The Halifax Explosion - Sixty Symbols
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6 жыл бұрынSixty Symbols regular Dr Meghan Gray on an infamous event that occurred in her home town - the Halifax Explosion of December 6, 1917.
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Maritime Museum of the Atlantic: maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/...
Nova Scotia archives stuff: novascotia.ca/news/smr/2009-1...
CBC: newsinteractives.cbc.ca/halifa...
While not a typical video for us, Dr Gray is a Sixty Symbols stalwart and really wanted to share the story of this explosion which is an event of great interest to her home town of Halifax --- and an event with a pretty significant science component.
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@sixtysymbols 6 жыл бұрын
Yes it's Dartmouth, not Darthmouth... Chill out, Internet!
@nme2197 6 жыл бұрын
Ehhh yo, Dartmouth and Halifx ain't the same thing yo, try riding down Primrose past 10pm on your Ironically rustic $2000 bicycle wearing blundstones and a man bun. Shits dangerous and thats mis information.
@danielirvin4420 6 жыл бұрын
Great video. Didn't know you were from Halifax.I went to Park School in Darthmouth and used to haunt the old museum... must have watched their presentation on the Explosion 400 times over my childhood.
@htmlguy88 6 жыл бұрын
I live near there NmE currently and walk on it sometimes as late as 7 pm.
@lightsidemaster 6 жыл бұрын
Darth Mouth sounds cooler though.
@19dannyboy99 6 жыл бұрын
To be fair, Darth Mouth does sound like a pretty cool Star Wars character.
@Toastmaster_5000 6 жыл бұрын
Dr. Gray is a great storyteller
@YourCrazyOverlord 3 жыл бұрын
This is the most engaging, relaxing and delightful time
@bronzedivision 6 жыл бұрын
Traffic laws are not just for your personal inconvenience.
@leeterthanyou 5 жыл бұрын
Have you ever driven through Halifax? It's like the city planners were on coke and then decided to switch to meth once they crossed the bridge to Dartmouth.
@dumpsky 5 жыл бұрын
@@leeterthanyou LOL!
@fruitduck604 6 жыл бұрын
*"We have a variety of things, all designed to blow up."*
@MrKinir 6 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a sales pitch - in a Rick & Morty commercial.
@NebRetalsJr 6 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Ratchet and Clank...
@GFlCh 5 жыл бұрын
+Rex Lastname - "We have a variety of things, all designed to blow up." Okay, but do you have Bacon? (Not Canadian bacon) =)
@marcusanderson9042 4 жыл бұрын
Almost sounds like a punchline to a joke.
@isaiahwolftail867 4 жыл бұрын
6:24.
@modernblacksmith 6 жыл бұрын
I've lived in Halifax for 35 years and this is the best straight forward explanation of the explosion I've ever heard. Good job!
@Lauraphoid 6 жыл бұрын
Yes, she’s great at telling the story!
@jasonnoonan4200 6 жыл бұрын
modern blacksmith your right it’s so much better than the heritage commercial. I subbed your channel a while back, I figured you were maritimes. cheers from spud island
@michaelreyes6258 6 жыл бұрын
modernblacksmith ..did you have family members die? And what is Halifax like today?
@CybranM 6 жыл бұрын
Great video, loved the narration and use of historical footage. More like this please :D
@SufferingPlanet 6 жыл бұрын
Should look up the Canadian Heritage Minutes. Lots of Canadians know about events like this one because of them.
@teainthesahara 6 жыл бұрын
It was mostly movie footage, but ... yeah. Fascinating.
@DieWeltIstSchlecht 6 жыл бұрын
I despise modern documentaries with their loud dramatic music and the slow creepy narration. This proves there is no need for that. This was fascinating!
@unvergebeneid 6 жыл бұрын
What was the captain of the Imo thinking though? He's on the wrong side, he's too fast, he doesn't make way when he ought to and then goes for "outta my way!" a second time.
