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Posted: 7/7/2023 11:11:29 PM EDT
[#1]
Wow!!! That's a big explosion!
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Posted: 7/7/2023 11:11:36 PM EDT
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Shock wave….
ETA:  See the Beirut blast from multiple angles. |
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Posted: 7/7/2023 11:12:57 PM EDT
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people dont think over-pressure be like it is, but it do.
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Posted: 7/7/2023 11:13:39 PM EDT
[#4]
Yep.....was a seriously energetic event.
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Posted: 7/7/2023 11:16:20 PM EDT
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Trumps fault
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Posted: 7/7/2023 11:16:47 PM EDT
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That's what happens when you accidentally the whole thing.
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Posted: 7/7/2023 11:19:25 PM EDT
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Incredible how fast the reddish smoke rose.
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Posted: 7/7/2023 11:23:42 PM EDT
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The TNT equivalent ended up being approximately 220 tons.
The explosion seemed larger than that. Scary. |
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Posted: 7/7/2023 11:25:35 PM EDT
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Milla Jovanich has something to say about this.
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Posted: 7/8/2023 12:08:38 AM EDT
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 August 4 2020 Beirut port explosion compilation |
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Posted: 7/8/2023 12:10:52 AM EDT
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Yeah, that was a brutal one.
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Posted: 7/8/2023 12:13:13 AM EDT
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Nagasaki tribute. Was impressive.
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Posted: 7/8/2023 12:20:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The TNT equivalent ended up being approximately 220 tons. The explosion seemed larger than that. Scary. https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/tnt-equivalent AN has a TNT factor of .42, and the detonation was about 2750 tons of AN. That makes it equivalent to 1155 tons of TNT. eta: It was akin to a very tiny nuke, like the W54 we developed (which actually had a bit smaller yield). |
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Posted: 7/8/2023 1:25:44 AM EDT
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I mean its beirut. isnt that like a tuesday there?
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Posted: 7/8/2023 1:27:27 AM EDT
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Wow. I never realized it was that powerful.
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Posted: 7/8/2023 1:28:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: people dont think over-pressure be like it is, but it do. Dat shockwave doe. |
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Posted: 7/8/2023 1:32:41 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/8/2023 1:39:54 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/8/2023 1:46:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's what happens when |
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Posted: 7/8/2023 2:09:58 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/8/2023 2:19:55 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/8/2023 2:21:16 AM EDT
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WHY WIULD THE GLOBALISTS DO THIS?
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Posted: 7/8/2023 2:49:37 AM EDT
[#23]
So like $8700 in damage
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Posted: 7/8/2023 2:58:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I mean its beirut. isnt that like a tuesday there?  
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Posted: 7/8/2023 3:12:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wow!!! That's a big explosion! It was roughly a very small nuke in blast force... estimates run from 0.5 to 2.7 kilotons. No flash or radiation obviously, but a big bang for sure. |
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Posted: 7/8/2023 4:30:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/tnt-equivalent AN has a TNT factor of .42, and the detonation was about 2750 tons of AN. That makes it equivalent to 1155 tons of TNT. eta: It was akin to a very tiny nuke, like the W54 we developed (which actually had a bit smaller yield). No. Math is off. It's clear that all the AN did not detonate based on the orange smoke and secondary combustion. It's also rumoured that a substantial quantity of AN had been stolen to support terrorists bombs over the years. Still a very large explosion but not that big. I'd have to do some real math to back calculate equivalent tnt size. The already stated 220 tons tnt equivalent seems much more plausible. |
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Posted: 7/8/2023 4:39:08 AM EDT
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Quote History1:55 seems guy right next to it somehow survived. You can hear a voice after the explosion hits. |
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Posted: 7/8/2023 4:40:44 AM EDT
[#28]
Beautiful..
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Posted: 7/8/2023 4:54:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So like $8700 in damage 
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Posted: 7/8/2023 4:59:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No. Math is off. It's clear that all the AN did not detonate based on the orange smoke and secondary combustion. It's also rumoured that a substantial quantity of AN had been stolen to support terrorists bombs over the years. Still a very large explosion but not that big. I'd have to do some real math to back calculate equivalent tnt size. The already stated 220 tons tnt equivalent seems much more plausible. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/tnt-equivalent AN has a TNT factor of .42, and the detonation was about 2750 tons of AN. That makes it equivalent to 1155 tons of TNT. eta: It was akin to a very tiny nuke, like the W54 we developed (which actually had a bit smaller yield). No. Math is off. It's clear that all the AN did not detonate based on the orange smoke and secondary combustion. It's also rumoured that a substantial quantity of AN had been stolen to support terrorists bombs over the years. Still a very large explosion but not that big. I'd have to do some real math to back calculate equivalent tnt size. The already stated 220 tons tnt equivalent seems much more plausible. Best estimates/calc seem to be around half a kiloton, with 220 tons being the low bound and 1.2 kilotons the high bound. Keep in mind, to double the blast radius of 220 tons TNT equivalent requires 1.76 kilotons equivalent, so 220 tons is almost just as damaging as 500 tons. And yeah, not all of the AN detonated since it burned for a while - but the orange smoke largely came after the detonation and are decomp byproducts of AN detonation not just burning. |
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Posted: 7/8/2023 5:55:00 AM EDT
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I wonder what the Halifax explosion (Still rates as the largest single accidental explosion ever) would have looked like if everyone had a HD Camera.
