Massive Explosion Rocks Beirut

[icyfroth]

It surprises me no-one's commented on this latest world crisis.

Are wereallyl so insular on this forum? Considering we have such a large percentage of Lebanese-Australians in our country?

"A massive explosion has rocked Lebanon's capital Beirut, killing at least 78 people, injuring almost 4,000, flattening much of the port, and sending a shock wave that damaged buildings across the city.

It is the most powerful explosion in years to hit Beirut, a city on the Mediterranean Sea home to roughly 2.2 million people, which is already reeling from an economic crisis and a surge in coronavirus infections.

At the scene, the Governor of Beirut, Marwan Abboud, told Sky News Arabia he had come looking for a team of firefighters who disappeared in the explosion.

"This scene reminds us of what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki," he said.

"I haven't seen massive destruction in my life on this scale. This is a disaster, a catastrophe, nothing but a national catastrophe.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/massive-explosion-rocks-lebanon-s-capital-beirut-killing-100-an...

"The size of Lebanon's massive explosion that killed dozens of people was likely exacerbated by the presence of almost 3,000 tonnes of a chemical commonly used as garden fertiliser.

At least 100 people are dead and thousands are injured after Lebanon's capital Beirut was rocked by a blast so big it was registered as a 3.3 magnitude earthquake.

The exact cause of the blast is not yet known, but Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab said the explosion occurred inside a warehouse that was storing 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate."

https://www.9news.com.au/national/beirut-explosion-science-behind-massive-blast-in-lebanon/8fcb41a2-...

Why would any country store so much explosive in one place?

[lionrose.7]

THe IRA used to mae Bombs from it

[ecar3483]

So did Tim McVeigh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing

🙂

[rogespeed]

Sadly one Australian confirmed dead - a 2 year old toddler 

Well now this incident is nationally personal 

[domino-710]

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@rogespeed wrote:

Sadly one Australian confirmed dead - a 2 year old toddler 

Well now this incident is nationally personal 

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The first - actually human - go Roges.

[joz*garage]

u darn well get ur arrs over dare man

[icyfroth]

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@joz*garage wrote:

u darn well get ur arrs over dare man

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Bow wow...

[the_hawk*]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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"The size of Lebanon's massive explosion that killed dozens of people was likely exacerbated by the presence of almost 3,000 tonnes of a chemical commonly used as garden fertiliser.

At least 100 people are dead and thousands are injured after Lebanon's capital Beirut was rocked by a blast so big it was registered as a 3.3 magnitude earthquake.

The exact cause of the blast is not yet known, but Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab said the explosion occurred inside a warehouse that was storing 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate."

ammonium nitrate is also used to manufacer explosives and bomb making.

perhaps having a stock plie like that in an inhabinated area was not a good idea even if it practical 

[davewil1964]

Perhaps the fact that ammonium nitrate, of itself, is not an explosive compound might have something to do with it.

Your comment seems to indicate that you haven't actually read any of the previous posts in this thread. Or done any simple investigations into the matter.

[the_hawk*]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

Perhaps the fact that ammonium nitrate, of itself, is not an explosive compound might have something to do with it.

Your comment seems to indicate that you haven't actually read any of the previous posts in this thread. Or done any simple investigations into the matter.

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perhaps its you that hasnt done their homework,  try buying it in Australia, there is a very good reason it is now controlled so tightly.

It makes a very big bang and is easy to make into a bomb

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/oklahoma-city-bombing

[davewil1964]

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@the_hawk* wrote:

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@davewil1964 wrote:

Perhaps the fact that ammonium nitrate, of itself, is not an explosive compound might have something to do with it.

Your comment seems to indicate that you haven't actually read any of the previous posts in this thread. Or done any simple investigations into the matter.

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perhaps its you that hasnt done their homework,  try buying it in Australia, there is a very good reason it is now controlled so tightly.

It makes a very big bang and is easy to make into a bomb

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/oklahoma-city-bombing

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However, as has been noted, of itself ammonium nitrate is not explosive.

I have done my homework. You, demonstrably, haven't.