The passage suggests that being prepared in case of an emergency is important because A) it is a law that all families have an e
mergency plan.. B) forest fires can become dangerous in a matter of seconds. C) many people do not own a battery operated radio in their home. D) it prevents chaos and risk of injury in the event of an emergency.
When Mount Vesuvius erupted cataclysmically in the summer of A.D. 79, the nearby Roman town of Pompeii was buried under several feet of ash and rock. The ruined city remained frozen in time until it was discovered by a surveying engineer in 1748
