tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post3299807116264847586..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: December 6, 1917Grumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-60648849969924669342011-12-06T10:51:18.556-05:002011-12-06T10:51:18.556-05:00The annual Christmas tree is generally described i...The annual Christmas tree is generally described in Boston as "a gift from Canada/Nova Scotia/Halifax", though sometimes there will be a mention that the trees are a thank-you for aid provided after the Halifax Explosion. Once in a while one of the local papers will go into a little more detail, but most Boston-area residents aren't aware of the whole story.<br /><br />When my spouse and I visited Halifax some years ago, we stumbled across an exhibit about the disaster at Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Grimly fascinating. See their website at http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/atoz/HalExpl.html<br /><br />Also worth mentioning is the book <i>Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion and the Road to Recovery</i> by Janet Kitz.eabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04572501983079827930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-2464901329596338412010-12-23T22:37:08.883-05:002010-12-23T22:37:08.883-05:00Another Halifaxer here. I remember my grandmother ...Another Halifaxer here. I remember my grandmother telling me what she remembers about the explosion. Where I grew up (3 hours from Halifax) she remembers the windows and china rattling in the house and the giant cloud. <br /><br />I've seen the anchor and the church and grew up trolling the books and then the web for more information. <br /><br />I hope Boston enjoys the trees for many more years to come!Orks were made for Krunkin!https://www.blogger.com/profile/06288084766672300313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-16978561931157581122010-12-09T10:12:35.643-05:002010-12-09T10:12:35.643-05:00My aunt's mother was one of the orphaned survi...My aunt's mother was one of the orphaned survivors....she told me this very same story just a year before she passed on....it was horrific.Cartoon Charactershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871661908222892370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-9643043303044103662010-12-09T01:46:18.577-05:002010-12-09T01:46:18.577-05:00I lived in Boston for a year and watched the tree ...I lived in Boston for a year and watched the tree lighting ceremony... and never knew that about it. Thanks fo sharing.Princess Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834820279935113037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-78616199438352610082010-12-08T00:42:22.654-05:002010-12-08T00:42:22.654-05:00Sometimes we forget what we have done for people a...Sometimes we forget what we have done for people and what others have done for us.<br /><br />Nova Scotia's gift of a tree to Boston and the Netherlands gift of tulips are just two of the many gifts exchanged between nations and a memory and a reminder of the good that nations can show to each other.<br /><br />Something more recent are the nations that came to Israel's aid in fighting their recent forest fires.<br /><br />To those that have helped their friends, and especially those that have helped their "enemies" Thank you.Stacey K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-24008396109719810082010-12-07T14:02:48.752-05:002010-12-07T14:02:48.752-05:00We learned about the explosion in school (I live i...We learned about the explosion in school (I live in Alberta), but never with that much detail. If the events were explained like that, we would have paid more attention to the lesson.<br /><br />ThanksMelinahttp://melina.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-35787474261947963892010-12-07T11:56:29.006-05:002010-12-07T11:56:29.006-05:00I've been to Halifax and heard the story first...I've been to Halifax and heard the story first hand from an old lady who was a kid at the time. Pretty horrible.ERPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15973334581468131595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-1894360846436724262010-12-07T11:22:44.868-05:002010-12-07T11:22:44.868-05:00I spent a large chunk of my childhood in Nova Scot...I spent a large chunk of my childhood in Nova Scotia, and did a project on the Explosion in elementary school. It remains the sixth-largest non-nuclear explosion in history, if I recall correctly. <br /><br />To give those who can't conceptualize the numbers an idea of the sheer scale of that explosion: the village I lived in was 300km (~185mi) away from Halifax, and the really old timers (all of whom have passed on now, sadly) remembered windows rattling and the ground shaking enough that small objects like china fell off the shelves on the day of the explosion. They said it sounded like thunder on a sunny day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-85681723617961604512010-12-07T10:04:26.857-05:002010-12-07T10:04:26.857-05:00Thank you for sharing this. As yet another Haligon...Thank you for sharing this. As yet another Haligonian, I've obv grown up with this story. They did a film about it a few years ago, with many scenes shot up on Citadel Hill. <br />I always find the story about the window in one of the churches the spookiest. There is a silhouhette shape in the glass of the window that is supposed to be that of a young priest blown through the window that morning. Supposedly the glass has been replaced since, but the silhouette reappears. <br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/24569010@N06/3255815469/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-54358609593848651552010-12-07T09:01:25.048-05:002010-12-07T09:01:25.048-05:00Damn you, Grumpy, you made me cry again. I'll...Damn you, Grumpy, you made me cry again. I'll send a bill for the boxes of tissues, as soon as I'm done forwarding the link a bit.Minni VanDykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02673886500574857493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-75713448666276713632010-12-07T07:05:53.292-05:002010-12-07T07:05:53.292-05:00I went back and corrected the errors.I went back and corrected the errors.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-60242733399383562372010-12-06T22:30:14.984-05:002010-12-06T22:30:14.984-05:00Anonymous @ December 6, 2010 3:55 PM:
