud)[1] is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter (collectively known as tephra) that moves away from a volcano reaching speeds of up to 700 km/h (430 mph).[2] The gases can reach temperatures of about 1,000 °C (1,830 °F).
2/3 the speed of sound. You can't out run THAT. Not even in a truck
Dramatic moment truck is swallowed by an ash cloud as villagers flee '1300 Fahrenheit pyroclastic flows' from Guatemala's Volcano of Fire which has killed at least 69
That's happening today...right NOW.
If you're close you're dead.
How close?
- The volumes range from a few hundred cubic meters to more than 1,000 cubic kilometres. The larger ones can travel for hundreds of kilometres
That would seem to be a hint.
They literally boiled to death from the inside out. :( This is so awful.
1400 degrees will do that.
Pretty devastating, and gruesome.