bombing happened on Saturday‚ September 17‚ 2016. The explosion began at around eight-thirty in the evening at West Twenty-Third Street and Sixth Avenue in Chelsea‚ Manhattan. Twenty-nine people were left injured during the explosion and were sent to hospitals until being released the next day on Sunday. The person suspected of this explosion is Ahmad Khan Rahami‚ age twenty-eight. Investigations were brought out immediately after the explosion occurred. Police also increased their security across
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On April 20‚ 2010 the beginning of the largest‚most disastrous oil spill in the United States had begun. The oil leak was caused by an explosion that happened at approximately 10:00 p.m‚killing eleven people and injuring seventeen others. Two days later‚ the rig sank and started to leak oil and gas from the well. After about three months of the well (Macondo) leaking oil‚ it finally got capped off on July 15. Within those three months‚ the well had leaked 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf
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italicized sentence which warns about an explosion. Throughout the history in many ways‚ these people have suffered the pain of injustice. They were bestowed with sores by their brutal masters. Thus‚ the poet Hughes is able to‚ with help of this simile; vividly describe the plight of his people. He finally warns that if their dreams are deferred for long‚ it may lead to an explosion‚ a revolution of sorts‚ and a great deal of destruction always follows the explosion. The result of American Africans dream
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Nuclear weapons cause unimaginable death and destruction. Without a doubt‚ these are the most powerful weapons mankind has ever built. However‚ there is also a scientific side to this weaponry which Teddy Roosevelt may have indeed called very big sticks. Nuclear weapons work by releasing the enormous amounts of energy that are contained in the bonds of atoms. The bonds of atoms can be broken in two ways. The first way is by fission‚ and the second way is by fusion. Fission works by the splitting
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Abstract The explosion accident that occurred on board the offshore platform Piper Alpha in July 1988‚ it killed 165 people and cost billions of dollars in property damage. It was caused by a massive fire‚ which was not the result of an unpredictable accident but caused by accumulation of errors and questionable decisions. The destruction of the platform by an explosion and the subsequent massive oil and gas fire showed that the potential hazards of the offshore industry were greater than had been
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Spatula Glass beaker 30cm^3 Measuring cylinder Weighing boat Thermometer 0C Polystyrene cup and lid with hole Risk Assessment: Irritant to skin and eyes – wear gloves and goggles and labcoat Heating/Ignition source may cause violent combustion/explosion – keep away from naked flames Context We can use the results from this experiment to find out the optimum mass of ammonium nitrate for use in cool packs. This reaction is endothermic; we may be able to use this for other cooling purposes in the
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operating reactors. They produced 27‚000 mega watts of electric. There were two explosions of the Chernobyl Nuclear power station. The first explosion destroyed the core of reactor number 4. The 2nd explosion was more powerful causing graphite and reactor fuel into the air. The explosion had created a crater with burning graphite and about 30 fires around the plant. All fires were extinguished 4.5 hours after explosion ‚except the graphite fire inside of the reactor crater. This was accomplished
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rendered entire cities and communities destroyed‚ such as “The Great Halifax Explosion of 1917” or the April 1947 ship explosion in Texas City‚ Texas. The Great Halifax Explosion of 1917 was a massive explosion that killed more than 1‚800 people‚ injured another 9‚000‚ including blinding 200‚ and destroyed almost the entire north end of Halifax‚ including more than 1‚600 homes (Staff H. ‚ 2010). This massive explosion was the result of two very large cargo ships colliding in the Halifax harbor‚
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INCIDENT OF EXPLOSION OF ELECTRICAL WORKSHOP’S 3.3kV TRANSFORMER AT INSTEP Date: 2nd May 2012 Time: 03.40 p.m. Place: Electrical Trade Workshop Summary On 2nd May 2012‚ Electrical Trade power transformer was exploded and causes a minor injury to 4 students from the trade. The Fire Department from Kuala Terengganu had cleared the area and 2 specialists from Tenaga Nasional Berhad had come for further investigation. The Head of Department from Human‚ Safety and Health had been informed. Description
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SUBJECT: Mass-casualty incident after an explosion at PharmaBec Inc Here is the report requested regarding fatal casualties‚ physical injuries and psychological traumas of Maryville’s residents relating to the explosion at PharmaBec Inc on January 26‚ 2017. Introduction The following information included statement from an expert and an eyewitness. The expert is based his information according medical files and reports from Jean Mance Hospital (Maryville)‚ General Jewish Hospital (Montreal) and
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