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.
Mount Vesuvius, a composite volcano, erupted in AD79 and killed thousands of people in the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Archaeologists have discovered hollows in the volcanic ash where the victims' bodies fell and eventually decayed.ind out how the people of Herculaneum and Pompeii died. The people of the ancient Roman towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii died when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79 and pyroclastic flows of hot gas, ash and rock burnt and suffocated them.