tremores pars II pagina CCVIII (208)

What strange things were happening to Pliny's carriage? nam vehicula, quae prōdūcī iusserāmus, quamquam in plānissimō campō, in contrāriās partēs agēbantur, ac nē lapidibus quidem fulta in eōdem locō manēbant. What strange things were happening to the sea and shore? praetereā mare in sē resorbērī vidēbāmus, quasi tremōre terrae repulsum esset. What strange things were happening to the sea creatures? certē prōcesserat lītus, multaque maris animālia siccīs arēnīs dētinēbantur. Describe what Pliny saw in the sky. ab alterō latere nūbēs ātra et horrenda in longās flammārum figūrās dēhīscēbat; quae et similēs et maiōrēs fulguribus erant. What did the friend of Pliny's uncle urge Pliny and his mother to do? tum vērō ille amīcus avunculī vehementius nōs hortātus est ut effugere cōnārēmur: "sī frāter" inquit "tuus, tuus avunculus, vīvit,salūtem vestram cupit; sī periit, superstitēs vōs esse voluit; cūr igitur cūnctāminī?" What reason did they give for refusing? respondimus nōs salūtī nostrae cōnsulere nōn posse, dum dē illō incertī essēmus. What did the friend do then? nōn morātus ultrā, sē convertit et quam celerrimē ē perīculō fūgit. What were the effects of the black cloud? nec multō post, illa nūbēs ātra dēscendit in terrās, operuit maria; cēlāverat Capreās, Mīsēnī prōmunturium ē cōnspectū abstulerat. Why did Pliny's mother think they should separate? tum māter mē ōrāre hortārī iubēre, ut quōquō modō fugerem; affirmāvit mē, quod iuvenis essem, ad salūtem pervenīre posse; sē, quae et annīs et corpore gravārētur, libenter moritūram esse, sī mihi causa mortis nōn fuisset. What action did Pliny take in response to her entreaties? ego respondī mē nōlle incolumem esse nisi illa quoque effūgisset; deinde manum eius amplexus, addere gradum cōgō. pāret invīta, castīgatque sē, quod mē morētur. What impression do you have of the three people (the friend of Pliny's uncle, Pliny, and Pliny's mother) as shown by their behavior during the eruption?