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re: Extremely massive explosion in Beirut.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:09 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:09 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
probably was and why it cuts out when it does, live streaming maybe so it was able to get off the phone before it was destroyed.
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Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:12 pm to Tiger Stadium 11
Probably right. 
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:13 pm to GRTiger
It looks like that is the building where the ammonium nitrate was being stored but I could very well be wrong.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:13 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:16 pm to redstick13
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Did you guys see the light moving toward the smoke plume from above between the :12 and :13 mark in this video?
You damn right. The original fire was just a smoke screen.
shite moved crazy fast. Must have been one hell of a missile or rod from God.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:16 pm to whitetiger1234
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the whole city would be leveled
No indeed not. They have tactical nukes that make explosions on the order of magnitude of this one in Beirut. It looks different, though.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:18 pm to MrLSU
Why store all these explosive in one place? Hope they.can help these people
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:19 pm to Penrod
Definitely a Kinetic Strike.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:21 pm to kingbob
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shite moved crazy fast. Must have been one hell of a missile or rod from God.
I agree but some people are compelled to seek out a conspiracy in any and every disaster.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:26 pm to redstick13
I just saw it mentioned in that linked tweet thread, then watched myself.
I saw the light move down to the area, but I don’t know if chemical explosions look like that or if that is indicative of some form of weaponry.
I saw the light move down to the area, but I don’t know if chemical explosions look like that or if that is indicative of some form of weaponry.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:27 pm to redstick13
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shite moved crazy fast. Must have been one hell of a missile or rod from God.
It moved crazy fast because it was light from the explosion reflecting off the smoke plume. Come on people... grow a brain... light moves fast.. hurrr durr
This post was edited on 8/4/20 at 7:28 pm
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:28 pm to BottomlandBrew
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though I'm not sure how much Israel will sell to Lebanon.
Israel is a civilized country; they will donate whatever is needed in Beirut.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:34 pm to DByrd2
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It looks like it, but I don’t know the science behind chemical explosions in open air environments.
Could just be a product of the chemical reaction of whatever benzene or nitrate, if indeed that’s the real cause.
ETA: I, and the replies to my observation, already share a downvoter. Guess we’ll find out who it is soon.
The flash you see is just the explosion. There's a giant column of smoke there from the raging fire. When explosives go off, you see the flash before you see or hear the blast. Light moves faster than sound. It's the same reason that you see lightning before you hear thunder.
The explosive reaction is over in milliseconds. The shock wave/blast moves about 10 feet, tops, in that time. The light, though, has moved almost 200 miles. You see the flash of the blast reflected off of the column of smoke that's already there before you see the growing fireball and shock wave. The same phenomenon happens in all explosions. You usually just don't have a giant pillar of smoke right there for the flash from the actual chemical reaction to dramatically reflect off of.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:35 pm to donkeydong
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moved crazy fast because it was light from the explosion reflecting off the smoke plume. Come on people... grow a brain... light moves fast.. hurrr durr
This. If you go frame by frame, you can clearly see that it’s reflection. The light from the first instant of the explosion reflects off the right side of the smoke plume. It looks like light shooting down from the sky in real time, but it ain’t.
This post was edited on 8/4/20 at 7:37 pm
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:47 pm to MikeD
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Texas City was an ammonium nitrate explosion around the turn on the 19th to 20th century if I remember.
That would be 1899 to 1900.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:47 pm to BeepNode
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Supposedly the guy filming this died
Wonder who posted it to Twitter
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:48 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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'It was a bomb': Trump calls deadly Beirut explosions a 'terrible attack'
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:50 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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TigerstuckinMS
Thanks for the informative reply, given sans sarcasm and “yer stoopid... hurr durr lol” self-absorbed bullshite.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:51 pm to turkish
"A 2 week state of emergency has been declared in Beirut, the city is now a "devastated city" according to the High defense council."
Sounds like John Bel Edwards just arrived
Sounds like John Bel Edwards just arrived
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:55 pm to redstick13
Where’d he say that?
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