@litigioussociety4249 6 жыл бұрын
Penny Lane Aren't all Norwegians vikings? They never follow the rules.
@projectmalus 6 жыл бұрын
You could say he had a volatile temperament and an explosive temper.
@mheermance 6 жыл бұрын
According to HalifaxExplosion.org Captain Haakon along with five of the crew were killed by shrapnel. So he probably lived long enough to realize he made a horrible mistake.
@stuffums 6 жыл бұрын
Initial-D was playing on the Gramaphone
@thany3 6 жыл бұрын
We shall never know. He didn't survive. He may have had a totally reasonable explanation for not going to the right. Otoh, he was also French.
@jmm1233 6 жыл бұрын
wow someone can actually draw a readable diagram map
@Shangori 6 жыл бұрын
As much as I feel sad for the lives lost, this story is so damn interesting
@EmbraceTehMartian 6 жыл бұрын
Shangori there's a story that once some of the sailors from the mont blanc got ashore and they tried to persuade people to go farther inland, no one was listening to them because they couldn't understand them because they were speaking French so apparently a sailor grabbed an infant from a mothers hands and just kept on booking it inland. I grew up in Halifax so I learned a lot about this in school, very interesting event despite how tragic it is. one of the more horrible things that happened was people being shredded by the glass in their windows that exploded inwards. You can ses pieces of the ship that are marked all around the city from being thrown by the explosion
@matthew83walker 6 жыл бұрын
There is an additional story on that day of a telegram operator that sacrificed his life to send out a message to an Incoming train about to enter Halifax..... he saved many lives that day.
@masterimbecile 6 жыл бұрын
Matthew Walker Telegram operator? I thought it was a train station staff (announcer/controller type) who stopped all inbound traffic and quite likely saved their lives.
@matthewrskinner 6 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qN1decWo0uC0e6M.html
@seigeengine 6 жыл бұрын
That's one of the worst parts about large explosives. You'll see them in time to be curious and come look out your window, only for the blast to then catch up and shatter it into you.
@andreashofmann4556 6 жыл бұрын
"I'm not making way for a french ship!"
@masat87 6 жыл бұрын
If you put it like that, the Imo captain seems a lot more reasonable!
@morscoronam3779 6 жыл бұрын
Loved this video, just disappointed that I can't make any French jokes...
@MrZaithzev 6 жыл бұрын
As a Norwegian, nobody who drives here knows how to read a yield sign.. I suppose that extends to seamanship as well.
@gunslinger2566 6 жыл бұрын
He'll surrender right of way right away.
@simontay4851 6 жыл бұрын
I've saw those signs in the US when I last visited and I couldn't read them at first either. They should say give way.
@SGAFredericton 6 жыл бұрын
Not mentioned in this video is the massive snowstorm that hit Halifax in the days following the explosion. The storm was a NorEaster (A strong storm coming from the northeast that is very unpredictable) and it dumped approximately 40cm (15.7 freedom units) of snow in less than 24 hrs. This severely compounded the tragedy and delayed resources coming from Boston
@figbender3910 6 жыл бұрын
A true tragedy. Heritage moment
@avatarnang5803 6 жыл бұрын
Freedom units, love it lol
@SinHurr 6 жыл бұрын
>> Freedom units You win today's Internet.
@ErwinPommel 6 жыл бұрын
I'm blonde. Someone explain freedom units to me?
@arcanics1971 6 жыл бұрын
I have just commented about this and now see your comment a day before mine- and with more detail too. I'm glad to see you made this comment so people might know of these important additional details of the tragedy.
@florianquelin1196 6 жыл бұрын
And that why you respect your lane people
@Mynameisjami92 6 жыл бұрын
It's not like I'm carrying tons of TNT & Pectic acid with me on the freeway.
@rawovunlapin8201 6 жыл бұрын
Jamie Rosales no, but someone else might.
