“The Poem” A Reader’s Response analysis of the poem “Anatomic Pantoum” by Peter Meinke The poem is more likely about Chemistry. Specifically‚ it speaks about a nuclear weapon‚ an atomic bomb. The stanzas talk about the process of how the atomic bomb destroys the things it possesses‚ but this is only if take it in literal meaning. We have to look further than science‚ enhancing one’s observation and relating to emotions. In the first and second stanzas of the poem‚ it speaks about the chain reaction
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1.Introduction: Historical accounts of what is now known as the volcanic eruptions on the Greek island of Santorini‚ previously known as Thera‚ suggest that the estimated 1600 BC eruptions may be one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in human history.1 Conflicting beliefs of the timing of the event have been made. The debate of the traditional 1500 BC‚ and the earlier date emanate from the finding of an olive branch buried beneath lava‚ which radiocarbon dating has estimates is from 1627-1600
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largest marine oil spill ever confronted in the history of the petroleum industry. The oil spill on the 20th of April 2010 was primarily the result of a gas release followed by an explosion in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig‚ in the Gulf of Mexico‚ established on the Mocando exploration well designed for BP. The explosion took the lives of 11 individual’s and rendered 17 severely injured. Furthermore‚ it led to devastating impacts on the environment‚ polluting both‚ the land and the seas. The Deepwater
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was extremely high. This is one of the major consequences because many people at Hiroshima and Nagasaki died not only directly from the actual bomb‚ but also from the radiation released as a result of the explosion. The heat of the bomb was so intense that some people simply vanished in the explosion. The bomb destroyed mostly all the buildings so a lot of people were killed by falling debris.” I saw a bright blast‚ and I saw yellow and silver and orange and all sorts of colours that I can’t explain
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referred to mining accidents claiming five or more lives. Mine disasters once were really common. In the single year of 1907 there were 18 coal mine disasters.. Among the disasters in 1907 was history’s worst the Monongah coal mine explosion‚ which claimed 362 lives and impelled Congress to create the Bureau of Mines. I will discuss this disaster more later in this paper. Mine accidents have declined dramatically in number and severity through years of research‚ technology
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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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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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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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