Beirut, Lebanon explosion wtf?

[Tibs]

Just happened about 30 min ago. What the hell was that?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">See how this massive explosion erupted in Lebanon's capital Beirut today. <a href="https://t.co/ef1ZUDtO9q">pic.twitter.com/ef1ZUDtO9q</a></p>— Naija (@Naija_PR) <a href="https://twitter.com/Naija_PR/status/1290687830314881026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Destruction takes over Beirut after one of the biggest explosions to ever hit the city. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lebanon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lebanon</a> <a href="https://t.co/QI5HRf2wX4">pic.twitter.com/QI5HRf2wX4</a></p>— Beirut.com (@BeirutCityGuide) <a href="https://twitter.com/BeirutCityGuide/status/1290687547941752847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Tibs]

<samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Please pray for those affected. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beirut</a> <a href="https://t.co/HLRocdumRU">pic.twitter.com/HLRocdumRU</a></p>— Obianuju Ekeocha (@obianuju) <a href="https://twitter.com/obianuju/status/1290688588791808000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">tw // explosion<br><br>if i have any oomfs living in beirut, i hope you guys are safe. please stay safe. please look after yourselves. i pray for your safety. <a href="https://t.co/3ubpH2ipCD">pic.twitter.com/3ubpH2ipCD</a></p>— &#55349;&#56363;&#55349;&#56360;&#55349;&#56364;&#55349;&#56350; ⧖ | support &#55357;&#56524; (@lcyblfairy) <a href="https://twitter.com/lcyblfairy/status/1290688601907441664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </code></samp>
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[Steeler Pride]

$100,000 says it was the Hezbollah group, that whole religion of peace thing again.

 

[Tibs]

The mushroom cloud is insane...


<samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">here is another insane view of the explosion in Beirut, subhanAllah this is devastating. <a href="https://t.co/XMvMzBK9EP">pic.twitter.com/XMvMzBK9EP</a></p>— lewcious (@longneckmf) <a href="https://twitter.com/longneckmf/status/1290689190422704128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </code></samp>

 

[Djfan]

In college we called that country "Lebenonentity." It has no real leadership, as the various peace-loving groups use it as a base for their program of love and unity.

 

[Steeler Pride]

 

[Tibs]

Seems almost like a hydrogen bomb.... Holy crap.


<samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/BillNeelyNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BillNeelyNBC</a> reports the latest on the massive explosion in Beirut.<br><br>"The cause is unknown." <a href="https://t.co/ydBvO1zs6E">pic.twitter.com/ydBvO1zs6E</a></p>— MSNBC (@MSNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1290688455845056515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </code></samp>

 

[Djfan]

 

[tapeANaspirin2it]

Media frantically looking for a way to blame this on Trump.

 

[IndySteel]

Anybody seen Greg Lloyd lately, with a cue ball in a sock?


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[Steeler Pride]

Media frantically looking for a way to blame this on Trump.

LOL, It will get blamed on Trump recognizing Israel as the capital of Israel or some other convoluted parallel path.

 

[tapeANaspirin2it]

They blew up a courthouse. Why would liberals get upset about that while cheering on similar attempts to destroy a courthouse in Portland? I guess this was a mostly peaceful protest.

 

[Tibs]

Won't post them here, but there are pics online of bodies strewn around on a highway, looked like they were melted into the concrete. Have no idea what compound or material is able to explode that intensely.

 

[IndySteel]

Won't post them here, but there are pics online of bodies strewn around on a highway, looked like they were melted into the concrete. Have no idea what compound or material is able to explode that intensely.

Go ahead, post ‘em.


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[Tibs]

The scale of this thing seems massive. Reading now that sodium nitrate may have been involved.


<samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> - Video shows another angle of the HORRIFIC explosion in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beirut</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lebanon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lebanon</a>. At least 10+ are dead, with an increase expected. Reports of individuals trapped in the rubble, per Red Cross. <a href="https://t.co/vnA2uw9bGG">pic.twitter.com/vnA2uw9bGG</a></p>— SV News &#55357;&#57000; (@SVNewsAlerts) <a href="https://twitter.com/SVNewsAlerts/status/1290696384472068096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

</code></samp><samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cypriots citizens are saying that the huge explosion in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beirut</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lebanon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lebanon</a> was heard as far as <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cyprus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cyprus</a>. <a href="https://t.co/dNY5rSlje6">pic.twitter.com/dNY5rSlje6</a></p>— Nic &#55356;&#56812;&#55356;&#56823; (@NicAthens) <a href="https://twitter.com/NicAthens/status/1290697256799264769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </code></samp>
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[Tibs]

<samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A lot of reports that the explosion just now in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beirut</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lebanon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lebanon</a>, was from fireworks depot. My initial thoughts, based on nature of explosion, past intelligence and secondary blast, is entirely possible this was weapons (probably Hezbollah) storage facility.<br>&#55357;&#56468;&#55357;&#56849; <a href="https://t.co/U2BwvkYppr">pic.twitter.com/U2BwvkYppr</a></p>— Arsil Sheikh (@Arsil_Sheikh_01) <a href="https://twitter.com/Arsil_Sheikh_01/status/1290698378469208069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </code></samp>

 

[Tibs]

<samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Video shows widespread damage, smoke and flames after massive explosion rocks Beirut. <a href="https://t.co/UtO73ih75Y">https://t.co/UtO73ih75Y</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZlTr1OtaK7">pic.twitter.com/ZlTr1OtaK7</a></p>— NBC News (@NBCNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1290700845131141120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </code></samp>

 

[SojournerSteel]

Won't post them here, but there are pics online of bodies strewn around on a highway, looked like they were melted into the concrete. Have no idea what compound or material is able to explode that intensely.

The WTC complex was pulverized to fine dust and the steel was molten hot for 5-6 weeks which didn't make sense to a lot of people when we're taking about kerosene fuel.

Thermite, maybe?

 

[Supersteeler]

That's awful. People are sick in the head.

 

[Roy92040]

I was thinking someone playing with a dirty bomb


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[thesteelcity]

Geez, that's horrible. Looked like a nuclear bomb went off. Honestly, I was watching the one video of the smoke and fire wondering what the big deal was and then didn't expect the explosion.

 

[Tibs]

Geez, that's horrible. Looked like a nuclear bomb went off. Honestly, I was watching the one video of the smoke and fire wondering what the big deal was and then didn't expect the explosion.

Yeah, not sure I've ever seen an explosion that large or intense before, with the mushroom cloud et al.

Here's a compilation from various angles. Scary ****.

<samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Seven different angles of the massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon from this morning. <br><br>My goodness...<a href="https://t.co/4no1brIYoD">pic.twitter.com/4no1brIYoD</a></p>— Rex Chapman&#55356;&#57287;&#55356;&#57340; (@RexChapman) <a href="https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1290740219092914177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </code></samp>

 

[Djfan]

Yeah, not sure I've ever seen an explosion that large or intense before, with the mushroom cloud et al.

Here's a compilation from various angles. Scary ****.

<samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Seven different angles of the massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon from this morning. <br><br>My goodness...<a href="https://t.co/4no1brIYoD">pic.twitter.com/4no1brIYoD</a></p>— Rex Chapman���� (@RexChapman) <a href="https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1290740219092914177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </code></samp>

God have mercy on that city. Unbelievable.

 

[hamster]

Deaths in the 1000s. Maybe even tens of 1000s.

 

[Djfan]

Deaths in the 1000s. Maybe even tens of 1000s.

I keep looking for links to numbers. Can you give yours? TIA