Beirut Explosion

[Duman]

I thought the camera shake was the person behind the camera dropping to the ground.

The glass is breaking on buildings ahead of the 'cloud of water shock wave', so the actual shock wave front might be invisible to the casual observer.

[00tec]

I think that shake went through the ground.

The velocity of that blast moves through solid objects much faster than it does through air. You would definitely feel it in your feet before it raped your eardrums.

[Irving]

We going to start discussing primary and secondary waves now?

[flogger]

Like it has been said, this thing reads like a chapter of a good action novel.


Sounds like a decades old group of corrupt government officials have been ignoring this 'storage problem' for too long. Now the population is F'd,



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[Gman]

Like it has been said, this thing reads like a chapter of a good action novel.


Sounds like a decades old group of corrupt government officials have been ignoring this 'storage problem' for too long. Now the population is F'd,



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And now the politicians have just bailed on their people leaving them to deal with it. They must be beating feet to get over here and join our government.

[Bailey Guns]

I read in an article somewhere and it was either the person interviewed or the "journalist" described the devastation as looking like the cliche "war zone".

My immediate reaction was.... "Well FFS...it's Beirut."

[Duman]

Yeah, I think they would be used to big explosions by now....

Or maybe it's a plot to revitalize downtown Beirut with a new beach, swimming hole, and cheap pre-demolished property.

A perfect ploy for foreign aid to re-gentrify downtown Beirut. I'm waiting for Klinger to show up....

[Aloha_Shooter]

I'm waiting for Klinger to show up....

Doubt he can get as good deli there as his hometown -- then again, if he could get them to ship to Korea during the war, Beirut probably isn't as much of a stretch ...

[Mtneer]

Turns out over half of the ammonium nitrate was missing, it was weapon grade (35% nitrogen), the ship was owned by a guy in Cyprus, and he owed $1 million to a bank that launders money for Hezbollah.

https://www.spiegel.de/international...4-172cc17f162b

[BPTactical]

Turns out over half of the ammonium nitrate was missing, it was weapon grade (35% nitrogen), the ship was owned by a guy in Cyprus, and he owed $1 million to a bank that launders money for Hezbollah.

https://www.spiegel.de/international...4-172cc17f162b

Hmm, whodathunkit?