Explosions in Beirut
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 16:48 last edited by
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Holy. Shit.
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 17:14 last edited by
Saw that this morning. Crazy.
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 17:27 last edited by
Holy shit. I had NO idea what was about to happen in the video. At first I was thinking "Eh, looks like a fireworks factory on fire or something, and then..."
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For the Family Guy fans, my first reaction was "Woah. Did anyone else feel that?"
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 17:46 last edited by
I heard it was a fireworks truck parked next to an ammonium nitrate storage tank?
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 17:51 last edited by
@89th said in Explosions in Beirut:
I heard it was a fireworks truck parked next to an ammonium nitrate storage tank?
With roadrunner bait leading up to it.
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Someone near that dock 1 second before the blast, “Could 2020 get any worse?”
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 18:55 last edited by
Windows were blown out of buildings 10 KILOMETERS away.
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 20:46 last edited by
Fox: "The health minister said at least 50 people were killed and over 2,700 were injured."
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 20:49 last edited by
It was heard from 180 miles away, north of Cyprus
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wrote on 4 Aug 2020, 22:00 last edited by
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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wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 00:53 last edited by
You know, sometimes it's best to put the cell phone down...
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wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 02:09 last edited by
Wow!!!
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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.
wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 02:33 last edited by@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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@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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Many videos coming out, this is a compilation.
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wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 03:16 last edited by
And this one. Look how loud it is, even if you’re “30 seconds away”. (Many miles)
Too funny