Huge Explosions in Beirut.

[EHJ]

Huge.

First a primary explosion followed by... well. Damn.

Death toll in Lebanese capital rises to 135 as about 5,000 people are wounded – as it happened

Lebanese TV reports latest toll as government declares two-week state of emergency in Beirut after half the city damaged in blast

www.theguardian.com

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[Rickenbacher39]

Weird.
I was on our front porch at the time and didn't hear or see anything.

 

[clearconscience]

Hmmmm. Is this outside of the normal there?

 

[EHJ]

 

[clearconscience]

That was an epic explosion.
either a bomb making factory or some terrorists trying to go big and screwed up

 

[mrblond]

wow..

https://twitter.com/x/status/1290671474269986822

https://twitter.com/x/status/1290675854767513600

munitions?

 

[Medic!]

Blew themselves up?

 

[made in china]

That shockwave was legit

 

[thereddog]

If that was a fireworks plant, then they must be building some kick bubblegum fireworks.

 

[EHJ]

So far the story goes like this...

Some fireworks [storage]/[factory] caught fire and went off... The first explosion at [fireworks] location destroyed some fuel storage tanks.. Then there was a huge storage of ammonium nitrate nearby that was then set off...That was the big bang.

 

[clearconscience]

corrected


72 virgins fireworks. only sold in vest config.

 

[sobo]

Only 21? Not 72??? Methinks someone got ripped off...

 

[Sundance]

That be the biggest Tannerite explosion I've ever seen. Read it was 2700+ 'tons' of ammonium nitrate.

 

[elsie]

This article has side by side satellite photos. Looks like the just wanted to expand the harbor.

Satellite images reveal extent of damage from Beirut explosion


elsie

 

[Sundance]

This article has side by side satellite photos. Looks like the just wanted to expand the harbor.

Satellite images reveal extent of damage from Beirut explosion


elsie

Not hard to determine center of blast.

 

[RicInOR]

Stunning Satellite Images Of Beirut Blast Epicenter


See crater - that is where the warehouse used to be - all the buildings are now destroyed



CNN published photos

 

[Oregonhunter5]

That's freaking scary to watch.

 

[Tony617]

Wow that was a huge second explosion. .A mushroom cloud that blew all of smoke away and you can see, hear and feel the shockwave in some of the video.

 

[sobo]

How is it that there are only 10 people dead from that??? That blast and the resultant shock wave's destruction looks like the death toll should be in the hundreds!

 

[EHJ]

Wow that was a huge second explosion. .A mushroom cloud that blew all of smoke away and you can see, hear and feel the shockwave in some of the video.

That wasn't smoke in that big white cloud.
That was the thermal shear from the shock wave alone. All the humidity in the ambient air was suddenly compressed and what we saw was the few moments of that vapor literally squeezed from the air before it was reabsorbed.