Huge Explosions in Beirut.

[sobo]

That was the thermal shear from the shock wave alone. All the humidity in the ambient air was suddenly compressed and what we saw the the few moments of that vapor literally squeezed from the air before it was reabsorbed.

Sorta like this?


U.S. Navy F/A-18 traveling near the speed of sound. The white halo consists of condensed water droplets formed by the sudden drop in air pressure behind the shock cone around the aircraft (see Prandtl-Glauert singularity).

 

[EHJ]

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Sorta like this?

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Yup. Just like that.

 

[Oregonhunter5]

There's 100's feared dead.

 

[sobo]

That makes a helluva lot more sense.

 

[No_Regerts]

First, in reference to the explosion and not the resulting loss of life:

Second, I wonder if Lil Jon was vacationing there at 0:25. Listen it then listen to the link below. Pretty sure its the same guy.

 

[Ura-Ki]

All that moisture in the blast was sea water/fire fighting water picked up inside the blast cone via an instant vacume ( Implosion) before the over pressure ( explosion) , then discharged radially with the shock wave, once the pressure dropped, it dissapated rapidly!
Pretty cool to see how it happened, just really sad that it did happen!

 

[sobo]

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[Ura-Ki]

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Kinda sorta, but it's sea water, not just humidity!
Note how the visible moisture seems to come up from the ground level first before expanding outward!
Slow down your player and you'll see it!

 

[ilikegunspdx]

As far as cause, I thought Israel was systematically attacking multiple targets over the past months (Iran nuclear-related as I recall). Is this just another of those? What the target was though I dunno.

 

[EHJ]

Kinda sorta, but it's sea water, not just humidity!
Note how the visible moisture seems to come up from the ground level first before expanding outward!
Slow down your player and you'll see it!

It's called a Wilson reaction - or cloud.

Condensation cloud - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Holy he**. Beirut is already in Wiki.

2020 Beirut explosion - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Oregonhunter5]

So are they thinking this is a attack?

 

[Ura-Ki]

So are they thinking this is a attack?

Not at this point!
Poor storage protocols combined with firefighting getting water into the storage area boosted its effects!

 

[RicInOR]

How is it that there are only 10 people dead from that???

Last I heard 100 known dead. How many were turned to vapor to be missing forever?
5000 injured -
300,000 homeless (at least temporarily)
Not a location where all the stats will be well known - just can't be.

 

[EHJ]

Last I heard 100 known dead. How many were turned to vapro to be missing forever?
5000 injured -
300,000 homeless (at least temporarily)
Not a location where all the stats will be well known - just can't be.

It's only been one day.
For the next 2 weeks all the concussion head trauma patients will start to show up.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Really excellent reporting on it here: What happened in Beirut: The explosion that devastated a city and shocked the world

 

[ATCclears]

The Biggest Ammonium Nitrate Explosions Since 2000

Ammonium nitrate is dangerous, and every few years, there's a new explosion that causes widespread damage. These are some of the biggest ones.

www.visualcapitalist.com

 

[revjen45]

Preceding the really big blast you can see flashes, which would be expected in a fire in a fireworks facility.
2750 tons of AN certainly makes for a big BOOM.
Storing so much AN in proximity to fireworks seems like depraved indifference to reality.

Does anybody know if AN is a high or low explosive?

 

[EHJ]

Preceding the really big blast you can see flashes, which would be expected in a fire in a fireworks facility.
2750 tons of AN certainly makes for a big BOOM.
Storing so much AN in proximity to fireworks seems like depraved indifference to reality.

Does anybody know if AN is a high or low explosive?

It's more dangerous because it's not just super flammable once it hits its ignition point - it also becomes its own oxidizer.

And I don't buy the 'fireworks' bs. There is another video of this initial fire - no whistles, no colors, no rockets - just loud cracks and snaps before it all went off. Sounded exactly like ammo.

 

[revjen45]

" And I don't buy the 'fireworks' bs. There is another video of this initial fire - no whistles, no colors, no rockets - just loud cracks and snaps before it all went off. Sounded exactly like ammo."

Now that you mention it - yeah.