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Halfiax Explosion Municipal Information Site. CBC Halifax Explosion Info Site.

From the first article:

"Around eight that morning, the Belgian relief ship Imo left its mooring in Bedford Basin and headed for open sea. At about the same time, the French ship Mont Blanc was heading up the harbour to moor, awaiting a convoy to accompany her across the Atlantic. A convoy was essential; this small, barely seaworthy vessel was carrying a full cargo of explosives. Stored in the holds, or simply stacked on deck, were 35 tons of benzol, 300 rounds of ammunition, 10 tons of gun cotton, 2,300 tons of picric acid (used in explosives), and 400,000 pounds of TNT." ....

"The Mont Blanc drifted by a Halifax pier, brushing it and setting it ablaze. Members of the Halifax Fire Department responded quickly, and were positioning their engine up to the nearest hydrant when the Mont Blanc disintegrated in a blinding white flash, creating the biggest man-made explosion before the nuclear age. It was 9:05am.

Over 1,900 people were killed immediately; within a year the figure had climbed well over 2,000. Around 9,000 more were injured, many permanently; 325 acres, almost all of north-end Halifax, were destroyed.

Much of what was not immediately levelled burned to the ground, aided by winter stockpiles of coal in cellars. As for the Mont Blanc, all 3,000 tons of her were shattered into little pieces that were blasted far and wide. The barrel of one of her cannons landed three and a half miles away; part of her anchor shank, weighing over half a ton, flew two miles in the opposite direction. Windows shattered 50 miles away, and the shock wave was even felt in Sydney, Cape Breton, 270 miles to the north-east."

Stored in the holds, or simply stacked on deck, were 35 tons of benzol, 300 rounds of ammunition, 10 tons of gun cotton, 2,300 tons of picric acid (used in explosives), and 400,000 pounds of TNT.

Over 1,900 people were killed immediately; within a year the figure had climbed well over 2,000. Around 9,000 more were injured, many permanently; 325 acres, almost all of north-end Halifax, were destroyed.

Much of what was not immediately levelled burned to the ground, aided by winter stockpiles of coal in cellars. As for the Mont Blanc, all 3,000 tons of her were shattered into little pieces that were blasted far and wide. The barrel of one of her cannons landed three and a half miles away; part of her anchor shank, weighing over half a ton, flew two miles in the opposite direction. Windows shattered 50 miles away, and the shock wave was even felt in Sydney, Cape Breton, 270 miles to the north-east

Yeah, it would be so cool. Just like it would have been cool to see the Halifax explosion!

What a dumbass comment. Now go and get your mother to change your diapers.

There have been many industrial accidents that have killed thousands of people. There was an incident in India where a chemical leak killed 3,800people. In California a Dam burst killing an estimated 450 people. A naval disaster involving a ship full of explosives killed over 2,000 people. The Great Smog of 1952 killed over 4,000 people. Over 1,500 people died on the Titanic.

Chernobyl caused 31 deaths not including cancer. Because of the nature of cancer is hard to estimate the number of people who died from cancer caused by the Chernobyl disaster. My quick google search showed reports predicting between 20,000 and 100,000 deaths due to cancer. Which placed the eventual overall death toll much higher than any of the other disasters listed, however it should be noted that tobacco results in hundreds of thousands of deaths a year in the U.S. alone and has no benefit to society, yet it is widespread. I think that looking at the overall risks people take in daily life the increased danger from using nuclear power is not substantial, and it would have many positive impacts for society.

Perhaps you're just ignorant, but judges and lawyers rely heavily on the definition of words.

For example, if your city is stupid enough to have laws stating that parking will cost a quarter per hour, and the word quarter isn't defined in such legislation, you can simply tell the judge "The city refuses to change my money into Quartonians" and you'll be let off. This actually has happened in many towns. Unlike the word "stealing" in relation to illict software sharing, which *DOES* have some debate about it, *NOBODY* would tell you that when you pay something with a quarter it isn't 25 cents. So, if that can happen, it's pretty clear that using the word "stealing" for illicit software sharing is just plain stupid.

For more information on this, read here. Here's an example of actual amended legislation.

All due to someone such as yourself scoffing at dictionaries and definitions. Sad. Well, not really...

Or is that F-tic-tac-toe, with nine cells?

As I mentioned I'm not a musician... And I was wrong about the B# part. B# would be C natural and B natural would be C flat (one semitone apart as you pointed out)

But I still think there is any use for the notation C flat. For refrence look here
That, and one of the few things I remember from HS band class.

Ammunition ship explosion:

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That ship was carrying 2,500 tons of high explosives. That means a 2.5 kiloton blast. That's about 10% of the Hiroshima atom bomb. I hope those lifeboats have powerful outboard motors attached, because they need to get at least a mile away quick.

In 1917 collision between two ships in Halifax harbor -- one carrying close to 3000 tons of high explosive -- resulted in an explosion which levelled much of the city and killed 2000 people, in what was one of the largest non-nuclear manmade explosions in history.

"get an apartment or house within two or three minutes walk of a Tim Horton's."

I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Everyone is within two or three minutes walk of a Tim Horton's! Mmmmm, Medium-single-single.

Similar work has been done recently with a LEEPS microscope. A picture of a DNA can be found here.

We are also taking steps towards banning pesticides and making Scent-Free law. *heavy sigh*
-legolas

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