[OFF TOPIC] General Chat

[Olympian1010 8,229]

1 minute ago, Vic Liu said:

At the beginning I thought it was an accident of a firework factory, but it couldn't explain the massive explosion afterward. It's way too terrible like a nuclear bomb.

That was my immediate thought as well. Lebanon isn’t known to have any nuclear bombs though. Plus, the damage, while bad, would be much worse if that were a nuclear bomb. 
 

I’ve seen the explosion blamed on fireworks which seems plausible given what the area looked like pre-blast. If I had to guess, I would guess some chemicals that should never be mixed, got mixed.

[MHSN 3,771]

wow. that was extremely scary.

 

 

[heywoodu 16,000]

The only reason to even think about a nuclear device is the momentary shape of the cloud, it would be much bigger were it indeed that.

[Olympian1010 8,229]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

The only reason to even think about a nuclear device is the momentary shape of the cloud, it would be much bigger were it indeed that.

Plus that cloud looked much more like a sonic shockwave.

[Dnl 718]

46 minutes ago, rybak said:

Massive explosion happened in  Beirut port  

 

Number of victims is still unknown...

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/BissanCampaigns/status/1290671086951161856

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/Samarsaeed/status/1290679979634810881

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/SVNewsAlerts/status/1290681053779304448

 

https://bit.ly/2DDArlJ     A few documented videos of the explosion in Beirut 

[Dnl 718]

43 minutes ago, rybak said:

From those videos which I saw all looks serious and authentic, all media and news TV channels here now reporting about this and shows those videos.

 

Edit: According some people the explosion was heard even in eastern Cyprus.

I live in The Middle/Northern part of Israel and the explosions were heard clearly and strong 

[heywoodu 16,000]

4 minutes ago, Dnl said:

I live in The Middle/Northern part of Israel and the explosions were heard clearly and strong 

You heard it yourself?

[heywoodu 16,000]

That last one

 

 

 

[Grassmarket 4,028]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

That last one

 

 

 

 

It’s going to be terrible for the Fire Brigade, there was clearly a long-established fire before the big square building exploded.  

[heywoodu 16,000]

Just now, Grassmarket said:

 

It’s going to be terrible for the Fire Brigade, there was clearly a long-established fire before the big square building exploded.  

Yep, reminds me of Enschede 2000 on a bigger scale.