@wierdalien1 5 жыл бұрын
@@Mynameisjami92 picric
@duffman18 4 жыл бұрын
Why should I respect lane people? What's a lane person?
@briantaylor9266 6 жыл бұрын
As a long time resident of the Halifax area and a long time Sixty Symbols subscriber, I really enjoyed this video. But apologies to the Star Wars fans in the audience, the city across the harbour from Halifax was and still is Dartmouth (only 1 h). :-)
@EebstertheGreat 6 жыл бұрын
I had to laugh at "Darth Mouth."
@tommcneil7996 6 жыл бұрын
Must be a Dal grad.
@lightsidemaster 6 жыл бұрын
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. You may want to change that city's name ;D
@figbender3910 6 жыл бұрын
I am from newfoundland, its great to see atlantic canadian physicists presenting great material such as this!
@jakoblevantinus9113 6 жыл бұрын
I visited Halifax with my kids and learned more about the Halifax Explosion than most Americans, but still found this video riveting and informative. Cheers from Boston, thank you for the trees, let us continue the friendship for another 100 years.
@Bevittna 6 жыл бұрын
As a Haligonian and long time fan of Brady's work, this was such a treat to find in my subscription feed! I honestly just stared at the thumbnail for about a minute trying to understand what was happening. AND Dr. Gray is from Halifax!? This is surreal.
@TheDirtyyBird 6 жыл бұрын
From the Maritimes and lived in Halifax last year, this was a happy surprise in my sub feed as well!!
@TravisStewart42 6 жыл бұрын
Bevittna I am from NB and it is such a rare treat to see a Maritimes related story on a prominent channel. Not a happy story but interesting and I'm glad they told it.
@maninarush2112 6 жыл бұрын
And then there was the dude with the telegraph! Thanks CBC... Heritage minutes for the win.
@PaulRudd1941 4 жыл бұрын
Vince Coleman: come on, come on, ACKNOWLEDGE!
@Draxis32 6 жыл бұрын
What's incredible is that the IMO ship actually survived. It was back in use one year after this event. Most likely quicker than the people injured by this.
@LuaanTi 6 жыл бұрын
Yup, this was also the case with nuclear weapon tests with vastly more powerful weapons - some of the structure gets blown off, but most of the ship is pretty much intact unless it gets a direct hit (like the Mont Blanc in this case). Sinking a ship is a lot easier than utterly destroying it - most of the ships that sink in shallows (like harbors) get repaired pretty quickly.
@gerardvinet8448 3 жыл бұрын
Hopefully not with the same Captain or crew !!!!!
@mitchellthompson3512 Жыл бұрын
Excellent demo. I'm from Dartmouth and loved the honourable mention! We also got a snowstorm on Dec. 7. Very few structures withstood the blast in Halifax. Your description was riveting.
@erickmcbride1924 6 жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved your narration and how you did it. You set up everything the way it should. You outlined everything, you described it in such a way as to paint a very realistic scenario (which of course it was) and it was fascinating! I loved it! Keep up the great work!
@RamkrishanYT 6 жыл бұрын
Darthmouth and halifax are like two of the coolest city names I've ever seen
@wainstallsboy 6 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Halifax the town, been around a lot longer than Halifax the city.
@Duessa2000 6 жыл бұрын
As cool as “Darthmouth” is.... it’s actually called Dartmouth
@danilooliveira6580 6 жыл бұрын
Duessa2000 you say as if the right name is less cool
@Duessa2000 6 жыл бұрын
Danilo Oliveira I think it is... it’s just named after Dartmouth in England, which was very originally named because it was at the mouth of the river dart.
@danilooliveira6580 6 жыл бұрын
well... that kinda kills the magic.
@masterimbecile 6 жыл бұрын
A reverend who survived Titanic was also present and set up triage centers to help the wounded. His study on how people reacted during/after the explosion became a seminal work regarding disaster behaviors.
