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UnholyMudcrab
08/04/20 1:44:57 PM
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Malcrasternus posted...
Jesus. What the hell went off?

Rocket fuel maybe?

It's either a fireworks warehouse or some kind of ammunition depot. We're not sure yet.
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Poop2
08/04/20 1:46:32 PM
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soulunison2 posted...
Holy shit

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ajd
08/04/20 1:46:40 PM
#54:


Is this just another example of government negligence and dysfunction? Lebanon can't sustain like this.
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Panthera
08/04/20 1:48:24 PM
#55:


Holy fuck

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s0nicfan
08/04/20 1:50:05 PM
#56:


UnholyMudcrab posted...
It's either a fireworks warehouse or some kind of ammunition depot. We're not sure yet.

Video from a meme site, but it's from across the street prior to the explosion. Warning: the person who took this is probably dead.
https://9gag.com/gag/aeD43Dq


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Malcrasternus
08/04/20 1:55:53 PM
#57:


UnholyMudcrab posted...
It's either a fireworks warehouse or some kind of ammunition depot. We're not sure yet.

It reminded me a lot of the Pepcon explosion way back. Had the same kind of energy to it.

https://youtu.be/_1kTAX9uWcw

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Tired-Insomniac
08/04/20 1:58:53 PM
#58:


s0nicfan posted...
Video from a meme site, but it's from across the street prior to the explosion. Warning: the person who took this is probably dead.
https://9gag.com/gag/aeD43Dq

God damn

Every video I see gets closer

We're gonna see one from inside the building at this rate

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s0nicfan
08/04/20 2:03:38 PM
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So I think this text was added to the BBC link I posted above just recently:
The cause of the explosion is still not known, but some reports suggest it may have been an accident. Lebanon's National News Agency reported a fire breaking out at what it called an explosives depot at the port.

So they were probably storing weapons there. None of the footage makes it look like it was struck from the outside, so this is probably a case of either negligence or sabotage.

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Jiek_Fafn
08/04/20 2:07:28 PM
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That's fucking horrifying

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hyperpowder
08/04/20 2:10:11 PM
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Maybe you shouldn't allow a fireworks factory in a middle of the city?

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Bio1590
08/04/20 2:12:44 PM
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It's like every video you see of this is worse than the last one you saw. Man I hope the causalities in this are as limited as possible.
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Questionmarktarius
08/04/20 2:13:39 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
Warning: the person who took this is probably dead.
Almost certainly liquefied from the inside out.
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UnholyMudcrab
08/04/20 2:14:13 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
s0nicfan posted...
Warning: the person who took this is probably dead.
Almost certainly liquefied from the inside out.

How did the video get uploaded, though?
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lord0fmud
08/04/20 2:14:28 PM
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When bullets or shells cook off they explode with light, correct?

While I can't see fireworks being stored at a busy pier I can totally see weapons/ordnance being unloaded into a building and then something going wrong.
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s0nicfan
08/04/20 2:15:06 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
How did the video get uploaded, though?

Could have been a live stream captured by someone else.

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chrono625
08/04/20 2:16:20 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
How did the video get uploaded, though?

live streams are awfully popular these days.

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UnholyMudcrab
08/04/20 2:17:24 PM
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I'm reading that there was a smaller explosion before the main event, and that might be what that video is covering.
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s0nicfan
08/04/20 2:19:22 PM
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/huge-explosion-rocks-lebanon-capital-beirut-live-updates-200804163620414.html
The Lebanese Interior Minister has said that ammonium nitrate was stored in the port, which is what caused the explosion, according to local reports.

He said Lebanese customs should be asked about why it was there.

Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reporting from Beirut said the head of General Security, General Abbas Ibrahim, visited the site of the explosion and said it appears the explosion was caused by highly explosive material that was stored in a warehouse.

According to Ibrahim, the explosive material was confiscated years ago.

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Sheiky-Baby
08/04/20 2:24:04 PM
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Everytime somebody in DBZ powers up.

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Guerrilla Soldier
08/04/20 2:25:04 PM
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the way the buildings just flaked and rose into the sky...

this is crazy.

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fhqwhgads
08/04/20 2:27:38 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
holy shit it really does look like a nuke went off
No it doesn't it just looks like a regular fir-----aaah holy shit!

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Bio1590
08/04/20 2:48:39 PM
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mustachedmystic
08/04/20 2:50:10 PM
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People see mushroom clouds, and visual shock waves and think nuke, but any sufficiently powerful explosion can cause either phenomenon

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bshwalker
08/04/20 2:58:49 PM
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Probably wont get an accurate death toll. Some probably blown into dust.

