Beirut Go Boom

[Lhalo]

 

[Lou]

Why do people scream?

[Lhalo]

5 minutes ago, Lou said:

Why do people scream?

Ya that’s the worst. Also you have to be an idiot to not cover your ears and prepare for that shockwave coming. 

[St1ck]

AP News: Lebanese Red Cross official Georges Kettaneh says hundreds of casualties in Beirut explosion, including dead, wounded.
https://apnews.com/94f9879fe0f79e927db579497f85ec39

[Jason]

Holy shit!

[Jason]

6 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

AP News: Lebanese Red Cross official Georges Kettaneh says hundreds of casualties in Beirut explosion, including dead, wounded.
https://apnews.com/94f9879fe0f79e927db579497f85ec39

Only hundreds? That was a huge explosion 

[Lhalo]

 

[St1ck]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

Only hundreds? That was a huge explosion 

Usually the early numbers are low. Unless the building was mostly empty.

[fan_since79]

Fireworks warehouse? That was an initial explanation.

Also early speculation that it was a small nuclear device. Don't think so.

Horrible. 

[Jason]

3 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

Usually the early numbers are low. Unless the building was mostly empty.

That shock wave though. I can see many being killed by the concussion and falling debris 

[Jason]

1 minute ago, fan_since79 said:

Fireworks warehouse? That was an initial explanation.

Also early speculation that it was a small nuclear device. Don't think so.

Horrible. 

Wouldn't surprise me if Hezbollah is behind it too 

[Jason]

3 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Fireworks warehouse? That was an initial explanation.

Also early speculation that it was a small nuclear device. Don't think so.

Horrible. 

[Redondo]

Massive explosion tears through Lebanon’s capital, killing at least 10, injuring dozens more

[Lhalo]

They’re going to need some paint and a shitload of screen doors. 

 

[Lhalo]

1 hour ago, Jason said:

Only hundreds? That was a huge explosion 

Probably hundreds dead but I'm sure the injured will be in the thousands. I've already seen videos of bodies that look like they were exhumed from Pompei. The hospitals are all at capacity with people bleeding all over the place. 

Online armchair experts are saying it was most likely sodium nitrate that blew up due to the red smoke that can be seen after the explosion.

[tdawg87]

I saw the video and at first I was like "oh damn that's a lot of smoke I hope there weren't too many casualties" then I saw the big boom and was like "oh".

[Lou]

Why do people say "oh"?

[mmc]

[mmc]

Why would anyone think putting a fireworks warehouse on your capital city's port is a good idea?

[mmc]

 

[Don]

So was this thing an accident or intentional?

[Tank]

There’s a rumor out there that this was a Lebanese missile factory for the Iranians.

[Lhalo]

Closeup video:

 

[St1ck]

1 minute ago, Lhalo said:

Closeup video:

 

Damn 

[Lhalo]

Just now, st1ckboy said:

Damn 

I’m surprised that video even survived.