@wierdalien1 6 жыл бұрын
masterimbecile Priests are always surprising scientific for people whos lives are dedicated to the unknowable
@mehashi 6 жыл бұрын
If it's a reverend wouldn't it be semen-al...?
@error.418 6 жыл бұрын
Alistair Shaw It sorta makes sense. They devote their lives to study. So their skills at note taking, memorization, abstract thought, are all pretty high. If they choose to also apply those skills to scientific endeavors, they generally do well. They may just have to deal with some cognitive dissonance.
@wierdalien1 5 жыл бұрын
@@error.418 yeah thats fair
@duffman18 4 жыл бұрын
@@wierdalien1 its kinda a new American trend for religious people to be very anti-science. For centuries, the Catholic Church and other religions were basically at the forefront of science. Islam was the source of a huge advancement in mathematics too.
@spicynoodle8870 6 жыл бұрын
I live in Dartmouth, and as I live by the harbour, it's nigh on impossible to visualize an explosion clearing the water all the way to the bottom. It's breathtaking to even imagine.
@angelabrams4175 2 жыл бұрын
I've seen other videos around this subject. This is by far the best in terms of details and delivery. Very well made.
@Chew1964 6 жыл бұрын
I had never heard of the Halifax explosion until my submarine USS Providence visited Halifax in 2000. I was walking down the street and happened to look at a newspaper rack with a headline that said several dozen survivors of the explosion were still alive and still enrolled in a trust fund set up by the government to care for the people blinded by the explosion. Several thousands of people (including hundreds of children) were watching the burning ship through their windows. When the ship blew up, it sent glass shards flying into their eyes blinding them.
@elevown 6 жыл бұрын
Not necessarily shards that did it - I heard a lot were blinded by the flash too.
@keegangray7783 6 жыл бұрын
A catalyst for the CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind)
@Gavreeli 5 жыл бұрын
@@elevown Yeah, these people watched a small nuke go off with their naked eyes.
@PaulRudd1941 4 жыл бұрын
@@keegangray7783 A noble institution that grew from the roots of such a tragedy as is often the case...
@PinkChucky15 6 жыл бұрын
Holy cow! (Great video).
@shaynebaldwin9806 6 жыл бұрын
Wonderfully put together and informative video of a very important part of not only Nova Scotia but Canada's history. I too am from Nova Scotia originally and this story has always intrigued me. Loved it. Thank you very much.
@TonyGrant. 6 жыл бұрын
I've been intrigued by this for a while now since I saw a doco on it a few years back. Most of the details in this video were not in the doco which was about an hour long. Thanks for doing such a great mini doco.
3 жыл бұрын
Very sadly I remembered this video when learning about Lebanon and Beyrouth... :'(
@lucianodebenedictis6014 6 жыл бұрын
Time to open a historical channel, Brady?
@zokalyx 6 жыл бұрын
That would be SO DAMN INTERESTING
@arrgghh1555 6 жыл бұрын
Is objectivity not historical?
@BigBoss-sm9xj 6 жыл бұрын
The great war" is the best channel
@TheDoomgrasp 6 жыл бұрын
Arrgghh ... not really no.
@alistairstone2995 4 жыл бұрын
I have been watching Sixty Symbols, Numberphile, Computerphile and what have you for years. This is my favourite video of them all!
@neilwilson5785 6 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, very well told. The intimacy and brevity of KZfaq can sometimes be better than big budget TV docs. This is one of those, for sure.
@alexmoffat 6 жыл бұрын
Really great presentation of the subject. Very interesting and very intelligently described.
@JxH 6 жыл бұрын
As others have noted, it's Dartmouth (not DartHmouth). :-) 100 years at 9 04 35 am Atlantic time, on Wednesday. About 2000 killed at that time. Halifax still sends a big Xmas tree to Boston each year to thank them for their kind assistance after the Explosion.
