Huge Explosion in Lebanon

[Socalx09]

If it was sodium or ammonia based, would be unpleasant but not fatal
Any lung injuries would be from the blast pressure

Any bad chems in air would be from burning building materials but not necessarily the explosive compounds themselves

Thank you

 

[highvoltagehands]

Look at those bins/silos lined up Next to port. They‘re normally used for holding wheat, corn, etc.. These products and the dust from them is 20 times more explosive than dynamite, so Here in America those are classified as Class 2 Hazardous Installations cause one spark has been known to launch a silo a mile or two from it’s foundation.
So I‘m thinking that might be a possible source of the large explosion??? Guess we’ll find out..
Before & After

 

[Socalx09]

LOL, there was a time that an explosion like that was just a Wednesday in Beirut.

Funny you said that. When I called my dad to let him know, he literally said, “yeah, it’s Tuesday.” He didn’t realize what I was talking about until he watched the video.

 

[Sandlord]

 

[The Prisoner]

I’m saying it wasn’t nuclear
That’s all

Ok. This situation. I thought you were talking generally. Thank you

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Well that makes the situation much more interesting!!

 

[spectra3279]

Aloha snakbar

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[The Prisoner]

Well that makes the situation much more interesting!!

Is there a source on this or is this a good photoshop?

 

[Socalx09]

Trump just said in a corona virus briefing that he met with generals and they believe it was an attack, a bomb attack. Hoping that’s not true.

Trump describes Lebanon explosions as "attack," though cause is not yet known

The deadly explosion rocked Lebanon on Tuesday. The Lebanese government hasn't yet described it as such.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Mandelon]

https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hashtag_click

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Is there a source on this or is this a good photoshop?

I have no clue.. I didnt post it. But it makes alot more sence then a fire ignition or welding related, imo.

 

[white tortilla]

http://instagr.am/p/CDfCVJHDLMy/

 

[white tortilla]

http://instagr.am/p/CDexyQUAcS2/

 

[JayBreww]

Trump just said in a corona virus briefing that he met with generals and they believe it was an attack, a bomb attack. Hoping that’s not true.

Trump describes Lebanon explosions as "attack," though cause is not yet known

The deadly explosion rocked Lebanon on Tuesday. The Lebanese government hasn't yet described it as such.

www.cbsnews.com

They did a great job on adding covid and unemployment in there.


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[TITTIES AND BEER]

It wasn’t big enough the place is there

 

[wzuber]

Is there a source on this or is this a good photoshop?

good ? trying to observe/follow the trajectory as shown it disappears so far away it's difficult to discern the place/point of impact on the presumed target/blast zone.

 

[The Prisoner]

In pictures: Chaos and destruction in Beirut after blast

Photos show the destruction in the Lebanese capital after a huge explosion.

www.bbc.com

 

[Flyinbowtie]

It will be a long time before the public knows WTF happened here. I take LowRiver2's take on this deal as dead nut fact from an expert, hell I heard the same thing from another guy, one of my best buddies, who is former military, former LEO and Explosives guy. He sent me a text about 20 min after it hit.
The videos are amazing. Scary shit for sure.

In 1976 a tanker exploded in the Port Of Long Beach.

It was bunkering fuel oil, as I recall, and the whole damn thing exploded. My Dad worked in the Port for over 25 years and he had just got home form work when it happened. The superstructure and deck of the ship blew completely off and landed a on a guard shack several hundred feet away.
I was at my girlfriends house (now wife) at the time. She lived on Eleanor St. in North LB, right across the street from the 91 freeway, off of Orange Ave.
When this hit the big picture window in the front of the house shook, as did the whole damn house.
At first we thought earthquake, then a bad wreck up on the 91. The freeway is elevated there, probably 75 ft above street level?
A couple minutes later the local news said explosion in the harbor.
I called home right away, worried about Dad. He was there.
The next day we learned two of the guys in his shop were hit by glass, one suffered permanent hearing loss.
Harbors are damn dangerous places on a good day.

