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re: Extremely massive explosion in Beirut.

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Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
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Posted on 8/4/20 at 10:49 am to
I'm seeing reports that their may have been two explosions. One in the port, one in the interior of the city
Posted by bbrownso
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 8/4/20 at 10:49 am to
Supposedly near the port/an oil storage facility.

Seems similar to the massive explosion in a Chinese storage area years ago. That was a smaller first explosion that caused a second massive explosion IIRC.
Posted by tWildcat
Verona, KY
Member since Oct 2014
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Posted on 8/4/20 at 10:49 am to
These videos usually disappoint. That one didn’t.
Posted by GentleJackJones
Member since Mar 2019
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Well, it is the Middle East


One of the coolest cities I've been to.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
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Posted by Loup
Ferriday
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Posted on 8/4/20 at 10:50 am to
holy crap
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 8/4/20 at 10:50 am to
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These videos usually disappoint. That one didn’t.


No shite. I mean...holy crap
Posted by When in Rome
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Posted on 8/4/20 at 10:50 am to
Holy cow
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 8/4/20 at 10:50 am to
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That was a nuclear-esque explosion on a smaller scale. Holy shite.

It has to be a large bomb or missile of some kind


Cmon baw.


Most likely it's a chemical explosion as a result of negligent storage or something like that.
Posted by sweetwaterbilly
Member since Mar 2017
19354 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 10:51 am to
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Explosion at a warehouse in a port in Beirut, Lebanon. Very little is know but some local news channels are reporting it was a nitrate storage facility.
Posted by Man4others
Member since Aug 2017
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Posted on 8/4/20 at 10:51 am to
I’m thinking fertilizer
Posted by BlackCoffeeKid
Member since Mar 2016
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Would love to know what stuff the red cloud after the explosion is made of.
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
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Posted on 8/4/20 at 10:51 am to
This twitter thread has a bunch of different angles of the explosion:

Twitter
Posted by PacoPicopiedra
1 Ft. Above Sea Level
Member since Apr 2012
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Posted on 8/4/20 at 10:52 am to
Wow, in that first video it looks like some kind of grain elevator. Possibly on fire? I remember one of those exploded in Galveston when I was a kid, rattled everything for miles around.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
53227 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 10:52 am to
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This twitter thread has a bunch of different angles of the explosion:

Twitter


That one says it was a fireworks explosion.

Dayum.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
123713 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 10:52 am to
Will add.

And yeah it seems to be a storage facility of some kind so it is likely that.

Forgive me, that was such a crazy explosion and its the middle east. I just assumed...
Posted by Ash Williams
South of i-10
Member since May 2009
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Posted on 8/4/20 at 10:53 am to
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Looked like bomb. Any word on what caused it?



If it was a bomb, probably caused by humans
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
39811 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 10:53 am to
Anyone know where Timothy McVeigh is?
Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 8/4/20 at 10:53 am to
LINK

Blast gets this guy
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
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Posted on 8/4/20 at 10:53 am to
Live footage from the site via Al Jazeera Periscope:

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