Posted on 08/04/2020 3:55:29 PM PDT by rxsid
2,750 Tonnes Of Ammonium Nitrate Exploded: Lebanon PM On Beirut Blasts
"It is unacceptable that a shipment of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate has been present for six years in a warehouse, without taking preventive measures," he said at a defence council meeting, a spokesman told a press conference.
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Where’s the “Explosion spell!” girl?
One of the videos I saw had sound.
There was a fire and it sounded like small arms rounds cooking off.
Rhetorical Question: Who stores 2,700 tons of any explosive in a downtown port?
Actually had a ship full of it explode in texas some
years ago. Compacted it gets unstable.
It was not an ammonium nitrate explosion.
NO SALE..
“Who stores 2,700 tons of any explosive in a downtown port?”
Pretty typical in any third-world country. This or similar total lack of safety awareness.
They had 3000 tons of fertilizer sitting in a warehouse for six years?
Guess they were having bumper crops without it.
“There was a fire and it sounded like small arms rounds cooking off.”
Those were fireworks, stored in the same or adjacent warehouse. These might have ignited the large explosion.
The reason the Bridge at Remagen survived the backup explosion when the primary one failed to work was they didn’t have military grade explosives and were forced to use commercial explosives.
I have a friend whose daughter and son in law live in Cyprus. They heard the explosion from the beach in Cyprus.
Wow.
Siri says that is 150 miles away, does that sound right? OMG
Ammonium Nitrate is very hygroscopic (absorbs water from humidity). After 6 years in a warehouse near the ocean...
No, don't believe that story.
They have no reason to lie. Sound carries over water.
Must be nice. Our HOA restricts it to a ton.
70 dead and over 2,700 injured. Lebanon has 7 million people.
The US has 330 million people. Adjusting for population, the US equivalent for what happened in Beirut today would be 3,290 dead and 126,900 injured.
33% of Lebanon is Christian. I doubt they were dancing in the streets on 9/11.
I meant the distance.
Every Lebanese I ever knew was a Christian.
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The EMP from a nuke would have likely made it un video-able from most of the close angles.
A little John Tactical Nuke was 1 to 10 Kilotons, so the explosive force was the range of a small, tactical nuke.
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