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[OFF TOPIC] General Chat


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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.

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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.

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46 minutes ago, rybak said:

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

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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 

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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.  

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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.

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