Major explosion in Beirut

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In reply to aggiehawg • 6:51p, 8/4/20
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lunchbox said:
That building coming unglued in the 7-9 second frames!


Whomever filmed that **** had to have gotten hurt pretty damn bad.
The Hubs watched that a few times. Counting the few seconds between visual explosion and the concussion reaching him, his internal organs were turned to mostly mush and nearly all of his bones shattered as well. Blew concrete buildings apart, human bones can't take that amount of force.


If he is dead than how did it get posted
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6:53p, 8/4/20
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Its ammonium nitrate. The colored cloud are assorted nitrous oxides that formed as a result of the reaction.
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6:55p, 8/4/20
Sounds like a bunch of the foreign embassies were within a mile or so of the blast and are destroyed.

This is just one of the reports I have seen...

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6:58p, 8/4/20
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I'm gonna bet this was Hezbalas stash for making bombs and some one just set it off..

Those are terrible pictures of the city.. very scary situation
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In reply to 78669AG • 6:58p, 8/4/20
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78669AG said:
aggiehawg said:
Cromagnum said:
Kenneth_2003 said:
lunchbox said:
That building coming unglued in the 7-9 second frames!


Whomever filmed that **** had to have gotten hurt pretty damn bad.
The Hubs watched that a few times. Counting the few seconds between visual explosion and the concussion reaching him, his internal organs were turned to mostly mush and nearly all of his bones shattered as well. Blew concrete buildings apart, human bones can't take that amount of force.


If he is dead than how did it get posted
Live stream, I assume and people recorded it?
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In reply to SirLurksALot • 7:01p, 8/4/20
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I hope there is something concrete backing this up.
Early intelligence might have suspected it was a bomb. Trump would have clearly been briefed on this.

It may come out later that it wasn't a bomb, but the Democrats, and of course our res libs, will have another fit of REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.


I mean it's pretty irresponsible for a President to make that statement unless there is something backing it up. It's just going to give rise to conspiracy theories in an especially volatile part of the world if it's not accurate.
Do y'all ever stop?
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In reply to cone • 7:03p, 8/4/20
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cone said:
um maybe you don't let it get hot

or don't site it next to bottle rockets

also this


If only Dan Rather had used this messy font. He might still have a job at CBS.
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7:07p, 8/4/20
I am SHOCKED...

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In reply to lunchbox • 7:07p, 8/4/20
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lunchbox said:
I am SHOCKED...

REEEEE!!!!
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7:08p, 8/4/20
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Who wants to bet that Trump ends up being right....again
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In reply to lunchbox • 7:12p, 8/4/20
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I am SHOCKED...

Did he talk to all DOD officials? Did these three anonymous officials (if they exist) talk to the President? I've known lots of people who worked at DOD. The vast majority of them would know nothing about the origins of an explosion. Don't take the bait.
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In reply to Ellis Wyatt • 7:12p, 8/4/20
Ellis Wyatt said:
SirLurksALot said:
Rapier108 said:
SirLurksALot said:


I hope there is something concrete backing this up.
Early intelligence might have suspected it was a bomb. Trump would have clearly been briefed on this.

It may come out later that it wasn't a bomb, but the Democrats, and of course our res libs, will have another fit of REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.


I mean it's pretty irresponsible for a President to make that statement unless there is something backing it up. It's just going to give rise to conspiracy theories in an especially volatile part of the world if it's not accurate.
Do y'all ever stop?


Whose y'all? I'm voting Trump in November. I'm also smart enough to realize that calling something an "attack" when it's not is a stupid thing to do.

Despite what you sycophants think, it's possible to both criticize some of Trumps actions and still support him.
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In reply to SirLurksALot • 7:13p, 8/4/20
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Respectfully, how would you have any idea?
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7:14p, 8/4/20
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So I dont know **** about any of this, except for what I saw on pretty much all videos. So take this for what it's worth (read: practically nothing).

It seemed like the original fire had only been burning for a short time. I would say, 1-3 minutes (if that) as most cameras started filming when the initial "mushroom cloud" was still forming and less than 250-300m tall (the grain silo was about 70-90M tall for comparison). The secondary detonation going off so close to when the initial fire started makes me think that this was not an accident.

I can believe if the fire had been raging for an hour, two hours, 3 hours, longer, they lost containment....maybe then it could be a security protocol breech or an error of some kind...but it didn't look like it to me.

It doesn't seem to be far fetched to thing that the primary fire could have been a fuse.
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In reply to SirLurksALot • 7:14p, 8/4/20
SirLurksALot said:
Ellis Wyatt said:
SirLurksALot said:
Rapier108 said:
SirLurksALot said:


I hope there is something concrete backing this up.
Early intelligence might have suspected it was a bomb. Trump would have clearly been briefed on this.

It may come out later that it wasn't a bomb, but the Democrats, and of course our res libs, will have another fit of REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.


I mean it's pretty irresponsible for a President to make that statement unless there is something backing it up. It's just going to give rise to conspiracy theories in an especially volatile part of the world if it's not accurate.
Do y'all ever stop?


Whose y'all? I'm voting Trump in November. I'm also smart enough to realize that calling something an "attack" when it's not is a stupid thing to do.