@Mistakeful_Learning 6 жыл бұрын
J H yes, and the tree is paraded through the streets during the parade of lights before it starts its journey to Boston. A long standing and well deserved tradition for Halifax and Boston.
@Puleczech 5 жыл бұрын
That's really cool.
@omikronweapon 5 жыл бұрын
half of the info was stated in the video. Did you just pause to mention the spelling mistake and then decided to tell the story yourself? people, please just watch videos to the end before storming off to the comment section.
@RonCham 4 жыл бұрын
Part of that was that Boston and the Mass General Hospital sent aid without Halifax even asking. When we in BOS had the Marathon attack, Halifax was the first to donate with $$ going to the pediatric ward of the Mass General.
@PaulRudd1941 4 жыл бұрын
@@RonCham I never knew that! Thank you, as a Canadian living on Vanvouver island I am glad to hear that my country will always help our neighbour if they are in need. :)
@scillyautomatic 2 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks for posting. I stumbled across a book about the Halifax Explosion and have been fascinated ever since.
@rhendricksonn 6 жыл бұрын
Just watched the CBC documentary. Thanks again for sharing.
@johnbrophy7403 6 жыл бұрын
A terrible tragedy told terribly well
@kubeek 6 жыл бұрын
I´ve seen a narration of this before, but this is much better.
@winmine0327 6 жыл бұрын
The Imo said "You go right, I'll go left."
@notsure6187 5 жыл бұрын
Wizmut lol
@hughcorston9645 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, right.
@LerWalters 6 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool to see one of my favourite channels doing a video on my hometown
@987946216430 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this timely video :) Cheers from PEI Canada, Bryan.
@JohnDoe-ni9zm 6 жыл бұрын
*Mont Blanc whistles once* Mont Blank thinking: Get out of the way you fool! *IMO whistles once* IMO thinking: In My Opinion...
@XFourty7 6 жыл бұрын
Cheers from Halifax! Great job on the video.
@StefanReich 6 жыл бұрын
Isn't it hard to have that kind of history?
@Mynameisjami92 6 жыл бұрын
Are you guys ok now?
@MattRoszak 6 жыл бұрын
This video was great! I love learning about major accidents like this and what exactly went wrong in the process.
@davidoldfield2878 6 жыл бұрын
Another great video from Nottingham Uni. I was there in Chemistry Dept. and Maths Dept. many decades ago
@roloddt 6 жыл бұрын
Darth-mouth. A Sith riddled town.
@notsure6187 5 жыл бұрын
the emo gave into the Darth side
@chadthundercock1024 6 жыл бұрын
Excellent storytelling!!!
@firemarshal17 4 жыл бұрын
Very well produced video. Thank you.
@disorganizedorg 6 жыл бұрын
My grandfather (b. 1898) was an apprentice carpenter in Portland, ME and dropped everything to go help with the immediate rebuilding. I grew up outside Boston and the annual gift of a Christmas tree from Hallifax for Boston Common still brings a tear to my eye.
@susanyetman2248 3 жыл бұрын
Your grandfathers help along with other Americans is ONE of the reasons we love Americans. Stay safe.
@mikeyoung9810 6 жыл бұрын
Loved the video and the host.
@user-kp5ps7gj8b 6 жыл бұрын
Very nicely narrated.. sad incident...
@pauldv69 6 жыл бұрын
What a great video. Thank you for enlightening us all on this tragic incident; one I was not aware of at all.
@laurentgauthier8742 6 жыл бұрын
Wonderful story telling Dr. Gray! I knew about this explosition but told that way, it makes so much more sense. Thank you!
@VA7SL 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great Memorial video of the most horrific event in Canadian history.
@Martin-pb7ts 6 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable, I had no idea about this. Great video about a tragic incident.
@susanyetman2248 3 жыл бұрын
This is why we send a xmas tree to Boston every year since, because they were the 1st to send help.
