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The Halifax Explosion. Jillian Carson 8B

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Its was around 9:04 a.m on December 6th in 1917 when the actual explosion happend.
 * 1. When did the explosion actuley happen?

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/shanson/hfx%20explosion/facts.htm It was just clear weather at the time of the explosion, but later on that night there was a terrible blizzard that left all the homeless families to freeze.
 * 2. what was the weather like?

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/shanson/hfx%20explosion/facts.htm seconds after the explosion happend it formed a gigantic tidal wave. And the explosion its self was herd in Truro.
 * 3. How much power did the explosion have?

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/shanson/hfx%20explosion/facts.htm The whole explosion including the tidal wave happend in just 10 seconds!
 * 4. how long was the whole incident?

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/shanson/hfx%20explosion/facts.htm about 2000 people were killed and about 9000 were seriously injured.
 * 5. How many were injured?

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/shanson/hfx%20explosion/facts.htm yes. about 2000 died.
 * 6. Did people die from it?

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/shanson/hfx%20explosion/facts.htm Around 1/5 of the city was in ruins after the explosion.
 * 7. How much damage did it cause?

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/shanson/hfx%20explosion/facts.htm It happend in the narrows of the Halifax harbour where the Mackay bridge stands today.
 * 8. where exactly did it happen?

hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/shanson/hfx explosion/facts.htm No.. But however world war 1 was going on at the time.
 * 9. did the accident have anything to do with the wars?

hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/shanson/hfx explosion/facts.htm Citizens that lived through the explosion sometimes get petrified when they hear a loud noise or see fire, because they remembered the tragedy that happened.
 * 10. did it leave any of the citezens with side effects to there health that would affect them later in life?

hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/shanson/hfx explosion/facts.htm Yes, it was the second largest man made explosion in the world.
 * 11. was it a man made explosion?

hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/shanson/hfx explosion/facts.htm
 * 12. what did it look like when it blew up?

http://www.svpproductions.com/halifaxexplosion/explosion45.jpg 2.
 * 13.how many ships were involved?

hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/shanson/hfx explosion/facts.htm the SS Mont-Blanc, & the SS Imo
 * 14. what were the ships called?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion It took approximimatley 3 years to build the city back up.
 * 15. how long did it take the city to recover?

http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081217143958AA2lCea

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