Despite what you sycophants think, it's possible to both criticize some of Trumps actions and still support him.
I'm not a sycophant at all. I am smart enough to know that the President has access to better intelligence than anyone else in the world.
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In reply to End Of Message • 7:14p, 8/4/20
Pinche Abogado said:
Who wants to bet that Trump ends up being right....again
It wouldn't be the first time that Trump ended up being right.

But right or wrong, he was only commenting on the information that was presented to him at the time.
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
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In reply to CanyonAg77 • 7:14p, 8/4/20
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The grain elevator didn't explode. That damage is from an external explosion knocking parts of the support structure away via the concussion.
Possible. They are awfully stout. Look at the other photo posted here. I think an internal explosion (contained) is more likely to cause that much damage than an external that can go around.

But I have repeatedly said I'm guessing.

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Not "possible", because the grain silo/elevator wasnt the spurce of the friggin explosion.

You really should give up on this theory because it aimply isnt correct. The video is,pretty solid proof of it.

BTW, that silo....whomever designed and built it did a hell of a job.
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In reply to lunchbox • 7:19p, 8/4/20
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And just like that, the US media no longer cares about the explosion, or how many people died.

They think it can be used to "get Trump" and will spend every ounce of their resources in an effort to do so.
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
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7:23p, 8/4/20
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been buried in work all day, just now seeing this news and video. those pressure waves are absolutely incredible... wow.
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In reply to End Of Message • 7:26p, 8/4/20
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Respectfully, how would you have any idea?


That's why I used the word "IF". As in " if it's not accurate".
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7:30p, 8/4/20
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What do you guys see in the blue circle? Look closely.
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In reply to Ellis Wyatt • 7:30p, 8/4/20
As we've learned through recent history our intelligence isn't always accurate. Like I said, I hope there is something concrete backing up his statement. If there isn't and the statement turns out to be inaccurate, then it was irresponsible of him to speculate on the cause.
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In reply to Rapier108 • 7:31p, 8/4/20
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Rapier108 said:
lunchbox said:
And just like that, the US media no longer cares about the explosion, or how many people died.

They think it can be used to "get Trump" and will spend every ounce of their resources in an effort to do so.
I cant wait for them to take their virology and epidemiology expert hats off, and, becoming explosives and ballistics experts, explain to us plebeians how this was "definitely not a bomb", but still explain how the same material Timothy McVeigh used to create a bomb was somehow different.

I bet you the entire lot of these mouth breathers are interpreting "bomb" to mean something dropped by a plane or launched by a missile by a foreign belligerent.
It's a gold mine when you find patience.
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In reply to McKinney Ag69 • 7:31p, 8/4/20
Challenger 17 said:


What do you guys see in the blue circle? Look closely.


A bird?
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7:32p, 8/4/20
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Not sure. Maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me. It's being insinuated that it's a missile, or bomb of some kind. The timing seems like a coincidence that it moves across the screen right before the explosion.

Someone in an intelligence office here say "enhance" and get us a zoomed in pic.
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In reply to McKinney Ag69 • 7:36p, 8/4/20
Challenger 17 said:
Not sure. Maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me. It's being insinuated that it's a missile, or bomb of some kind. The timing seems like a coincidence that it moves across the screen right before the explosion.

Someone in an intelligence office here say "enhance" and get us a zoomed in pic.
I'd be more apt to believe it is a drone than a missile.
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In reply to SirLurksALot • 7:37p, 8/4/20
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SirLurksALot said:
Challenger 17 said:


What do you guys see in the blue circle? Look closely.


A bird?
drone?
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In reply to McKinney Ag69 • 7:41p, 8/4/20
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Challenger 17 said:


What do you guys see in the blue circle? Look closely.
Telephone pole. Wait, camera moved, side of house, no, now its a window. Now its a satellite dish, hold on, the sky? Wait, a bird. Definitely a bird.
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In reply to Robert C. Christian • 7:57p, 8/4/20
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Robert C. Christian said:
Challenger 17 said:


What do you guys see in the blue circle? Look closely.
Telephone pole. Wait, camera moved, side of house, no, now its a window. Now its a satellite dish, hold on, the sky? Wait, a bird. Definitely a bird.
Someone drew a mushroom stamp on the video and got everyone...
It's a gold mine when you find patience.
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In reply to McKinney Ag69 • 8:03p, 8/4/20
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Challenger 17 said:


What do you guys see in the blue circle? Look closely.


I dont know what I saw but pretty sure I heard the woman say Allahu Akbar.
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In reply to Cromagnum • 8:07p, 8/4/20
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Cromagnum said:
Challenger 17 said:


What do you guys see in the blue circle? Look closely.


I dont know what I saw but pretty sure I heard the woman say Allahu Akbar.
That's basically like saying "Oh my god", an exclamation of despair or shock...which a lot of videos show...not notable.

I think the thing they are trying to circle is at 0:09-0:10 seconds. It looks like it's a piece of debris in the foreground, but I cant tell. That one seems to fall downward in the circle, but something enters in the top left to top right quadrant. Need to slow it down to see...
It's a gold mine when you find patience.
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In reply to End Of Message • 8:07p, 8/4/20
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I'll take the Trump is wrong side of that bet.

Stakes? Case of good beer? Dinero?

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