During the dust bowl‚ approximately 2.5 million farmers fled from their home‚ approximately 10 of the 2.5 million were led in California into squatter camp or Federal camps (Richardson‚ Sarah). For many farmers‚ conditions got better‚ but for others‚ they faced conditions‚ such as starvation‚ miscarriages‚ beatings and very poor living conditions. As a result of the dust bowl‚ many American farmers were forced to move to California in special areas called Squatter camps and federal camps. Though
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Jennifer DaRosa Honors Chemistry Period 1 Group 8 Mrs. Chan Topic: Chemical Explosions Due Date: 9/30/16 For this experiment‚ a few scientists are researching the changes in gas pressure and launch velocity needed to send a film canister across the room using the ignition of ethanol. The independent variable would be the different types of flammable sprays. The dependent variable would be how far the explosions are sent across the room. The constant would be way the device is built for every
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The content of the reading and the lecture is about one of the largest explosions in history - the explosion in Tunguska in 1908. The reading supports the idea that it was a massive methane gas explosion while the lecture argues that it was an asteroid strike which caused the explosion. According to the reading passage‚ the fact that no rocks or material from an asteroid have been found and nobody witnesses an asteroid streaking across the sky means that there is no evidence of an asteroid strike
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Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion The Challenger Space Shuttle‚ one of the most anticipated shuttle launches‚ was the first mission to ever include a teacher astronaut. Christa McAuliffe‚ the teacher that was going on the shuttle along with six others‚ was supposed to broadcast lessons around the country from space. Sadly‚ all the excitement and joy came to an end shortly after the launch. The mission marked the first time American astronauts lost their lives. One of the worst disasters of manned
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The Sultana explosion “All of a sudden‚ the boilers erupted in a mammoth explosion‚ nearly splitting the Sultana in half” (Billings 1). The Sultana was going upriver on the Mississippi River when the boilers and the steamer stopped working (Billings 1). When all of a sudden a gigantic explosion on the boat killed 1‚700 people which is more than the Titanic (Billings 1). The boat was going up river and the boilers and steamer stopped working which caused the explosion (Billings 1). “The strain of
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The Texas City Explosion of 1947 On April 16‚1947‚ a day that probably began like many others‚ in Texas City‚ Texas until shortly before 8:00 in the morning. The hatch covers were removed from hold 4 of the French ship Grandcamp. This morning it was to be loaded with the remainder of it’s ammonium nitrate fertilizer. I’m not sure how much it had left to load but it already had 2‚300 tons on board at this time. The fertilizer was not the only thing that the Grandcamp had on board for this trip
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The Deep Horizon oil rig explosion was categorically impacted by bias decision making. The leaders that day executed from a heuristic view‚ and also from an overconfidence bias. The two corporations colliding that day‚ BP and Transocean‚ underestimated the calamity occurring right before them. Twenty anomalies occurring simultaneously did not cause significant alarm to make a drastic and immediate decision to prevent the explosion. The team minimized the probability that the rig would explode
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Chernobyl 5. The Imperial Sugar Plant explosion 6. The Oppau Explosion 7. The Halifax explosion 8. The Texas City Disaster 9. June 3‚ 1989‚ natural gas explosion in the Ural Mountains 10. August 10‚ 2008‚ Sunrise Propane Industrial Gases explosion 11. The Piper Alpha explosion 12. 1924 Nixon Nitration Works explosion 13. Boston Molasses Disaster 14. the Donora Smog of 1948 15. The Phillips Disaster 16. The Bombay explosion 17. Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion 18. Enschede fireworks disaster
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extremely dense point exploded with unimaginable force‚ creating matter and propelling it outward to make the billions of galaxies of our vast universe. Astrophysicists dubbed this titanic explosion the Big Bang. The Big Bang was like no explosion you might witness on earth today. For instance‚ a hydrogen bomb explosion‚ whose center registers approximately 100 million degrees Celsius‚ moves through the air at about 300 meters per second. In contrast‚ cosmologists believe the Big Bang flung energy in
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The Dust Bowl of the 1930’s had such an antagonistic effect on the United States economy that was already plummeting. The Dust Bowl affected the U.S economy in just about every way possible ranging from agriculture to finances including government expenses to population changes. This phenomena can be considered as one of the worst natural disasters that has affected the United States. The “Dust Bowl” was the name given to the Great Plains region that was greatly affected by drought in the 1930’s
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