The Halifax Explosion in 1917

Weiss Pinguin · 08-16-10, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

You sure about that?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ear_explosions

According to the Wikipedia it's the largest man-made accidental explosion.

TLAM Strike · 08-16-10, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Weiss Pinguin

According to the Wikipedia it's the largest man-made accidental explosion.

Riiiight because the CIA, NASA, and Wernher von Braun all conspired to blow up the N1 Rocket...

Gerald · 08-16-10, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Riiiight because the CIA, NASA, and Wernher von Braun all conspired to blow up the N1 Rocket...

time after 1917

August · 08-16-10, 08:58 PM

I don't mean to be disrespectful but "unidentified dead victims" is kind of redundant.

NeonSamurai · 08-16-10, 09:10 PM

Well you could have unidentified unconscious, comatose, or amnesic victims

TLAM Strike · 08-16-10, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

Well you could have unidentified unconscious, comatose, or amnesic victims

Well unless they were toddlers then its safe to say they are currently dead.

Sailor Steve · 08-17-10, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by August

I don't mean to be disrespectful but "unidentified dead victims" is kind of redundant.

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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

Well you could have unidentified unconscious, comatose, or amnesic victims

I took it as opposed to identified dead victims. Kind of makes sense that way.

Gerald · 08-17-10, 09:38 AM

first and can you not with those, who for various reasons can not be identified, so a memory place or ceremony is respected, for many of them relatives can go!

August · 08-17-10, 11:34 AM

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I took it as opposed to identified dead victims. Kind of makes sense that way.

But it makes just as much sense if the word "dead" is eliminated altogether. Like I said, redundant. Live victims would be quickly identified. They didn't need to make the distinction on the memorial.

Sailor Steve · 08-18-10, 01:20 AM

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But it makes just as much sense if the word "dead" is eliminated altogether. Like I said, redundant. Live victims would be quickly identified. They didn't need to make the distinction on the memorial.

Oh, I know. I wasn't really arguing so much as explaining why I didn't get it the same way. Or making excuses.

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