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

chipotle packaging plant CNN is reporting

How the hell can burrito ingredients blow like that?

 

[Blackmagic94]

Bomb factory went bomb. I bet Mossad did this

 

[Blackmagic94]

1. McVey made a SHAPE CHARGE:
6’x18’ length of cargo box) 1” thick steel sheet on side opposite the building inside the cargo box: EXACTLY why it directed blast into building: Combat Engineering 101

2. We’re talking a SHIP load of sodium nitrate:
In excess of 20K lbs.
It’s a water gel based explosive and was confiscated as such @RiverDave. None of us know the mix, but to say your experience make it not likely show how little you actually practiced in adding oxidizers.
The Port directors and local Police in Beruit were stupid enough to have that stored in an urban environment.
Based on the one video there were likely fireworks stored nearby or they were used to create the initial fire.

Heat/Shock/Friction: any alone or in combination can cause a deflagration. The huge amount may have helped turn this into detonation.

FBI Bomb Techs are enroute and there will be a report on How the explosive train worked.

Everyoje outside of the EOD community quickly forgets to realize the evidence is always there to figure out what happened.
The tough ones are nuclear, and this was not the case today.

Crazy. Never knew he built it in a shape charge.


This thing looks like the damage of MADM nuke with a dial a yield from 1-15kt

 

[TITTIES AND BEER]

So many innocent lives lost. Crazy, I just watched the History Channel's Hiroshima A-bomb special. Some depressing shit for sure.
RIP to the many lives lost today.

They came after us , poked the wrong sleeping bear Sad for the little ones

 

[wzuber]

How the hell can burrito ingredients blow like that?

satire about the accuracy of CNN reporting.

 

[Blackmagic94]

If the IDF bombed this location. Then they probably Had a really good reason to do so.

 

[4Waters]

Bomb factory went bomb. I bet Mossad did this

CNN- Trump bombs innocent Lebanese

 

[DirtyWhiteDog]

and keep in mind the buildings there are all constructed from concrete block.

Ummm
Non reinforced concrete. You never see any rebar. Or grouted brick. Open cell brick stacked 4 floors or more in the air.

 

[Mototrig]

Not sure if this was posted yet.... Seems like an update on the death toll

Beirut blast: Dozens dead and thousands injured, health minister says

The explosion has caused widespread damage, with hospitals struggling to treat all the casualties.

www.bbc.com

 

[rrrr]

Wait...I thought you were an electrician?

That was just a sideline. In the past I've also tamed lions, commanded a nuclear submarine, and performed weddings.

I'm retired from my chosen profession, the choir director of a small Baptist Church.

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

satire about the accuracy of CNN reporting.

Thank you, Im a little slow today.

 

[welldigger00]

That was just a sideline. In the past I've also tamed lions, commanded a nuclear submarine, and performed weddings.

I'm retired from my chosen profession, the choir director of a small Baptist Church.

Jack of all trades?


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[lbhsbz]

That was just a sideline. In the past I've also tamed lions, commanded a nuclear submarine, and performed weddings.

I'm retired from my chosen profession, the choir director of a small Baptist Church.

Some call me “the Jesus”...you can too

 

[cxr]

Theress a video from a cars front windshield almost across the street or a block or so away that showed a huge fire beforehand.

im guessing no attack. prob ignited the chemicals stored, the fireworks factory close by and all the grain\wheat dust. the perfect trifecta.

Horrible industrial accident.

 

[rrrr]

2. We’re talking a SHIP load of sodium nitrate:
In excess of 20K lbs.
It’s a water gel based explosive and was confiscated as such @RiverDave. None of us know the mix, but to say your experience make it not likely show how little you actually practiced in adding oxidizers.
The Port directors and local Police in Beruit were stupid enough to have that stored in an urban environment.
Based on the one video there were likely fireworks stored nearby or they were used to create the initial fire.

