Dave-G Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) Initial suggestions say a fireworks factory went up - which could be true but a secondary explosion suggest to me there may have been a dirty bomb of some sort(s) may have been stored there and got activated. Possibly an armaments factory. Edited August 4, 2020 by Dave-G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampwick Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Flipping massive! Poor people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southeastpete Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Some fireworks factory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spr1985 Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Wife just saw it on the news, saying it was a ship carrying a shipment of fireworks (I think not) and that it took windows out of houses 1.5miles away from blast site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTaylor91 Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Apparently it was heard in Cyprus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesj Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 There was one went up about 7 mile from us a few years ago the distance the blast rattled our workshop door and we heard the explosion in the distance ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Certainly looks like something big went up on the secondary explosion. I probably read too many books but it could be an accident or deliberate who knows, my first thought was oh no a terrorist attack somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Quite an explosion. Doubt that a fireworks factory, especially by the Dock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spr1985 Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 I think something a bit more untoward has happened, seems odd (to me) that the president would call an urgent meeting of the defence Council for an explosion at a fireworks factory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) Being Beirut it could be almost anything that went up fireworks use black powder and black powder is not a high explosive. The explosion on the TV showed a clear high explosive pressure wave. Edited August 4, 2020 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam triple Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Don’t know if any conventional weapon could do this 232B8116-E778-4B79-A099-8FDF2A286C0A.MP4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 The initial fire looks like it could be fireworks, lots of little yellow explosions and white smoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spr1985 Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 16 minutes ago, Vince Green said: Being Beirut it could be almost anything that went up fireworks use black powder and black powder is not a high explosive. The explosion on the TV showed a clear high explosive pressure wave. This would back up what you’ve said, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, Vince Green said: Being Beirut it could be almost anything that went up fireworks use black powder and black powder is not a high explosive. The explosion on the TV showed a clear high explosive pressure wave. Black powder is explosive enough to do it, and there is precedent. The siege of Almeida, 1810 produced one such explosion that obliterated the town, castle, cathedral and parts of the outer city wall. The pressure wave alone blew men off their posts and rubble was thrown far enough to kill French soldiers who were besieging the town. Only 5 houses were left with their roofs still on. Admittedly it needed 68t of black powder and magazine cartridges, but it's possible! You can still see the crater today, apparently But I'm inclined to agree. The first explosion could be a fireworks factory, but that second explosion's something else. But I don't think it'll be terrorism. There are plenty of nasty things that, if they go up, could do that. Accidents do happen. and again, there's precedent for them! If there's something explosive, the chances are a man's accidentally blown it up at some point Edited August 5, 2020 by chrisjpainter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treetree Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 A friend just messaged me to Google 'Rod from God' As others have said, that's like nothing seen before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Oh well.. Mess with matches you get burnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol p Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Some Middle Eastern militia of sorts isn’t getting their ammunition quota this month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) They reckon only 10 dead. Not a chance Sorry 40 Edited August 4, 2020 by strimmer_13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 There are plenty of vids out there showing pressure waves from low explosives and even fuel going up in large quantities. As for non conventional weapons, I see nothing to suggest that here, and as for orbital bombardment or "rods from god", any weaponisation of space is such a political hot potato that there's no way any country possessing it would use it short of imminent nuclear conflict because that's its purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boristhedog Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) Sky News is currently reporting 'at least 50 dead and 2,700 injured'. Edited August 4, 2020 by Boristhedog Fact correction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diver One Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 2 hours ago, JTaylor91 said: Apparently it was heard in Cyprus. Yep.....apparently it woke up 2 of our granddaughters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Lebanon officials now saying it was 2,750 tonnes of Ammonium Nitrate that had been stored in a warehouse and had been unchecked for 6 years. Er...that'd do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, chrisjpainter said: Lebanon officials now saying it was 2,750 tonnes of Ammonium Nitrate that had been stored in a warehouse and had been unchecked for 6 years. Er...that'd do it! We'll never know what it was, it could have been a weapons dump deliberately set off, it could have been fertiliser?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic1281 Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Would fertiliser go up like that without being further refined or processed. I know it’s extremely explosive in a powder form, as many substances are, but would it detonate in one massive explosion like that as it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Whatever the cause, I have sympathy for any innocent family, who has lost one of their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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