Do not distribute or repurpose this work without written permission from the copyright holder(s). The pyroclastic flow enveloped the capital city of Plymouth and 20 smaller towns, burying them in an obstinate stew of geological ingredients and killing at least 19 people. The eruption wiped out the island’s capital, the one airport, the one seaport, and most of the agriculture. With support from the British government (and Beatles producer George Martin, who had owned an internationally known recording studio on the island), Montserrat has been building a replacement capital and seaport at Little Bay. Plymouth is unsalvageable, but the abandoned town is still the legal capital of the island, even with a population of 0.