The thing about Pompeii is, it’s portrayed as a sudden event with no warning. Those poor victims!
Actually, Vesuvius had been erupting on and off for 16 years before that. So there were plenty of warnings that this was a dangerous area, which many people decided to ignore ... and ended up paying the price
Doesn’t Nature / God usually give some kind of warning of big events? Whether people want to heed that warning is their own choice
I’ve read Pompeii was destroyed due to promiscuity and homosexuality.
“Actually, Vesuvius had been erupting on and off for 16 years before that. So there were plenty of warnings that this was a dangerous area, which many people decided to ignore ... and ended up paying the price”
FWIW, it was also allegedly the Volcano/Bacchanalia season.
The people most likely believed the idols they worshipped would protect them.
In reality, everyone had ample time to escape. Mount Vesuvius had slowly been building up steam and giving signals of an imminent eruption. Unfortunately, it was also the festival of Volcanalia – the god of volcanoes. The Pompeians took the smoking and spurting mountain as a good omen, instead of a warning. They celebrated instead of evacuating.
Let's ask the residents on the Big Island of Hawaii what they think.
-PJ