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As a useful tip in a similar vein, I vaguely remember reading somewhere that the wells went dry in the area around Vesuvius about a day in advance because of in
by gradschool 6y ago
As a useful tip in a similar vein, I vaguely remember reading somewhere that
the wells went dry in the area around Vesuvius about a day in advance because
of increased pressure underground. It would be great if anyone with domain
knowledge could confirm or debunk.
- bombastry 6y agoI tried researching this and found several websites making this claim, the most reputable of which is a Smithsonian article (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/resurrecting-pompeii-109163501/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/resurrecting-pompeii-...). None of these articles cite any sources, so I tried a Google Books search and was able to find an excerpt from Pompeii: The Living City which mentions “the wells and springs that had run dry despite a normal fall of rain in the preceding months” in the days preceding the eruption. Both of the authors are academic historians, so it seems like this claim may be accepted history.