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    Jolly
    wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 00:53 last edited by
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    You know, sometimes it's best to put the cell phone down...

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      taiwan_girl
      wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 02:09 last edited by
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      Wow!!!

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      • K Klaus
        4 Aug 2020, 22:00

        I don't know how accurate these calculations are, but somebody estimated that the blast of the supposed 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate correspond to around 1 kiloton of TNT. Hiroshima was around 16 kilotons. More modern atomic bombs can easily exceed 20 megatons. If one kiloton does this, I'd really prefer to not be anywhere near an exploding atomic bomb (ok, not a very surprising thought, but that blast gives you an appreciation of what a megaton TNT must be like.

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        89th
        wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 02:33 last edited by
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        @Klaus said in Explosions in Beirut:

        I don't know how accurate these calculations are, but somebody estimated that the blast of the supposed 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate correspond to around 1 kiloton of TNT. Hiroshima was around 16 kilotons. More modern atomic bombs can easily exceed 20 megatons. If one kiloton does this, I'd really prefer to not be anywhere near an exploding atomic bomb (ok, not a very surprising thought, but that blast gives you an appreciation of what a megaton TNT must be like.

        No kidding! Here’s some quick stats, I think are accurate in terms of yield TNT (in tons) equivalent:

        • MOAB (our largest non-nuke) = 11
        • Beirut = 1,000
        • Hiroshima = 16,000
        • Current nukes = 600,000 to 2,200,000
        • Larry’s head if Biden wins = 14,000,000
        • Mt St Helens = 26,000,000
        • Tsar Bomb = 50,000,000
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          5 Aug 2020, 02:33

          @Klaus said in Explosions in Beirut:

          I don't know how accurate these calculations are, but somebody estimated that the blast of the supposed 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate correspond to around 1 kiloton of TNT. Hiroshima was around 16 kilotons. More modern atomic bombs can easily exceed 20 megatons. If one kiloton does this, I'd really prefer to not be anywhere near an exploding atomic bomb (ok, not a very surprising thought, but that blast gives you an appreciation of what a megaton TNT must be like.

          No kidding! Here’s some quick stats, I think are accurate in terms of yield TNT (in tons) equivalent:

          • MOAB (our largest non-nuke) = 11
          • Beirut = 1,000
          • Hiroshima = 16,000
          • Current nukes = 600,000 to 2,200,000
          • Larry’s head if Biden wins = 14,000,000
          • Mt St Helens = 26,000,000
          • Tsar Bomb = 50,000,000
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          taiwan_girl
          wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 02:35 last edited by
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          @89th said in Explosions in Beirut:

          Larry’s head if Biden wins = 14,000,000

          😂 Too funny

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            89th
            wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 03:15 last edited by
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            https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/i3sxwq/a_compilation_of_videos_showing_the_explosion_in/

            Many videos coming out, this is a compilation.

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              89th
              wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 03:16 last edited by
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              https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/i3ps5j/im_surprised_it_was_that_loud_after_all_that/

              And this one. Look how loud it is, even if you’re “30 seconds away”. (Many miles)

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                Horace
                wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 03:21 last edited by
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                Wow.

                Education is extremely important.

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                  5 Aug 2020, 03:16

                  https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/i3ps5j/im_surprised_it_was_that_loud_after_all_that/

                  And this one. Look how loud it is, even if you’re “30 seconds away”. (Many miles)

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                  Aqua Letifer
                  wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 03:23 last edited by
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                  @89th said in Explosions in Beirut:

                  Look how loud it is,

                  Link to video

                  Just sayin'

                  Please love yourself.

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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 11:36 last edited by
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                    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                      5 Aug 2020, 11:36

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                      taiwan_girl
                      wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 15:46 last edited by
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                      @jon-nyc Wow

                      This was a terrible thing that happened, and I hesitate to say this, but I am glad that it was not terrorism.

                      (At least so far it does not appear to be).

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                        Mik
                        wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 15:51 last edited by
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                        So far. Here's an explanation. Probably sadder than terrorism.

                        https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/opinion/beirut-explosions.html

                        "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                          taiwan_girl
                          wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 16:05 last edited by
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                          If it was ammonium nitrate, reminds me of the Ryongchon disaster in DPRK

                          Before

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                          After

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                            George K
                            wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 12:05 last edited by
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                            Close up:

                            https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/08/05/Watch-Closest-footage-yet-of-Beirut-blasts-from-apartment-balcony-opposite-port.html

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              Catseye3
                              wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 12:49 last edited by
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                              Fox: "[Former NSC spox Michael] Anton told guest host John Roberts the substance which ignited to cause the powerful blast was ammonium nitrate -- a key component of agricultural fertilizer that had been stored in a warehouse at Beirut's port since 2013, when it was offloaded from a Russian-leased ship that had made an unscheduled stop there.

                              "Officials have worried about this for years saying we have to get this out of here," Anton said. "This dragged on for seven years."

                              "Anton added that Lebanon's government has been in a state of turmoil for more than four decades and is neither completely functional, nor does it have full control of all of its territory."

                              More: https://www.foxnews.com/media/michael-anton-beirut-explosion-accident-waiting-happen

                              Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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