Heat/Shock/Friction: any alone or in combination can cause a deflagration. The huge amount may have helped turn this into detonation.

FBI Bomb Techs are enroute and there will be a report on How the explosive train worked.

Everyoje outside of the EOD community quickly forgets to realize the evidence is always there to figure out what happened.
The tough ones are nuclear, and this was not the case today.

My guess that it was a nitrate compound of some sort wasn't really prescient. The magnitude of the explosion combined with the telltale red smoke was a giveaway.

 

[floatn turd]

Horrible.
I'm real "busted up" over it.

 

[TITTIES AND BEER]

Horrible.
I'm real "busted up" over it.

Come little buck a roo cheer up you fuckn pussy . I’m just all blown up over r it

 

[LowRiver2]

My guess that it was a nitrate compound of some sort wasn't really prescient. The magnitude of the explosion combined with the telltale red smoke was a giveaway.

It’s sodium nitrate per the confiscation report when authorities there seized it.

It’s similar to ANFO in being a water / gel based explosive mix

 

[riverroyal]

How the hell can burrito ingredients blow like that?

Just sayin....

 

[floatn turd]

How the hell can burrito ingredients blow like that?

Obviously you haven't had the new 7 Layer Burrito Supreme @ Taco Bell.

 

[mothershipper]

It was probably a Taco Bell and Del Taco ingredient storage facility. Somewhere along the line RD's favorite China Buffet started storing stuff there too, albeit in some sort of clandestine operation ( you know those sneaky Chinese ). The explosion was inevitable, and the magnitude given the Chinese Buffet oxidizer was the result. Just my 2 cents

 

[riverroyal]

In all seriousness....wow
Tragic for sure.
The apartment videos are crazy

 

[The Prisoner]

Some call me “the Jesus”...you can too

Some people call me a Space Cowboy
Some people call me Maurice.

 

[Universal Elements]

It’s sodium nitrate per the confiscation report when authorities there seized it.

It’s similar to ANFO in being a water / gel based explosive mix

wasn’t it seized 6 years ago from a Russian ship?

 

[LowRiver2]

wasn’t it seized 6 years ago from a Russian ship?

It was seized over a year ago
Some reports were it was 2014

It will all come out exactly who had it and who authorized storing it there

 

[WhatExit?]

Look at those bins/silos lined up Next to port. They‘re normally used for holding wheat, corn, etc.. These products and the dust from them is 20 times more explosive than dynamite, so Here in America those are classified as Class 2 Hazardous Installations cause one spark has been known to launch a silo a mile or two from it’s foundation.
So I‘m thinking that might be a possible source of the large explosion??? Guess we’ll find out..
Before & After
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[WhatExit?]

Slow motion of the explosion:

What Just Blew Up In Beirut? - bellingcat

Shortly before 6 PM Beirut time reports began flooding Twitter of a fire and a series of explosions in Beirut. It rapidly became evident that event was far more than a small industrial fire. Shortly after, videos and images of a vast explosion flooded onto social media. The video below is a...

www.bellingcat.com

 

[4Waters]

The explosion registered a magnitude 3.3

 

[YumaRivernaut]

This is possibly what was going on.
IDF probably had to take it out.

FLASHBACK: Netanyahu Warned the United Nations of Iranian Missile Stockpiles in Beirut Back in 2018 (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft

A MASSIVE explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday.

www.thegatewaypundit.com

 

[BingerFang]

2,750 tons of carefully stored Ammonium Nitrate before the blast....

 

[floatn turd]

2,750 tons of carefully stored Ammonium Nitrate before the blast....

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Here's a close up pic of 3 guys above.

They reportedly worked for a Lebanese Pest Control Company and were in the process killing of Red Ants with WD-40 just before the blast.

Coincidence..............................You decide!

 

[wzuber]

Here's a close up of those same 3 guys above getting rid of some Red Ants with WD-40 just before the blast.

Coincidence.......................You decide!
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I decided this must be more satire