@aaroncostello8812 6 жыл бұрын
Superb video and explanation. I had seen descriptions of the Halifax Explosion before, but have never seen each ship's exact maneuvers laid out so clearly against the geography of the harbor.
@jesper10201 6 жыл бұрын
Didn't know about this event. Good video!
@DodderingOldMan 6 жыл бұрын
Aw man, fascinating story, well told. It really is interesting to look back and trace the relatively innocuous events that lead to a staggering, earth-shaking (literally ) tragedy. And it's all too easy to imagine the crowds of people gathering to look at a spectacle that, unbeknownst to them, is about to claim their lives.
@LuaanTi 6 жыл бұрын
Yup. So many people in this comment thread seem to have 20/20 hindsight, sadly. Only the Mont Blanc crew understood the danger, and except for a single guy (who was unlucky to be hit by a piece of the far-flung debris), all of them survived.
@themaskedcrusader 6 жыл бұрын
"And the Sith Lord called upon his new subordinate: Darth Mouth"
@emnxui 6 жыл бұрын
themaskedcrusader Us dartmouthians are from "The Dark Side" if you ask a haligonian
@jongyon7192p 6 жыл бұрын
Or Innsmouth
@WetaMantis 5 жыл бұрын
From now on you will be called as Darth... Sand.
@jeanwandzilak4786 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this well done video Dr. Grey. My Grandfather John Alfred Smith lived in Halifax during the 1917 explosion. He told of driving an Ambulance Rescue Truck throughout the area locating persons affected by the devastating blast.
@jdmterry6468 5 жыл бұрын
Wow had no idea about this event. Thanks for the insightful video!
@ZeedijkMike 6 жыл бұрын
Very interesting peace of history. And very well told. Thanks a ton.
@jeffirwin7862 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks many kilotons.
@PaulRudd1941 4 жыл бұрын
@@jeffirwin7862 00f
@justinthorne8979 6 жыл бұрын
Cool my home city got a feature on one of my favourite channels!
@AzraelSilent 6 жыл бұрын
Interesting story. Well told. Thumbs up to the hand gestures.
@terrypatrick5436 5 жыл бұрын
I was in Halifax two years ago and when you go to the Titanic Cemetery the first thing you notice is your walking in on the tour is a whole bunch more tombstones with a different date than the Titanic on it I recommend everybody go to Halifax at least once in their life put it on your bucket list
@kuronosan 6 жыл бұрын
DARTH MOUTH, the Sith lord with something to say.
@lukefreeman828 6 жыл бұрын
Win.
@skroot7975 6 жыл бұрын
lol
@Petr75661 6 жыл бұрын
He would beat the rebels down with arguments until they surrendered.
@MrAwesomesize 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing storytelling!
@Ravlen1 6 жыл бұрын
Meghan's videos were always my favorites, and now I know why! As a fellow Haligonian living abroad (Japan), her accent was subconsciously tugging at my heartstrings. Thanks for bringing this story to the attention of the world (Haligonians have never forgotten). Edited to add info: the Mont Blanc refitters, understanding the risks, apparently lined the entire ship with wood to reduce the risk of sparks, and used copper nails and fittings for the same reason. Designed to stop onboard accidents, but didn't help in the collision.
@nerfbutt 5 жыл бұрын
Brilliantly presented! Fascinating.
@kikinoro6546 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing story and storytelling
@BrianFrichette 6 жыл бұрын
What a brilliant storyteller!
@NeedsEvidence 6 жыл бұрын
Very tense story told so well. My heart's racing!
@marshamarkas350 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this very clear, easy-to-grasp explanation with drawing. So tragic. I was actually reading the book [second reading], Rising Barometer by Hugh MacLennan on Dec. 6, 2017 when it dawned on me that it was exactly 100 years ago that the explosion had taken place. Pretty incredible timing. I've since then researched more to make it even more real, and not just a factual story. I commemorated the tragedy along with Halifax by watching the ceremony of the 100th anniversary that took place there in the rain.
