Titus of Pompeii

Suddenly, we heard an incredibly loud explosion behind us. The blast was surely the most violent wrenching of the earth in history. Large black clouds climbing to the heavens like a giant tree. The dark smoke was mixed with large bursts or flashes of lightning and there was fire and flame easily visible at the top of the mountain. I have never seen anything so frightening nor so awe-inspiring. This is the end of days. The world is finished.