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Gelston
08-04-2020, 12:50 PM
https://twitter.com/i/status/1290675854767513600

They are saying it is fireworks storage. Craziness.
Gelston
08-04-2020, 12:52 PM
https://www.facebook.com/KaramSamer/videos/3513695698663976/
Methais
08-04-2020, 01:41 PM
They are saying it is fireworks storage. Craziness.

https://i.imgur.com/cP3VcSj.gif

EDIT: Apparently they're just really stupid. Or really bad at making excuses.

https://i.imgur.com/UWyDhmG.png (https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1290698269421600770)
Tgo01
08-04-2020, 02:07 PM
https://i.imgur.com/UWyDhmG.png (https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1290698269421600770)

Something tells me someone isn't getting a bonus this year.
Suppa Hobbit Mage
08-04-2020, 07:35 PM
I heard on the news Trump called it an attack.
Suppa Hobbit Mage
08-04-2020, 07:37 PM
And wow, I've been crazy busy at work today, and just saw the video. That is freaking insane.
beldannon5
08-04-2020, 07:54 PM
i read somewhere it had been there for 4 years. either way that is a lot of crap
drauz
08-05-2020, 11:11 AM
https://media.giphy.com/media/12GJIECgnjk7xS/200.gif
Astray
08-05-2020, 08:43 PM
Man, has anyone seen the crater from this?
Ashlander
08-05-2020, 08:51 PM
Man, has anyone seen the crater from this?

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/08/beirut-explosion-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1286
Tgo01
08-05-2020, 08:52 PM
Holy shit. That’s crazy.
Astray
08-05-2020, 08:53 PM
That's fucking wild.
Teveriel
08-05-2020, 09:19 PM
Here's a brief video from someone who was nearby when it happened. They were lucky. Pretty crazy.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MikeLeslieWFAA/status/1291014077322534912
Astray
08-05-2020, 09:22 PM
Here's a brief video from someone who was nearby when it happened. They were lucky. Pretty crazy.

There was another video floating that showed a ground view.

No way it stays at 100 deaths. I'm pretty sure some people just got vaporized.
Teveriel
08-05-2020, 09:34 PM
There was another video floating that showed a ground view.

No way it stays at 100 deaths. I'm pretty sure some people just got vaporized.

Yeeeeah..blast like that? Agree 100%.
Astray
08-05-2020, 09:46 PM
https://i.imgur.com/5C8UuLv.jpg
Teveriel
08-05-2020, 11:21 PM
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-05/beirut-blast-raises-concern-about-newcastle-ammonium-nitrate/12527546

Yikes?
Astray
08-05-2020, 11:30 PM
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-05/beirut-blast-raises-concern-about-newcastle-ammonium-nitrate/12527546

Yikes?


Newcastle's stockpile of between 6,000 to 12,000 tonnes

What the shit, dude.
MotleyCrew
08-06-2020, 12:12 PM
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/wedding-video-beirut-explosion_n_5f2b06b2c5b64d7a55edcbe3
Suppa Hobbit Mage
08-06-2020, 12:24 PM
Man the explosion and aftershock videos are just amazing.
Astray
08-06-2020, 12:54 PM
300,000 homeless, 85% of grain stored was toast.

In the midst of a pandemic to boot.
Tgo01
08-06-2020, 01:21 PM
300,000 homeless, 85% of grain stored was toast.

In the midst of a pandemic to boot.

300k made homeless because of this explosion? Or like in general Lebanon has 300k homeless?
Astray
08-06-2020, 01:25 PM
300k made homeless because of this explosion? Or like in general Lebanon has 300k homeless?

From the blast. Lots of property damage as a result. Some floors of buildings are missing. Hell, some buildings are straight up missing.

It's gonna be a minute before Beirut is remotely okay.
Tgo01
08-06-2020, 01:28 PM
From the blast. Lots of property damage as a result. Some floors of buildings are missing. Hell, some buildings are straight up missing.

It's gonna be a minute before Beirut is remotely okay.

Wow didn't realize the destruction was that great.
Astray
08-06-2020, 01:30 PM
Wow didn't realize the destruction was that great.

Dude


https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/08/beirut-explosion-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1286
Suppa Hobbit Mage
08-06-2020, 01:52 PM
There is a before/after pic of a very large cargo ship on the opposite side of the crater. It's a massive ship, and in the after, all the way across the harbor, it's on it's side now.
Tgo01
08-06-2020, 01:54 PM
Dude

Yeah but didn't realize it made 300k people homeless. That's just nuts. Were those all apartment buildings near the harbor or what? Whose great idea was it to store so much explosive material in such a high population density area?
Suppa Hobbit Mage
08-06-2020, 01:56 PM
Whose great idea was it to store so much explosive material in such a high population density area?

Probably the folks who are under house arrest there right now.
MotleyCrew
08-06-2020, 01:59 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/06/beirut-explosion-before-and-after-satellite-images
radeek
08-06-2020, 02:13 PM
I've seen some pretty big explosions in my day, but....just....wow. The shockwave alone was absolutely incredible to see. I think that is probably the closest thing to a nuke most people will ever be exposed to. Beirut once again resembles the way it looked in '83, as if those people haven't experienced enough over the years, now this.
Astray
08-06-2020, 02:19 PM
Yeah but didn't realize it made 300k people homeless. That's just nuts. Were those all apartment buildings near the harbor or what? Whose great idea was it to store so much explosive material in such a high population density area?

I'm assuming that a lot of what was nearby was just residential. The poison that was released by the blast is my main guess at what caused people to be homeless but it's hard to properly gauge at this point. The chemicals were confiscated, according to some news sites, and just never moved beyond being stored.

I want to know how the fire started. Feels a little too convenient for a fire to just start in a warehouse next to the fireworks. Imagine if it were just a dude that wanted to throw fireworks at the feet of his coworkers.
Ashlander
08-06-2020, 03:10 PM
I'm assuming that a lot of what was nearby was just residential. The poison that was released by the blast is my main guess at what caused people to be homeless but it's hard to properly gauge at this point. The chemicals were confiscated, according to some news sites, and just never moved beyond being stored.

I want to know how the fire started. Feels a little too convenient for a fire to just start in a warehouse next to the fireworks. Imagine if it were just a dude that wanted to throw fireworks at the feet of his coworkers.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/62/0e/39/620e398761442eee86d00eab52a812d2.jpg
Methais
08-07-2020, 11:58 AM
https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/08/beirut-explosion-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1286

https://i.imgur.com/zq6AKPd.gif


I've seen some pretty big explosions in my day, but....just....wow. The shockwave alone was absolutely incredible to see. I think that is probably the closest thing to a nuke most people will ever be exposed to. Beirut once again resembles the way it looked in '83, as if those people haven't experienced enough over the years, now this.

Leslie Nielsen would have prevented this if he were still alive.