@Lauraphoid 6 жыл бұрын
Gray is a amazing story teller!
@TheHirade 6 жыл бұрын
Wow, 'm speechless, never heard of that
@safwanali.a 6 жыл бұрын
Great video...and well narrated
@crazywolfgang3662 6 жыл бұрын
I never knew that! Very interesting and great storytelling.
@X_Baron 6 жыл бұрын
By coincident, on the same day Finland gained independence from Russia as the Finnish parliament voted to accept the declaration of independence. This was shortly after the Russian communists had taken power in a coup in then-capital Saint Petersburg.
@SpookyFan 6 жыл бұрын
A compelling retelling.
@alexthorpe2522 5 жыл бұрын
Visited a friend in Canada about 10 years ago. He lived in the Albro Lake area and there was a warped and bent cannon mounted in his street that was flung out from this explosion. They were a long way away from the harbour.
@TheJavaMonkey 4 жыл бұрын
This was fascinating. Masterful storytelling.
@Corvaire 6 жыл бұрын
Wow, that was *very* interesting. Excellent explanation - nicely done. ;O)-
@MrUncleTings 6 жыл бұрын
Hey i was just gunna request a periodic videos on the halifax explosion and picric acid but a sixty symbols video works well too!
@JOSEFIRMINO2007 3 жыл бұрын
Very nice to hear. Extremely descriptive.
@dansokil1629 5 жыл бұрын
Very very well done, thanks for posting - did anyone else come here after (or in my case while) reading "Barometer Rising"?
@MateusHokari 6 жыл бұрын
This video is amazing! She is a great storyteller
@the_blahhh 6 жыл бұрын
The whole time listening to this, I was just getting angrier and angrier at the IMO. Not only do they stay on course despite usual protocol, but they do it AGAIN knowing there will be a collision if no one does anything. And then they cant even commit to that side and shift sides?! Are you for real?!
@jellorelic 6 жыл бұрын
More than likely this was due to the Imo being unable to maneuver fully due to riding so high in the water, as was mentioned. Since they couldn't steer very well their idea was for the other, more presumably more capable, ship to move.. but with the lack of communication this didn't work out.
@error.418 6 жыл бұрын
Curious to speculate if radio tech would have saved the day here. Curious how many times it actually has prevented such similar tragedies. You don't get a big story when nothing bad happens, which is unfortunate in that we forget to realize how much better things are.
@omikronweapon 5 жыл бұрын
@@error.418 idk. The big problem was the secrecy surrounding the cargo. Perhaps that could have been explained more easily over the radio, but then again, they would probably still not have transmitted a message that made it clear that they had explosives on board. If they were worried about U-boats in the harbour, they'd probably figure there could be spies nearby to pick up the radio transmission. Although one would imagine radio would have provided better ways to get the point across than just repeating the same whistle signal, even without literally saying "We're loaded to the brim with explosives". In any other situation, the most that would have happened was a simple collision. MAYBE sinking one of the ships. Unfortunate, but not THAT big of a deal.
@error.418 5 жыл бұрын
@@omikronweapon Did they have a signal at the time that indicated "give way, emergency situation?" I think radio would have allowed them to be more clear that it was an "emergency situation" and that should have been sufficient, no need to mention the cargo. A boat collision is expensive and can cause loss of lives. The offending ship here would not have just decided, "whatever, we'll just hit 'em."
@Raptorman0909 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dr. Gray, I've read about and seen numerous videos on this but your telling of the story is the most revealing I've heard/seen. There is palpable angst in your voice as is warranted by the events of that terrible day. The thousands of citizens could have no way of knowing just how precarious there position as spectator was, but for many of them they would not know what killed them. Perhaps even more horrifying than the deaths were the thousands who were maimed, many losing there eyesight from flying glass. As I write this comment it's half a year after the Beirut blast that, huge as it was, might have only been about 15% of the energy of the Halifax explosion. Imagine if we had the video gear we have now back then.
