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BEIRUT - Unbelievable photo of shock wave damage to large office buildings.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 12:52 pm
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Posted on 8/5/20 at 12:53 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
Wow. Unreal.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 12:54 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
Looks similar to the kind of damage done in the Khobar Towers blast.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 12:55 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
Big building to the right looks like it has scaffolding. Either they're getting to repairs real quick, or it looks worse than the others because it was under construction.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 12:56 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
Two-story building in the lower right corner is LEGIT, it gave zero fricks. Whole city should be rebuilt by whoever built that thing
Otherwise, crazy arse picture
Posted on 8/5/20 at 12:58 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
Does anyone remember the LNG controversy back in the 80s? The warning was that ships transporting the gas globally could explode in harbor in NYC and everyone would die. They had pics of the possible disaster and it looked like that one.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 1:00 pm to Steadmans Cheddar
It's under construction, you can see all the way through and that they haven't completed the interior floorplan at all. It's still BTFO though, probably set back the completion by at least a year.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 1:00 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
Death toll is going to go way WAY up. 
Posted on 8/5/20 at 1:01 pm to RazorBroncs
quote:well you can NOW
It's under construction, you can see all the way through
Posted on 8/5/20 at 1:02 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
tall building on the left... is that anti-aircraft guns??
Posted on 8/5/20 at 1:03 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
"Gonna need some paint and a shitload of screen doors"
Posted on 8/5/20 at 1:04 pm to rt3
I thought the same thing. Either AA guns or construction lifts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 1:05 pm to Jack Daniel
I’d say AA guns. It IS freaking Beirut.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 1:05 pm to teke184
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teke184
And the Alfred P Murrah building in OK City.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 1:06 pm to Jack Daniel
Is that the Hard Rock Cafe?
Posted on 8/5/20 at 1:09 pm to Nawlens Gator
That one building in the videos yesterday was vaporized.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 1:14 pm to CAD703X
The question is, who is behind it
This post was edited on 8/5/20 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 8/5/20 at 1:16 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
Ammonium Nitrate is some powerful shite.
The thing is, ammonium nitrate does not self ignite just from a heat source. You need to mix in a fuel source. To make it explosive you need to mix a fuel source, aka oxidizer like diesel, gasoline, metal powers like aluminum or iron, etc. to get the explosion going.
I believe what happened in this case is the pre-fire and initial explosions release other oxidizers in the warehouse that mixed with the ammonium nitrate fertilizer and once that mixture occurred and ignition started from the adjacent fire the chemical reaction ensued and resulted in a massive explosion. Ammonium nitrate is able to accomplish this because it contains its own oxygen source. It does not need oxygen from the atmosphere.
The thing is, ammonium nitrate does not self ignite just from a heat source. You need to mix in a fuel source. To make it explosive you need to mix a fuel source, aka oxidizer like diesel, gasoline, metal powers like aluminum or iron, etc. to get the explosion going.
I believe what happened in this case is the pre-fire and initial explosions release other oxidizers in the warehouse that mixed with the ammonium nitrate fertilizer and once that mixture occurred and ignition started from the adjacent fire the chemical reaction ensued and resulted in a massive explosion. Ammonium nitrate is able to accomplish this because it contains its own oxygen source. It does not need oxygen from the atmosphere.
Posted on 8/5/20 at 1:18 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
Looks like a typical ME shithole. Is that before or after the blast?
Posted on 8/5/20 at 1:20 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
It is very sad but remember that we have some of the strictest building codes in the U.S.A. I guarantee you Beirut don't do many building inspections. In Beirut, If you got money, build it. In the U.S.A. if you got money, build it..... but get your permits and more money and all of your licensed contractors in order because you will be inspected before, during and after the build.
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