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Posted: 7/8/2023 6:03:09 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/8/2023 6:06:33 AM EDT
[#33]
that was pretty decent boomage
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Posted: 7/8/2023 6:44:25 AM EDT
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Dang!
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Posted: 7/8/2023 7:04:25 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/8/2023 7:19:38 AM EDT
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Bright side is they got a new deepwater berth out of it.
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Posted: 7/8/2023 7:26:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 7:16 through 7:32 is lol!  Actually, I LOL'ed too. |
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Posted: 7/8/2023 8:42:52 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/8/2023 9:22:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/tnt-equivalent AN has a TNT factor of .42, and the detonation was about 2750 tons of AN. That makes it equivalent to 1155 tons of TNT. eta: It was akin to a very tiny nuke, like the W54 we developed (which actually had a bit smaller yield). That was at the upper end of the estimates. One of the last studies came to the following conclusion... "The analysis results proved that an amount equivalent to 564 t of AN (or 220 t of TNT) was adequate to generate damages similar to those resulting from the explosion. This amount represents 20.5% of the original stored amount (2750 t)." Either way, it seems much stronger when you see those videos. |
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Posted: 7/8/2023 10:08:12 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/8/2023 10:58:52 AM EDT
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RIP eardrums
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Posted: 7/8/2023 11:09:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryThe guy filming at 1:55 has to be dead and they recovered the recording. The "what the actual fuck" was funny. |
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Posted: 7/8/2023 11:14:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/tnt-equivalent AN has a TNT factor of .42, and the detonation was about 2750 tons of AN. That makes it equivalent to 1155 tons of TNT. eta: It was akin to a very tiny nuke, like the W54 we developed (which actually had a bit smaller yield). Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The TNT equivalent ended up being approximately 220 tons. The explosion seemed larger than that. Scary. https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/tnt-equivalent AN has a TNT factor of .42, and the detonation was about 2750 tons of AN. That makes it equivalent to 1155 tons of TNT. eta: It was akin to a very tiny nuke, like the W54 we developed (which actually had a bit smaller yield). Did all of the AN go high-order? I'd thought some did---obviously---but I wasn't sure if all of the AN stored went boom. EDIT: LOL. Asked and answered. There's similar videos from when the Chinese had a similar oopsie in Tianjin in 2015. Cell phones filming a fire from Way-Too-F'ing-Close (TM). Big flash, approaching flame front, camera rag-dolling, and then nothing. Remember the Rule-Of-Thumb when BLEVEs or other energetic materials are suspected in a fire. The people filming from behind a big glass window are also Darwin Award candidates. "Oooh," when the first detonation happens, not realizing blast goes a tad slower than light... |
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Posted: 7/8/2023 11:18:47 AM EDT
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Reminds me of PepCon detonation. Except PepCon was Ammonium Perchlorate, which is used as a solid rocket fuel.
 PEPCON Disaster You can see a dude driving when the shockwave reaches his car. |
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Posted: 7/8/2023 11:18:48 AM EDT
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 ORIGINAL Beirut Explosion in best HD quality, close proximity, tripod. I always thought that this video was the most intense. The explosion happens at 7:33. |
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Posted: 7/8/2023 11:23:25 AM EDT
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It was impressive!
The blast was so powerful that it physically shook the whole country of Lebanon. It was felt in Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, and Israel, as well as parts of Europe, and was heard in Cyprus, more than 240 km (150 mi) away. It was detected by the United States Geological Survey as a seismic event of magnitude 3.3 and is considered one of the most powerful accidental artificial non-nuclear explosions in history. |
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Posted: 7/8/2023 11:32:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 1:55 seems guy right next to it somehow survived. You can hear a voice after the explosion hits. Quote HistoryQuoted: 1:55 seems guy right next to it somehow survived. You can hear a voice after the explosion hits. At the 1:50 mark, what was the popping? Fireworks or ammo? That wasn't ammonia nitrate. |
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Posted: 7/8/2023 11:37:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: WHY WIULD THE GLOBALISTS DO THIS? "Israeli tactical nuke." - Some GDers back in 2020 |
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Posted: 7/8/2023 11:39:29 AM EDT
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Why in the hell do women have to shriek like that?
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Posted: 7/8/2023 11:43:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I mean its beirut. isnt that like a tuesday there? ROFLMAO!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSS!!!!!! |
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