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    Seen that a few times on Twitter but hadn’t copped it was such a big deal.

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    Frig. The way that just ballooned makes me wonder if they've got hydrogen tanks or something by the docks. Also, whilst I don't fancy feeling an explosion, I wouldn't mind being caught in an earthquake. Just enough to feel a wobble.

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    Explosives warehouse.

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    Looks like fireworks or similar, you can see things touching off before the whole lot goes up.

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    Fireworks could hardly do that could they? Sure it’s explosives.

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    What do you think fireworks are made of?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco View Post
    What do you think fireworks are made of?
    You’d want some amount to tear buildings down like that.

    It’s Beirut, so why is everyone jumping on fireworks as the first explanation anyway? It’s a war zone at the best of times anyway.

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    Because that's what it looks like, it could be munitions of some sort but far less likely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco View Post
    What do you think fireworks are made of?
    Pretty sure fireworks would not cause that type of explosion.

    Amazing watching the explosion. Surely more than the 10 people being reported dead. Hopefully not though.

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    Explosives are explosives, whether you're going to put them in munitions or catherine wheels they're all basically the same sort of stuff. Touch off enough at once and this is what you'll get, I say fireworks because firework factories/warehouses are many times more common that munitions depots. I suppose it could be fertilizer or something but again, same sort of stuff.

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    Fireworks and probably some other industrial stuff knocking about. I saw someone suggest wheat silos, which would work.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster

    A couple of historical bangs. They don't happen often but... when they do, docks and ships pop.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post


    Fireworks and probably some other industrial stuff knocking about. I saw someone suggest wheat silos, which would work.
    Yep read similar that the white cloud was from grain going up in the air.

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    Phew.

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    Have we got an official fireworks sponsor?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco View Post
    Explosives are explosives, whether you're going to put them in munitions or catherine wheels they're all basically the same sort of stuff. Touch off enough at once and this is what you'll get, I say fireworks because firework factories/warehouses are many times more common that munitions depots. I suppose it could be fertilizer or something but again, same sort of stuff.
    That's not really true is it? Surely some explosives are much more explodey than others and they aren't putting the good stuff in commercial fireworks?

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    Fireworks are mostly just gunpower.

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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    That's not really true is it? Surely some explosives are much more explodey than others and they aren't putting the good stuff in commercial fireworks?
    Same idea just in different grades, so you could be looking a lot of fireworks or a smaller amount of munitions.

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    I find it hard to comprehend that almost any amount of fireworks could make an explosion that big but that may just be failure of my brain

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    They were just trying to blow up Covid.

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    It looks more spectacular than it actually is. The death toll won't be particularly high, and all of the surrounding structures are pretty flimsy, so you just get a load of dust and crap blowing all over making it look like half the city has gone up.

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    Seems the fireworks set off the sodium nitrate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    I find it hard to comprehend that almost any amount of fireworks could make an explosion that big but that may just be failure of my brain
    They're essentially small bombs without a case (but extra sparkles) and rules about a big old heap of them lying around tend to be less stringent.

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    Reported 40 dead at the mo.

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    https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/statu...726215174?s=20

    Incredible photo.

    Edit: I don't know how you do that fancy link so you can see the tweet. A lot has changed since I left here and returned.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dquincy View Post
    https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/statu...726215174?s=20

    Incredible photo.

    Edit: I don't know how you do that fancy link so you can see the tweet. A lot has changed since I left here and returned.
    That way.



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    Beauty. Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dquincy View Post
    Reported 40 dead at the mo.
    At least 70 dead now.

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    It looks like a fucking nuke going off.

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    I wonder how long the chemical was really there. May have been preemptive.

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    Mossad...

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    Nah, always bet on negligence.

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    I see Donald has already claimed it was an attack/bomb that caused it.

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    "And, y'know, I'm probably the better at knowing what a bombing is than anybody else you've ever interviewed..."

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    The explosion itself looks like a nuke going off, but nothing that happened before hand makes it look like a bomb.

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    This is weird.

    A US college football coach reprimanded for using the n word, whilst asking a player to stop using it.

    http://www.espn.com/college-football...3fplatform=amp

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    I assume it's the cloud everyone is latching onto, that shape isn't exclusive to nukes it happens with any explosion that creates the right column of hot/expanding gases. Nukes just tend to be better at it than other bombs.

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    I grew up with Lebanese people only so Im biased.

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    If it was a nuke I somehow doubt there would be people posting mobile phone camera clips of it from seemingly a few km away.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    If it was a nuke I somehow doubt there would be people posting mobile phone camera clips of it from seemingly a few km away.
    Oh, it's definitely not one. Unless they now come in pocket sized. It just looked like that sort of explosion, but as Disco said, it's not not only nukes that have mushroom clouds.

    Plus, it would in no way explain the weird flashes coming from the fire before hand.

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    The reaction to this is mental. It's a plane crash-like body count and probably less property damage (cost-wise) than the recent Justice for Derek Chauvin protests. Yet the world is chimping itself off like they've had some mega earthquake and thousands missing. Why? It can't be the novelty value because the Chinese had a massive bang a few years ago and we all just lolled.

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    Because it is a dramatic explosion captured on camera? The body count might not be as high as something like 9/11 but the footage is reminiscent of it.

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    Probably because it's just something to talk about that isn't Johnson, Trump or wankers banging on about facemasks.

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    Lebanese are on-brand. Struggling people but fit. Those Caramel ladies

    Plus they've probably ran out of scaremongering bullshit so could do with a week off to replenish the Northern city centre stock footage database.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don View Post
    Lebanese are on-brand. Struggling people but fit. Those Caramel ladies

    Plus they've probably ran out of scaremongering bullshit so could do with a week off to replenish the Northern city centre stock footage database.
    He's not wrong. Look at the figure on her....right before the explosion ruins her wedding day.

    Bride poses for photo seconds before explosion
    https://news.sky.com/video/share-12042987

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    I'll be honest, the image of her being blown off her feet is funny. Also, I second Lebanese women being right up there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    The reaction to this is mental. It's a plane crash-like body count and probably less property damage (cost-wise) than the recent Justice for Derek Chauvin protests. Yet the world is chimping itself off like they've had some mega earthquake and thousands missing. Why? It can't be the novelty value because the Chinese had a massive bang a few years ago and we all just lolled.
    It seems to have basically done in their entire port, and broken the windows off of half the city. But it's probably more that the video is insane.

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    The pictures of the crater are pretty bonkers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spoonsky View Post
    It seems to have basically done in their entire port, and broken the windows off of half the city. But it's probably more that the video is insane.
    Imagine being a window manufacturer in that region.

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    I still think Mossad did it.

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