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GottaSeeThis - A huge explosion has occurred in Beirut
twitter ^ | Aug. 4, 2020

Posted on 08/04/2020 8:40:20 AM PDT by Diogenesis

A huge explosion has occurred in Beirut - click for video



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To: rlmorel
I don’t even see that as an explosives cache going up. That is something else.

Looks like two explosions from totally different sources. My guess:

(1) Hezbollah explosives depot -- explosion followed by fire
(2) Heat/fracture triggered underwater gas main mega-explosion, as indicated by massive water vapor cloud.

141 posted on 08/04/2020 10:11:06 AM PDT by montag813 (Nonsenze)
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To: Diogenesis

Iranian missile delivery to Hezbolah at the port going wrong maybe ?


142 posted on 08/04/2020 10:13:03 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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Based on the OMGs being said and the screaming, this one captures the moment very well.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1290696384472068096


143 posted on 08/04/2020 10:14:06 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Diogenesis

I bet some of the people with laundry drying on their balcony railings has them dry real quick


144 posted on 08/04/2020 10:14:28 AM PDT by Pollard (whatever)
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To: SunkenCiv

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145 posted on 08/04/2020 10:15:40 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: montag813

ukranian ship was off loading last night,
weapons its seems, at least three types
of explosions, the last was something else.


146 posted on 08/04/2020 10:21:10 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("when a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced")
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To: Slicksadick

That was seriously helpful, that Google Maps link.

The buildings on the other side of the silo look like temporary cargo warehousing for the port.

It may well have been something on a ship, and the ship went up. Most of the angles don’t have a good view of the explosion from the explosion side of the silos.


147 posted on 08/04/2020 10:22:42 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: SunkenCiv

Big-bada-boom!

/Lilu Dallas


148 posted on 08/04/2020 10:22:47 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: rlmorel

No, I do. A buried ammunition bunker = a confined explosion. Confinement enhances the blast yield.


149 posted on 08/04/2020 10:23:04 AM PDT by sauropod (I will not comply.)
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To: Slicksadick
This guys sets the record for closest to survive...Or, at least his phone survived...

Probably livestreaming. You can see from his shadow that he was standing at the moment of the big blast. I seriously doubt the guy survived. His phone probably streamed as it flew tumbling through the air until it either lost the channel, violently impacted something, or both.

150 posted on 08/04/2020 10:23:48 AM PDT by fso301
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To: rxsid

That China fireworks explosion series was much more drawnout over time than the one that just happened I think. Beruit’s was of much shorter duration I think.


151 posted on 08/04/2020 10:26:01 AM PDT by griffin
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To: Diogenesis; All

A picture of the aftermath.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eel-m8UXkAAbL4m?format=jpg&name=large


152 posted on 08/04/2020 10:36:08 AM PDT by McGruff (Polls are for dancing)
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To: SunkenCiv

At least ten dead.


153 posted on 08/04/2020 10:37:37 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: Dead Corpse; Jane Long

Naturally, the power of association wound up getting me to stream Valens’ version of “La Bamba”.


154 posted on 08/04/2020 10:39:26 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: griffin

Lots of variables at work, therefore, lots of possibilities. At this point in time, fireworks shouldn’t be summarily dismissed, either in whole or in part. They are, afterall, controlled explosions under normal circumstances.


155 posted on 08/04/2020 10:39:31 AM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: Diogenesis

Definitely not Israel. Israel would not risk harming innocent civilians.


156 posted on 08/04/2020 10:40:07 AM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: rdl6989
Anything under 100 is a blessing. What a big kaboom.

157 posted on 08/04/2020 10:40:17 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: McGruff
Looks like it'll be a b**** to clean up.

158 posted on 08/04/2020 10:40:49 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Diogenesis
Sodium Nitrate?

YouTube Video DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME

159 posted on 08/04/2020 10:41:56 AM PDT by SuperSonic (If I had a dog it would look like the one Obama ate!)
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