@shavixmir saidTragic.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53656220
Did you see that?
That wasn’t an ammo dump going up. That second shock wave was a singular explosion (or lots of things going off in one go... which is very unlikely).
What do you reckon?
Bloody powerful whatever it was.
Poor people.
There was an initial blast (no video). A few smaller blasts throughout building, then the big one.
Looks like a nuclear blast.
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@mghrn55 said"Looks like a nuclear blast."
Tragic.
There was an initial blast (no video). A few smaller blasts throughout building, then the big one.
Looks like a nuclear blast.
vapor clouds aren't unique to nuclear bombs. It would be a pitiful nuke. It was likely the result of a combustible cloud formation from the fire.
@shavixmir saidIt's reported that it was an illegal fireworks storehouse.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53656220
Did you see that?
That wasn’t an ammo dump going up. That second shock wave was a singular explosion (or lots of things going off in one go... which is very unlikely).
What do you reckon?
Bloody powerful whatever it was.
Poor people.
@athousandyoung saidAccording to the BBC [1] it was ammonium nitrate that had been impounded six years earlier from a ship that had run into technical difficulties en route to Mozambique. The owners abandoned the freighter and its cargo. The cargo had been stored in the warehouse. Because of the unclear ownership of the cargo and the judiciary not resolving the problem Lebanon's civil service couldn't, or didn't, deal with the problem.
It's reported that it was an illegal fireworks storehouse.
[1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-53670839
@joe-shmo saidI was never suggesting it was a nuclear blast.
"Looks like a nuclear blast."
vapor clouds aren't unique to nuclear bombs. It would be a pitiful nuke. It was likely the result of a combustible cloud formation from the fire.
It just resembled one.
The mushroom cloud which is a characteristic of a nuclear explosion, is a function of the explosive yield.
Conventional weapons produce mushroom clouds when powerful enough.
US did so a lot in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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@Earl-of-Trumps
Just saw a bunch of videos of this blast. It looked like a 2 to 3 kiloton explosion, but not a nuclear one. If it was nuclear there would have been a 20 million degree ball of light which would make it much brighter than this one.
@bunnyknight saidYou must have some slick software to determine brightness from YouTube videos!
If it was nuclear there would have been a 20 million degree ball of light which would make it much brighter than this one.
@bunnyknight saidNot a bad guesstimate.
@Earl-of-Trumps
Just saw a bunch of videos of this blast. It looked like a 2 to 3 kiloton explosion, but not a nuclear one. If it was nuclear there would have been a 20 million degree ball of light which would make it much brighter than this one.
Authorities said it was 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate that went up. Apparently it had sat there since 2013 without incident. A fire in the fireworks factory next door spread and ignited this.
@suzianne saidWithout knowing the conversion rate for ammonium nitrate you can't say.
Not a bad guesstimate.
Authorities said it was 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate that went up.
2700 tons of ammonium nitrate (apparently) works out as 2.2 kiloton explosive potential.
I'm sure Ponderable can verify or deny that.