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Is America a Volcano About to Blow Up?

My New Book Offers Some Historic Insights on How to Survive

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Johanna Neuman
Jul 31, 2023
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In AD 79, a volcanic eruption at Mount Vesuvius in Italy buried the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, ejecting a massive and speedy cloud of stones, ashes and gasses that traveled 21 miles high, killing an estimated one thousand people. Epic.

Sometimes it feels like that our country is in a similar place, about to erupt, two sides colliding for an all-st…

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