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Questionmarktarius
08/05/20 5:46:37 PM
#203:


UnholyMudcrab posted...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53659282

Mentioned in that under "what triggered the explosion?"
That's not good.
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ColdOne666
08/05/20 6:26:20 PM
#204:


s0nicfan posted...
Saw this picture drop online earlier this morning. It looks like there were precisely zero safety precautions taken in keeping massive stacks of this stuff in that warehouse.


Wow

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Pitbuller_26
08/05/20 6:55:16 PM
#205:


The fact the cause is appearing to be extreme negligence for something so dangerous in massive quantities is hard to comprehend.

Being that incompetent requires effort. I can only imagine the Lebanese people's anger at this.
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Poop2
08/05/20 6:59:03 PM
#206:


some official about to get executed
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Sir Will
08/05/20 7:29:42 PM
#207:


People need to be punished for this.

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fohstick
08/05/20 7:35:47 PM
#208:


this is definitely some terrorist activity
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Crazyman93
08/05/20 7:39:33 PM
#209:


fohstick posted...
this is definitely some terrorist activity
Even if one group claims it, I doubt it. All it would take is a cigarette butt to start a fire that could smolder for a few days and then "fwoosh".

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chrono625
08/05/20 7:42:32 PM
#210:


UnholyMudcrab posted...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/officials-knew-danger-beirut-port-years-200805032416684.html

Says that at least five requests were made between 2014 and 2017

a lot of people should hang for this and the government should be gutted.

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Sir Will
08/05/20 7:43:05 PM
#211:


fohstick posted...
this is definitely some terrorist activity
No.

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Taharqa_
08/05/20 7:45:00 PM
#212:


Don't know if this has been posted already, but this vid is crazy. One moment you have a beautiful scene and the next, boom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0tURkKTaf8


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Malcrasternus
08/05/20 9:13:45 PM
#213:


https://i.imgur.com/p8nnTR0.mp4

Here's some rooftop footage of the first, smaller explosion.

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chrono625
08/05/20 9:29:50 PM
#214:


Malcrasternus posted...
https://i.imgur.com/p8nnTR0.mp4

Here's some rooftop footage of the first, smaller explosion.

I wonder what happened to the person filming...

you have one guess.

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UnholyMudcrab
08/05/20 9:30:21 PM
#215:


chrono625 posted...
Malcrasternus posted...
https://i.imgur.com/p8nnTR0.mp4

Here's some rooftop footage of the first, smaller explosion.

I wonder what happened to the person filming...

you have one guess.

They didn't die. That wasn't the big explosion.
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chrono625
08/05/20 9:33:46 PM
#216:


UnholyMudcrab posted...
They didn't die. That wasn't the big explosion.

were they coherent and able enough to escape the 2nd though?

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Questionmarktarius
08/05/20 11:43:19 PM
#217:


it exploded twice?
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modena
08/06/20 12:30:57 AM
#218:


Yeah the second explosion was after that video that caused the whole place to turn into a fireball.It wasnt long after until the massive one happened.You would have a hard time making that distance after being that close though.

Hopefully they got lucky and were one of the ones shielded by debris and got pulled out later.

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Questionmarktarius
08/06/20 12:48:05 AM
#219:


Is there "distance" video of the first explosion?
All I see out there is the big one.
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Malcrasternus
08/06/20 1:46:52 AM
#220:


https://i.imgur.com/cWptOBQ.jpg

Jeeeeeeeeeesus.

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Bio1590
08/06/20 2:13:57 AM
#221:


tbh I was expecting the crater to be bigger than basically just the perimeter of the building all the shit was in.

E: Also is there some weird optical illusion shit going on or did that structure in the middle move...
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UnholyMudcrab
08/06/20 2:15:32 AM
#222:


I'm really astounded that grain elevator is still standing.
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AbstraktProfSC2
08/06/20 2:17:20 AM
#223:


Taharqa_ posted...
Don't know if this has been posted already, but this vid is crazy. One moment you have a beautiful scene and the next, boom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0tURkKTaf8
thats crazy
reminds me of a FFVII cut scene with a Mako Reactor exploding

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Bio1590
08/06/20 2:17:52 AM
#224:


UnholyMudcrab posted...
I'm really astounded that grain elevator is still standing.

It looks like it got moved though right? Like I'm not going crazy here am I?
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Crazyman93
08/06/20 2:18:01 AM
#225:


UnholyMudcrab posted...
I'm really astounded that grain elevator is still standing.
Maybe because it's round? So the blast had an easier time going around it?

Fuck if I know, explosions are a whole science of forces.

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Crazyman93
08/06/20 2:18:48 AM
#226:


Bio1590 posted...
It looks like it got moved though right? Like I'm not going crazy here am I?
You're not, but only because it looks like the satellite or whatever was somewhat to the left of where it was when it took the before pic.

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Questionmarktarius
08/06/20 2:19:11 AM
#227:


UnholyMudcrab posted...
I'm really astounded that grain elevator is still standing.
It's beat to hell and leaning a bit.


