The AMT preference items are: 1  Depletion. 2  Excess Intangible drilling costs. 3  Interest on private activity bonds. 4  Accelerated depreciation on property placed in service before 1987. 5  Exclusion of gain on qualified small business stock.
The eruption was catastrophic, lasting more than 24 hours. The eruption officially started on the morning of August 24, as molten rock and pumice began to be expelled from Mt. Vesuvius at a rate of 1.5 million tons per second. Copious amounts of rock and volcanic ash filled the atmosphere, turning day into night. It is estimated that about six inches of ash fell every hour.
Abstract. It is difficult to imagine an environmental occurrence leading to the destruction of an entire population. Yet, this is what happened in 79 AD when a volcano, Mt. Vesuvius, erupted near Pompeii, one of the Roman Empire's provinces.This volcanic eruption hid the sun, caused a tsunami, and buried the city, killing its inhabitants.n other words, Pompeii could have become a threat to Rome at any point, as they had during the Social War. This threat, however, was permanently eliminated for Rome when the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius (and the subsequent destruction of the environment) caused the fall of Pompeii.