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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2020 10:32:35 GMT
One hell of a bang in the port which destroyed a warehouse and half a massive grain storage facility.
That is what 3,000 metric tons of ammonium nitrate does when it is badly stored.
I really wish people would learn the lesson, not exactly news.
Before the big bang.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Aug 5, 2020 10:42:54 GMT
It looks like the grain storage facility probably shielded a large part of the city. Apparently they forgot about the ammonium nitrate being stored there.
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Post by racingteatray on Aug 5, 2020 10:51:57 GMT
That's one "f*****************************k" moment.
I didn't see this until the 10pm news last night. I'd heard about it on the radio in the car earlier, but that hadn't given a sense of the sheer magnitude.
Then watching it on the news, I saw the initial large cloud of smoke and was just sitting there with my mother thinking "yes, well, that's quite big, but..." when the real explosion happened and that is a properly shocking moment the first time you see it.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Aug 5, 2020 11:11:58 GMT
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Post by racingteatray on Aug 5, 2020 11:20:28 GMT
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Post by PG on Aug 5, 2020 13:00:29 GMT
Then watching it on the news, I saw the initial large cloud of smoke and was just sitting there with my mother thinking " yes, well, that's quite big, but..." when the real explosion happened and that is a properly shocking moment the first time you see it. Indeed. The visible shock wave from that huge explosion just takes the breath away. The whole place is just a scene of utter devastation afterwards. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2020 22:41:15 GMT
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Post by ChrisM on Aug 7, 2020 9:29:31 GMT
^ Personally I find that in very poor taste. This shows the devastation - the entire warehouse that was the source of the explosion has gone along with the ground underneath it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-53680772Pretty sobering. As well as the significant death toll, it's believed that the number made homeless may run into the hundreds of thousands |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2020 12:29:54 GMT
Judging by the distance from the warehouse when this video was filmed, this guy is one of the brown bread.
Can you guys SEE the link I posted?
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Post by LandieMark on Aug 7, 2020 12:38:52 GMT
Yes.
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Post by ChrisM on Aug 7, 2020 12:52:39 GMT
Yes, and it's a bit disturbing
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Post by johnc on Aug 7, 2020 13:06:39 GMT
The size of the crater is enormous, given that it was solid ground before the explosion and now it is sea again.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2020 11:19:36 GMT
Apparently paint thinners stored right next to the Ammonium Nitrate too. It MUST have been just one of those things?  ? |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Aug 13, 2020 12:10:08 GMT
Apparently paint thinners stored right next to the Ammonium Nitrate too. It MUST have been just one of those things? ? It's usual to blame a welder.. |
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Post by johnc on Aug 13, 2020 12:52:19 GMT
It's usual to blame a welder.. Vapourised in an instant so no longer able to defend himself - the easiest kind of scapegoat |
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Post by ChrisM on Oct 11, 2020 22:01:52 GMT
This appeared on my YouTube suggestions earlier today; brought tears to my eyes a few times:
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2020 13:45:13 GMT
It is shocking viewing. The Azeri/Armenian tiff/conflict is bad but that one big bang in Beirut knocked that into the corner. How more were not killed is indeed good fortune.
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Post by ChrisM on Oct 18, 2020 14:10:01 GMT
The aftermath:
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Post by rodge on Oct 24, 2020 17:22:16 GMT
Seeing the ship on the bank that was put there by the explosion gives it perspective. Devastating. |
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Post by scouse on Oct 26, 2020 12:11:27 GMT
As daft as it may sound, they were 'fortunate' that that massive concrete structure was there.
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Post by Tim on Oct 26, 2020 12:39:46 GMT
Doubly firtunate in that it contained grain which I think soaked up some of the blast.
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Post by PG on Oct 26, 2020 13:35:38 GMT
Incredible devastation. And not in the news at all now.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2020 14:48:00 GMT
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