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Wii_Shaker
08/06/20 2:52:06 AM
#229:


I've been listening to stories from family members of people who were injured in the blast. It's a terrible tragedy.

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KamenRiderBlade
08/06/20 3:03:44 AM
#230:


Spooking posted...
Those containers look like the only things that weren't largely impacted.
Those Freight containers must be made of reasonable quality steel.

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Questionmarktarius
08/06/20 3:10:11 AM
#231:


https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/europe/lebanon-russian-ship-blast-intl/index.html
Maintenance was conducted on the warehouse door just hours before the blast on Tuesday, he added. "We were asked to fix a door of the warehouse by State Security and we did that at noon, but what occurred in the afternoon I have no idea," he said.

huh.


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jblrulez
08/06/20 11:38:02 AM
#232:


What a year. Nothing would surprise me anymore.
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thronedfire2
08/06/20 3:03:10 PM
#233:


Questionmarktarius posted...
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/europe/lebanon-russian-ship-blast-intl/index.html

huh.




hopefully they dont try to put the blame on the maintenance guys


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Alpha218
08/06/20 3:11:10 PM
#235:


I hope theres a lot of aid provided to Lebanon. Not only were many lives lost here, but a large part of their economy was vaporized here as well

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thronedfire2
08/06/20 3:11:30 PM
#236:


Zangulus posted...
A tenant of welding is knowing what the material youre works around are and their flammability.

yeah but I dont think they were told that stuff was there. Or is it normal to check everything before you start working?

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thronedfire2
08/06/20 3:14:53 PM
#238:


Zangulus posted...
If the picture of them standing literal inches away from the aluminum nitrate is real, they should do their due diligence.

That isnt to say the onus is completely on them. There was obviously a bigger problem with the stuff being stored there to begin with. But a good welder would check to know what hes working next to.

That doesnt preclude the idea that they werent told the truth though.

oh yeah I forgot about that picture

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ROBANN_88
08/06/20 4:20:59 PM
#240:


Zangulus posted...
If the picture of them standing literal inches away from the aluminum nitrate is real, they should do their due diligence.

That isnt to say the onus is completely on them. There was obviously a bigger problem with the stuff being stored there to begin with. But a good welder would check to know what hes working next to.

That doesnt preclude the idea that they werent told the truth though.

hell, judging by the picture, whoever ordered the welding in the first place should have had to clear out several tonnes of it to clear safety precautions, those things look heavy.

in a first world country, with proper welding license system, the welder should just refuse to work that until proper precautions are met, but who knows how safe it is for a worker to refuse orders over there.

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Sictis
08/08/20 6:49:16 AM
#242:


That clip is like 2020 in a nutshell
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jblrulez
08/09/20 7:37:29 PM
#243:


SerperiorThanU posted...
Holy shit. I just read theres 300,000 people homeless and the port is where much of their economy is from. This is looking terrifying. Hopefully other countries can provide some serious aid.

Whats sad is that some locals dont want the aid, at least not through the usual channels, because they know that if the money goes through their corrupt government itll just end up stolen/laundered/whatever.
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Sir Will
08/09/20 7:39:26 PM
#244:


Canada is funneling aid through 3rd parties.

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CADE FOSTER
08/09/20 7:40:14 PM
#245:


everyone should there leadership is super corrupt
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KamenRiderBlade
08/10/20 3:33:52 PM
#246:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNDhIGR-83w

Apparently dozens of bags of fireworks were stored in the same warehouse as the bags of Amonium Nitrate.

Nobody higher up gave a damn about safety, they only cared about convenience.

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chrono625
08/10/20 3:45:27 PM
#247:


KamenRiderBlade posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNDhIGR-83w

Apparently dozens of bags of fireworks were stored in the same warehouse as the bags of Amonium Nitrate.

Nobody higher up gave a damn about safety, they only cared about convenience.

whole government needs to disappear

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ajd
08/10/20 3:54:10 PM
#248:


PM resigned today for those that don't know.

iA Berri and Aoun are next and parliament falls
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thronedfire2
08/10/20 3:56:41 PM
#249:


yeah I thought all those little explosions looked like fireworks

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Sir Will
08/10/20 4:25:23 PM
#250:


ajd posted...
PM resigned today for those that don't know.
I was surprised to hear that. That's usually not how these things go.

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ajd
08/10/20 4:54:44 PM
#251:


Eh. Honestly it means absolutely nothing by itself. He may easily be replaced by the last PM who resigned due to anti-government protests.
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Sir Will
08/10/20 4:55:46 PM
#252:


ajd posted...
Eh. Honestly it means absolutely nothing by itself. He may easily be replaced by the last PM who resigned due to anti-government protests.
Ah, so that's how they roll? The individual is expendable, the power is with the party/institutions or something?

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hockeybub89
08/11/20 9:39:04 AM
#253:


So are the Lebanese reacting to something bad enough that they are allowed to protest and riot, or are the powers that be still just humans that make mistakes and blocking streets is wrong?

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