Beirut Explosion

[Hawk Dork]

I would think most countries would have it stored appropriately and probably not within such proximity to a dense population. High level of requirements in Australia for anything remotely DG/flammable so they'd have no need to move anything as it should already be adhering to strict storage laws.

Melbourne's had a few toxic fires close to the city over the years, just not as explosive

 

[peternorth]

Just a bunch of fertiliser bags catching fire?

Ok.

Need your detective work here

 

[peternorth]

the shockwave did look cool. if it was in a movie.

 

[Gough]

300000 homeless. F***ing hell.

 

[Chief]

300000 homeless. F***ing hell.

And what happens next? They go to temporary accommodation and the like and Covid spreads. Hospitals over stressed. This will be a huge humanitarian disaster that unfolds over the next few months.

 

[Richard Pryor]

300000 homeless. F***ing hell.

Other issue I was reading is that Lebanon imports virtually all of its food and Beirut was it's only major port, so there is oikeotnt to be a famine crisis as a result.

 

[Hawk Dork]

Other issue I was reading is that Lebanon imports virtually all of its food and Beirut was it's only major port, so there is oikeotnt to be a famine crisis as a result.

What about the Beqaa valley ?

just googled 80% is imported

 

[Run n Spread]

Holy Shit. RIP.
That is terrible footage.

 

[Run n Spread]

I hope the world gets behind Beirut and helps out

True. Not sure where the explosion was or if a re build is needed (city area etc) non the less the logistical support will be huge.

 

[Run n Spread]

yep potassium chlorate is a likely component

looked like a bomb made from fertiliser for me

Just a bunch of fertiliser bags catching fire?

Ok.

Don't know. In bomb footage (shocking I know) there tends just to be an explosion like a bank. Not a full on blast with shock waves.

This had a massive fire before hand and the blast looked more like a mass chemical reaction to me. Something caught a light that shouldn't have.

Possible it was deliberate I guess but needs to be further investigated. Seems to be some sort of chemical plant/factory where the blast went off. So it was either targeted or a massive accident.

Either way need to assess the evidence and fully investigate what ha happened.

Just shows how dangerous things can be and how fragile life is.

 

[Power Raid]

Don't know. In bomb footage (shocking I know) there tends just to be an explosion like a bank. Not a full on blast with shock waves.

This had a massive fire before hand and the blast looked more like a mass chemical reaction to me. Something caught a light that shouldn't have.

Possible it was deliberate I guess but needs to be further investigated. Seems to be some sort of chemical plant/factory where the blast went off. So it was either targeted or a massive accident.

Either way need to assess the evidence and fully investigate what ha happened.

Just shows how dangerous things can be and how fragile life is.

I'm thinking industrial accident or deliberate industrial accident based on the footage prior to the explosion.

The red smoke though was a give away that fertiliser was involved. The SAS would make home made bombs on the navy ships out of readily available chemicals and we picked up by the colour of the smoke what was being used.

 

[Gough]

What about the Beqaa valley ?

just googled 80% is imported

A friend of mine was trying to convince me to invest in an American style bar and diner in Beirut around the turn of the century and listed the high quality grass from there as a reason for doing so.

 

[Scotland]

I would think most countries would have it stored appropriately and probably not within such proximity to a dense population. High level of requirements in Australia for anything remotely DG/flammable so they'd have no need to move anything as it should already be adhering to strict storage laws.

Our regulations are strict and prescriptive. Even stricter and more prescriptive if you want to store it with other stuff. Mine sites that use it for drill and blast typically keep AN prill locked up miles away from anything else, and then mixed to make ANFO miles from anything else in small doses. Obviously you can't do that in a built up area, but I don't know what the **** was burning and exploding before the main blast went off in Lebanon.

If what is reported is correct the AN at Beirut port was seized from a ship and just stored in a shed for years on end and was a known risk to authorities. You wouldn't get away with that here with 50t let along 2,700.

 

[Procrastinator35]

Looked like an atomic bomb going off, apparently the shockwave was similar to the shockwave from an atomic bomb so it was a huge explosion.

absolutely.

 

[peternorth]

Who's behind this? Who needs the distraction?

 

[Hawk Dork]

Who's behind this? Who needs the distraction?

Surely not Dan

 

[Gough]

Who's behind this? Who needs the distraction?

Occam's razor here imo, corrupt government neglects care for dangerous goods.

 

[Procrastinator35]

Who's behind this? Who needs the distraction?

There's a certain neighboring country that's been striking & targetting both Beirut & Damascus constantly during the last 2 weeks.

But you might have missed that info due to Covid 19 swamping our MSM.

 

[peternorth]

There's a certain neighboring country that's been striking & targetting both Beirut & Damascus constantly during the last 2 weeks.

But you might have missed that info due to Covid 19 swamping our MSM.

Bolt is blaming mylticulturalism.

 

[Procrastinator35]

Bolt is blaming multiculturalism.

Obviously someone must have misread the label then.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

A friend of mine was trying to convince me to invest in an American style bar and diner in Beirut around the turn of the century and listed the high quality grass from there as a reason for doing so.

I thought hashish was more popular in that part of the world? The resin I mean, not the sweet green stuff.

 

[NSWCROW]

Govt has resigned and the PM expected to step down.