If you are...Anonymous @ December 6, 2010 3:55 PM: <br /><br />If you are referring to Dr. Grumpy's use of "it's" in the last paragraph, HE IS RIGHT! IT'S is not used as a posessive pronoun, so ITS would be wrong. It's is also a contraction for IT HAS, as in: "IT HAS been 93 years since....." <br /><br />Dumbass.Check Yourselfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-27581028704328555952010-12-06T22:13:23.256-05:002010-12-06T22:13:23.256-05:00I was trying to remember when I had read about thi...I was trying to remember when I had read about this before and then I remembered it was in Anita Shreve's A Wedding in December. <br /><br />Very interesting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-50865236169098994962010-12-06T22:07:10.251-05:002010-12-06T22:07:10.251-05:00And one more factoid from a Haligonian-by-marriage...And one more factoid from a Haligonian-by-marriage: The area of the explosion was not rebuilt until it was needed during WWII, 30 years later. Thanks for telling this story.Deodandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14252076084306247100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-39563542285750715012010-12-06T22:04:00.619-05:002010-12-06T22:04:00.619-05:00There's also a 'Part of our Heritage' ...There's also a 'Part of our Heritage' clip about Vince Coleman, which is on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oaRr6A-gkA Take a look.Sunnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-9149090489675552032010-12-06T19:52:41.687-05:002010-12-06T19:52:41.687-05:00From yet another Canadian physician (paediatrician...From yet another Canadian physician (paediatrician). I know this tale well and thought that you would be interested to know that in the aftermath of this explosion a number of surgeons operated only on the injured children. As such this is credited as the birth of paediatric surgery as a sub specialty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-220867870656619702010-12-06T18:40:32.109-05:002010-12-06T18:40:32.109-05:00I travel to Halifax frequently for work and love i...I travel to Halifax frequently for work and love it. I had NO idea about any of this happening and plan to visit the memorial site next time I'm there. It might be in the dead of winter, but that will only help it feel more real. Thanks for sharing!Micahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13335970038141490664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-32942655612342286422010-12-06T18:02:28.450-05:002010-12-06T18:02:28.450-05:00once again, honrun grumpy. through a thin tear fil...once again, honrun grumpy. through a thin tear film the blast looks like a pyroclastic volcanic eruption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-61477194761288457132010-12-06T17:59:29.119-05:002010-12-06T17:59:29.119-05:00I love your maritime history blogs (and the medica...I love your maritime history blogs (and the medical ones too). You are my best history "prof."flo nightengalenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-37847083548520053882010-12-06T17:33:31.724-05:002010-12-06T17:33:31.724-05:00What a beautiful and tragic story. Thanks for the...What a beautiful and tragic story. Thanks for the history lesson.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08570738729131361529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-13806225494367142912010-12-06T17:05:19.455-05:002010-12-06T17:05:19.455-05:00Wow.
Living in Moncton, NB, I'd heard about ...Wow. <br /><br />Living in Moncton, NB, I'd heard about the Halifax explosion and the brave telegraph operator, but never heard the details of the events which led to the explosion.<br /><br />Thanks for this!SeaSideRobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17585720067539829240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-36450058997905601372010-12-06T16:55:28.703-05:002010-12-06T16:55:28.703-05:00"It's" is a contraction for "it..."It's" is a contraction for "it is" and should not be used to indicate a possessive. Punctuation FAIL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-72882320035309137132010-12-06T15:47:58.651-05:002010-12-06T15:47:58.651-05:00Living next door in New Brunswick, I've heard ...Living next door in New Brunswick, I've heard this story many times. And yet... when I got to the part about Vince Coleman, I still got goosebumps.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing, Dr. Grumpy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-2355604909458305282010-12-06T15:42:46.603-05:002010-12-06T15:42:46.603-05:00Thanks from another Haligonian. It is interesting...Thanks from another Haligonian. It is interesting to see our local history being spread so wide and far via a (mostly) medical blog.<br /><br />I am a family doctor. I can't tell you how much I enjoy your writing. I frequently check your blog between patients to reassure myself that despite how crazy my patients are, yours are crazier! Perspective helps !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-50118938602177266142010-12-06T15:26:45.134-05:002010-12-06T15:26:45.134-05:00What an amazing story. Thanks for bringing it up.What an amazing story. Thanks for bringing it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com