Spade_Cooley 9,630 Posted August 4, 2020 You'd assume from that video footage we're talking in the 100s of deaths in Beirut today. Local terrorism? Israel? Incompetence? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,232 Posted August 4, 2020 The commentary on that clip mentions a firework factory. Fire followed by the explosion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,630 Posted August 4, 2020 Feel like "firework factory" might be a euphemism here for "place where Hezbollah were storing a metric shit-tonne of weaponry" 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,232 Posted August 4, 2020 I wouldn't know, just saying what I heard the reporter say. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,889 Posted August 4, 2020 Can see what looks to be some fireworks going off from this angle to be fair 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted August 4, 2020 30 minutes ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: Can see what looks to be some fireworks going off from this angle to be fair Maybe a fireworks factory was caught up in the blast but it's too powerful to have started there. Many people tlaking of it being like a nuclear blast.Could nuclear material have been stored there? Or could this even be the first ISIS dirty bomb? https://news.sky.com/story/lebanon-explosion-building-torn-apart-after-massive-blast-in-port-area-of-beirut-12042488 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,224 Posted August 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said: Maybe a fireworks factory was caught up in the blast but it's too powerful to have started there. Many people tlaking of it being like a nuclear blast.Could nuclear material have been stored there? Or could this even be the first ISIS dirty bomb? https://news.sky.com/story/lebanon-explosion-building-torn-apart-after-massive-blast-in-port-area-of-beirut-12042488 You really do talk a load of old shit, don't you. 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,889 Posted August 4, 2020 Doubt it's Nuclear. Too many milling about no problem in the aftermath Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,205 Posted August 4, 2020 Could this be an overreaction to the deaths of Stirling Moss, Vera Lynn and Olivia de Havilland? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,889 Posted August 4, 2020 One hospital alone has received over 500 casualties Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,536 Posted August 4, 2020 4 minutes ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: Doubt it's Nuclear. Too many milling about no problem in the aftermath It looks like a flashover related explosion from an ongoing fire akin to the one in Halifax Canada in 1917 which killed 2000 people. If the death tolls low folk were really lucky here tbh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
One shot Paddy 1,209 Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: Can see what looks to be some fireworks going off from this angle to be fair Fireworks alright, looks like the one in the Netherlands some years back only bigger! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster Christ it was 20 years ago I'm gettin fucking old!!!! Edited August 4, 2020 by One shot Paddy posted link 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,731 Posted August 4, 2020 Lebanese Party Leader Nazar Najarian killed in explosion: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008041080057525-kataeb-party-leader-reportedly-killed-in-beirut-explosion/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,889 Posted August 4, 2020 Limassol is 240km away 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Genfærd 452 Posted August 4, 2020 That explosion is incredible. My god. How many people would we estimate to have died? Not trying to make games of out this. Really curious if we are in the high of 1000s or 3-400. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,630 Posted August 4, 2020 33 minutes ago, Genfærd said: That explosion is incredible. My god. How many people would we estimate to have died? Not trying to make games of out this. Really curious if we are in the high of 1000s or 3-400. If it's south of 200 I'd be stunned. The only thing stopping me make a guess is I have no idea how Beirut is laid out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Cornholio 902 Posted August 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: You really do talk a load of old shit, don't you. Pot kettle black, mr shit-talker. 2 hours ago, ThePrematureBurial said: Maybe someone wanted this guy dead? Fireworks factory explosion sounds like a cliché to me... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,224 Posted August 4, 2020 Just now, Kenny McCormick said: Pot kettle black, mr shit-talker. Oh, you say the nicest things! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeathClock 379 Posted August 4, 2020 Basically admitting hazardous atmospheric byproducts from the explosions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,889 Posted August 4, 2020 16 minutes ago, DeathClock said: Basically admitting hazardous atmospheric byproducts from the explosions. Reports that ammonia was held in the area Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,130 Posted August 4, 2020 Now THATS what I call an explosion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted August 4, 2020 They are now saying that many thousands are dead or injured.This is without doubt the biggest catastrophe since 911.A world changing event.We should pray for the many dead from todays catacysm.I admit I am deeply shocked by what has happened today. I never thought I would live to see this sort of thing. https://news.sky.com/story/lebanon-large-explosion-heard-in-capital-beirut-12042456 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,224 Posted August 4, 2020 27 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said: They are now saying that many thousands are dead or injured.This is without doubt the biggest catastrophe since 911.A world changing event.We should pray for the many dead from todays catacysm.I admit I am deeply shocked by what has happened today. I never thought I would live to see this sort of thing. https://news.sky.com/story/lebanon-large-explosion-heard-in-capital-beirut-12042456 1 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JQW 288 Posted August 4, 2020 Approximately 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate were in storage, according to recent news reports. That's significantly more than the amount of ammonium nitrate involved in the Texas City explosion of 1947. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
