Madafwo
I'm probably being facetious.
- Nov 11, 2013
- 1,591
I watched it twice and only the second time did I watch it until the end, and pay attention to the surroundings.
Those people on the road didn't stand a chance.
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[News] Major explosion in Beirut
- Thread starter Acker79
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I watched it twice and only the second time did I watch it until the end, and pay attention to the surroundings.
Those people on the road didn't stand a chance.
It's like the last series of Game of Thrones. Oh sure, you know it's probable everyone is going to die in a rush in the next little while, but at least it keeps us guessing a bit as to how...
Gabbafella
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- Aug 22, 2012
- 4,710
Watch the video for the explosion that happened at a place called Pepcon, a rocket fuel depot. Luckily it was in a desert as the second explosion causes the most unbelievable shockwave that decimates all the surrounding buildings.
I have since ruled out my theory regarding the silos and it being a chemical reaction. Watch the bottom tweet!
[TWEET]1290681166551449600[/TWEET]
Just before the second explosion a bus pulls up on the road. Given what looks to be happening to the building right next to it (in the half second before the camera loses the shot) I dread to think what may have become of the passengers on it.
They must have been building some serious fireworks in there.
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- #67
Quite a few posts in here still discussing fireworks, suggesting the below tweet may have been overlooked. The Director general of the Lebanon Public Security has already said it was not a firework factory (according to al jazeera)
The official word is sodium nitrate confiscated from a ship and stored nearby.
[tweet]1290698269421600770[/tweet]
I don't know if that is true or if they are hiding something for whatever reason, but the official line is not a fireworks accident.\
Also:
[tweet]1290696270747705346[/tweet]
Lebanese PM's wife, daughter and consultants 'slightly injured'
The official word is sodium nitrate confiscated from a ship and stored nearby.
[tweet]1290698269421600770[/tweet]
I don't know if that is true or if they are hiding something for whatever reason, but the official line is not a fireworks accident.\
Also:
[tweet]1290696270747705346[/tweet]
Lebanese PM's wife, daughter and consultants 'slightly injured'
Sodium nitrate sounds plausible. Fireworks doesn’t.
If one was stored next door to the other?
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Horrific
spongy
Well-known member
Looks like a similar force to the Pepcon explosion in the US years ago.
Pepcon used to make rocket fuel for the shuttles.
https://youtu.be/_KuGizBjDXo
Pepcon used to make rocket fuel for the shuttles.
https://youtu.be/_KuGizBjDXo
Here’s the same clip in slow motion. Regrettably, I don’t see how anyone on that road could have survived that.
https://vimeo.com/444654739
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GT49er
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Perhaps he's a hard left Labour supporter? You know, the anti-semitic wing that doesn't exist ................................
Horrible thing to happen, whatever the cause; hope there aren't as many casualties as looks likely.
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- #76
Here’s the same clip in slow motion. Regrettably, I don’t see how anyone on that road could have survived that.
https://vimeo.com/444654739
Gabbafella
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- Aug 22, 2012
- 4,710
So far, 27 dead, 2500 injured.
Thanks for fixing whatever it is I did wrong there.
Algernon
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Ammunition ship:
Mexican fireworks factory :
Mexican fireworks factory :
Razzoo
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So terrible, Just when you think 2020 couldn't get any worse.