@barbbinns970 6 жыл бұрын
Great Video - I will show it to my ESL class as a historical event on Dec 6, clear explanation and graphics -- thanks
@fisca332 6 жыл бұрын
Wtf Imo captain
@matijarasovic1519 6 жыл бұрын
I was wondering, was he taken to court marshal, you could say he didnt know, but mont blanc had the right of passege in any case, today for example all boats move to their right as far as that is possible so things like this dont happen...
@fredriks5090 6 жыл бұрын
fisca332 If IMO had collided with the smaller oncoming boat they could risk damaging the hull and having a hard time reacting to any whistle signals after all. IMO decided to stay with the unconventional route since it had already been redirected. I'm no captain but i can imagine making 2 hard turns in a row in a narrow straight could cause some weird pathing to occur.
@Quickshot0 6 жыл бұрын
That would be impossible, the Imo was close to the Mont Blanc when it exploded and the Captain, First Officer and the Pilot all died in the blast. Some others of the crew survived, but well... not like they'd be in charge of the course. The initial inquiry also seems to have blamed the Mont Blanc for the accident. With a follow up one giving blame to both sides. Whether those were entirely fair on the matter I don't know, but it was the opinion at the time I guess.
@matijarasovic1519 6 жыл бұрын
Fredrik S yeah i see your point, but my friend that is a ship capitain says that the right hand side rule should ALWAYS be used so it can make the intentions of the other ship predictable, even if its not the most efficient way of avoiding a collision, i sail a boat (not a big one 30feet) myself and belive me, its very reassuring to know where the oncoming ship is going to turn. But ill ask my friend im really intriuged by this
@matijarasovic1519 6 жыл бұрын
Quickshot0 cool, thanks ill look into it in more detail
@egghead365 6 жыл бұрын
I remember reading that most if not all of the Imo's sailors that were under deck survived, protected by the hull.
@Scottbotcom 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing video! Very intriguing! Thank you :)
@tombombadillo1 6 жыл бұрын
This was amazing. Enjoyed this so much.
@peiceofcheese87 6 жыл бұрын
Surreal seeing a map of where I live on one of my favourite youtube channels
@JoeSleith 6 жыл бұрын
peiceofcheese87 same bro ns for the win
@matthew83walker 6 жыл бұрын
I only feel slightly connected as I'm from the gaspesie, but I'm glad people are talking about this.
@Usernamedshah 6 жыл бұрын
A classic story told on Canadian television as a commercial.
@Darkalyle 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you this Brady, more people need to hear bout this footnote of history.
@michaelocyoung 5 жыл бұрын
Kudos for using the ships from the Milton Bradley / VTech Electronic Battleships that I had as a kid and is still going.
@mastod0n1 6 жыл бұрын
Halifax, which is in Nova Scotia, which is in Canada, which is on Earth, which is in Canada.
@benoitb.3679 6 жыл бұрын
mastod0n1 hahaha omg picnicface?! Bootlegged copies of boots and legs
@wainstallsboy 6 жыл бұрын
Halifax, which is in Calderdale, which is in West Yorkshire, which is in England, which is on Earth.
@seigeengine 6 жыл бұрын
Nope. Halifax is Canadian now. It's ours. Deal with it, UK scrubs.
@chuangtsu 6 жыл бұрын
Splodey!
@cinquine1 6 жыл бұрын
Carl Marks Our Halifax is bigger than your Halifax!
@fuzzlabrador 6 жыл бұрын
my grandpa used to say that "we're gonna have a Halifax situation" and now I know why.
@AJ-kj1go 6 жыл бұрын
Very interesting story I wasn't aware of. Thank you
@apxpandy4965 3 жыл бұрын
Well presented and very interesting - thanks!
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