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SiO4
08/04/20 3:05:05 PM
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Damn, I heard about this on the radio. This is the first time I saw it.
When I first heard about this, I thought it might be terrorist thing. I was remembering 80's Beirut.
But now it looks like a very bad warehouse situation.
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nevershine
08/04/20 3:09:47 PM
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Jesus...that was intense. Im waiting to hear updates. With everything else going on, its hard to imagine dealing with this.

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ScazarMeltex
08/04/20 3:13:56 PM
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mustachedmystic posted...
People see mushroom clouds, and visual shock waves and think nuke, but any sufficiently powerful explosion can cause either phenomenon
Almost like the American education system has failed.

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SiO4
08/04/20 3:14:21 PM
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Live feed of clean up...It's night, so you can't see much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abM7M40x2RA
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thronedfire2
08/04/20 3:15:51 PM
#81:


ScazarMeltex posted...
Almost like the American education system has failed.

it still looks like one. I don't think anyone's first guess was that it actually was

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SiO4
08/04/20 3:16:34 PM
#82:


That smokes looks pretty toxic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vVIf0HkqHU
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SiO4
08/04/20 3:18:27 PM
#83:


This clip references why I thought about 80's Beirut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vVIf0HkqHU
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Questionmarktarius
08/04/20 3:21:31 PM
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chrono625
08/04/20 3:25:20 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
Almost like the American education system has failed.

its almost as if one can compare something to another...

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Grischnak
08/04/20 3:32:11 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
Almost like the American education system has failed.

How much do education systems in other countries cover explosions and the types of clouds and shockwaves they make? Because that sounds like a pretty niche area to cover to me...
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bshwalker
08/04/20 3:43:09 PM
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I bet somebody gets written up for that little oppose.
Maybe even a few days off.

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thronedfire2
08/04/20 3:57:58 PM
#89:


Grischnak posted...
How much do education systems in other countries cover explosions and the types of clouds and shockwaves they make? Because that sounds like a pretty niche area to cover to me...

sounds pretty damn American to me

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CM_Ponch
08/04/20 4:01:49 PM
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The explosion was crazy, the way it spirals out looks unreal

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modena
08/04/20 4:02:45 PM
#91:


Bio1590 posted...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nr6Tlu0EvM

This one still gives me chills

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s0nicfan
08/04/20 4:04:04 PM
#92:


SiO4 posted...
Live feed of clean up...It's night, so you can't see much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abM7M40x2RA

Here's a daytime view of the aftermath:
https://9gag.com/gag/a0NoYPn

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Questionmarktarius
08/04/20 4:07:13 PM
#93:


s0nicfan posted...
Here's a daytime view of the aftermath:
https://9gag.com/gag/a0NoYPn
That building doesn't looks particularly safe.
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Starks
08/04/20 4:32:09 PM
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Jeez. This is how fragile states collapse.
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DarthTyrannus83
08/04/20 4:42:27 PM
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You know, storing confiscated explosives within a large city FOR YEARS is in itself a huge neglect, regardless of any other factor.

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AKC12
08/04/20 5:12:21 PM
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Washington post reports that there are nearly 50 deaths
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s0nicfan
08/04/20 5:13:17 PM
#97:


AKC12 posted...
Washington post reports that there are nearly 50 deaths

That's a shockingly low number of deaths for the size of that explosion. Are you sure that's not the number of bodies that have currently been pulled from the rubble?

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tm315
08/04/20 5:15:41 PM
#98:


AKC12 posted...
Washington post reports that there are nearly 50 deaths
Al Jazeera is saying at least 70
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Smashingpmkns
08/04/20 5:24:00 PM
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I saw thousands injured somewhere
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parabola_master
08/04/20 5:28:38 PM
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Was this caused by fireworks?

If so, is it time that we as a world ban fireworks forever? Dont mean to make light of the tragedy, but if fireworks were the cause then wtf.

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Prismsblade
08/04/20 5:32:55 PM
#101:


ScazarMeltex posted...
Almost like the American education system has failed.
What a bigoted statement.

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SiO4
08/04/20 5:36:49 PM
#102:


parabola_master posted...
Was this caused by fireworks?

If so, is it time that we as a world ban fireworks forever? Dont mean to make light of the tragedy, but if fireworks were the cause then wtf.


I've seen plenty of firework cache explosions.
....They don't ever look like that.
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