12:02 p.m.: a cloud appearing over top Mount Vesuvius. There had been tremors in the days leading up to this, though this was not out of character for the area of Campanile. Winds carry much of the ash to the southeast. of the eruption begins.
1:oo p.m.: East of the Volcano, ash begins to fall. Pompeii lies just six miles from Vesuvius.
2:00 p.m.: Pompeii begins to experience ash and then white pumice fall with accumulations continuing at 10-15 cm per hour. There will eventually be a layer 280 cm 3 yards thick of pumice
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