bada bing bada boom, beirut

[inferno]

i dont know if you guys heard, but there was a 2,2kt explosion in beirut. apparently 2700tons of fertilizer blew up.
god damn!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Beirut_explosions

 

[BillHanna]

Holy s hit

 

[Lars]

Absolutely terrible.

 

[BillHanna]

Hopefully, it is just what it was and not something more sinister.

 

[inferno]

it says 150 people dead in the article. it sounds very low for such a big blast.

 

[inferno]

Hopefully, it is just what it was and not something more sinister.

i saw some other vids from sky news and there one could clearly see a warehouse full of fireworks burning, and then it spread.

 

[Slim278]

Has happened in the US mone than once, including the deadliest industrial accident in US history. History and education are important so the same mistakes are not made over and over again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Fertilizer_Company_explosion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Neal_fertilizer_plant_explosion

 

[Twigg]

I saw on the news that they lost their national grain reserve as it was in silos near the blast.

 

[boomchakabowwow]

Awful. Just awful

 

[Matus]

i dont know if you guys heard, but there was a 2,2kt explosion in beirut. apparently 2700tons of fertilizer blew up.
god damn!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Beirut_explosions

You noticed only today?

 

[Matus]

If anyone cares for how it all started back in 2013
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...at-we-know-and-what-we-dont-explosion-lebanon

 

[Twigg]

We in the states are trapped in an endless news loop that only includes political BS and coronavirus updates. Noting else seems to cut through the fog unfortunately.

 

[Colin]

My wife has family in Lebanon. Luckily, none of them were affected. I pray that everything goes smoothly with the repairs and aid.

 

[inferno]

You noticed only today?

heheh yeah. i dont read the news that often.

 

[lowercasebill]

As of yesterday, 5000 wounded and hospitals already full with COVID. Just horrible

 

[inferno]

and the economic situation was already very bad there.

 

[daveb]

While terrible, can't find anything that relates to kitchen knives.