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THE CURIOSITY 1

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ealized that it was volcanic sand that was even hot.<br />

In the few seconds that we stood outside the arena I<br />

butted me on the scalp.<br />

Commented that if the volcano had erupted, the safest thing was to<br />

continue falling sand and volcanic stones and the roof of the house,<br />

which was supported by wooden beams, would not hold the weight<br />

and possibly would stay buried. I managed to think in an exaggerated<br />

way what happened in Pompeii and Herculaneum, and how he had left<br />

the city after the eruption of Vesuvius. I figured we could suffer the<br />

same disaster.<br />

At half past ten p.m. we decided to go to Bogota by way of Cambao<br />

scope to get away from the volcano. Alba Lucia made some phone calls<br />

to some of our friends calls, but they did not give importance or had<br />

other plans; the truth is that never returned to them. I made a call to<br />

the Civil Defense asking how things were going and where we should<br />

go out of Armero. The answer was: "Don Fernando, do not worry, wear<br />

a wet handkerchief on his nose and can rest assured that nothing will<br />

not happen."

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