OT: Pray for Beirut and Lebanon
 

Initial reports are 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded, roughly equal to what leveled Texas City in 1947. Dozens dead so far, thousands injured, blast could be felt 100 miles away at a strength of roughly 3.3 on the Richter scale.

But longterm damage could be much worse, as Beirut is the central port to which all economic activity flows throughout the country. This could easily incite famine along with the medical and economic hardships of coronavirus.

Pray for Beirut and the Lebanese people.

https://twitter.com/Joyce_Karam/stat...423516162?s=20

Yes, some work contacts forwarded some info, i wish i could figure out how to upload video here. the amount of tangential destruction is incredible. not good.

It's sad, and hopefully they will learn for their mistakes.

Video and article.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53656220

The shockwave is absolutely insane!

Won't be long before the conspiracy theories (and warmongering) begin...

This is catastrophic. My thoughts and prayers for the people of Beruit.

The destructive force of the shockwave was horrifying. Really hope the casualties are not as high as that explosion looked...

Whoa.....for those who remember the OKC bombing: that was 7000lbs of ammonium nitrate.....which is roughly one tenth of one percent of the material that exploded today.

Incredible video. They said the airport had damage and it's 6 miles away. Very sad for the loss of life and injuries.

I do feel for them.

But who the hell stores over 50,000 lbs of ammonium nitrate next to a fireworks warehouse? I mean, what could go wrong?

video captured from various perspectives

https://youtu.be/eCSQXzGhVj0

I think it's the largest mushroom cloud explosion I've seen in my lifetime

My heart goes out to all who are in need over there

This.

The news reports 2750 Tons of Ammonium nitrate, that is 5.5 million pounds. That is insane, no wonder the magnitude of the explosion.