Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Safe and Sane fireworks? Not in Beirut, evidently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Has somebody been screwing with the Israelis again? You'd think that they'd learn by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 I won’t repeat the expletive I said out loud when I saw that. I don’t know what to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 8 minutes ago, DocWard said: I won’t repeat the expletive I said out loud when I saw that. I don’t know what to say. Nor will I. That was a very large ka-boom! My first thought was Illudium PU-36 space modulator!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffield, SASS #23454 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 I just saw a report on CBS news that said it MIGHT have been some explosives that had been stored there for several years. Residue from one of their wars? If so, that was mighty careless on someone's part. Duffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 59 minutes ago, Duffield, SASS #23454 said: I just saw a report on CBS news that said it MIGHT have been some explosives that had been stored there for several years. Residue from one of their wars? If so, that was mighty careless on someone's part. Duffield And stored next to ANFO. What could go wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 That’s a big ol’ Whiskey Tango Right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 10 minutes ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: That’s a big ol’ Whiskey Tango Right there. And a HUGE Charlie Foxtrot.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/huge-explosion-rocks-lebanon-capital-beirut-live-updates-200804163620414.html Quote Lebanese authorities have said at least 78 people have been killed and some 3,700 wounded in a massive explosion at the port in the capital, Beirut. The explosion on Tuesday sent shockwaves across the city, causing widespread damage even on the outskirts of the capital. The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Officials linked the explosion to some 2,700 tonnes of confiscated ammonium nitrate that were being stored in a warehouse at the port for six years. Lebanese President Michel Aoun assembled the country's High Defence Council following the explosion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Hicks Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Not saying there isn’t more involved, but there were fireworks there at the very least. You can hear the *pops* going off before the rest of the explosion and shockwave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Heads will roll....... Cat Brules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 50 minutes ago, Cat Brules said: Heads will roll....... Cat Brules I think some flew.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 “Mustafa, we have this old unstable Ammonium Nitrate, over 8,000,000 pounds of it. Where can we put it?” ”Well, it’s an explosive so let’s store in the fireworks warehouse down near the docks. It’ll be safe there.” ”You mean with all the cheaply made Chinese fireworks we got a deal on?” ”Yes, and while we’re at it. Maybe we can get some guys to put up those ‘No Smoking’ signs.” What’s really sad is I work with a guy from Lebanon. He was showing me this video yesterday. We had concluded there were fireworks involved. He actually said “You watch. They will find out someone was smoking where they shouldn’t have or they will find out there was an unauthorized smoking area that everyone knew about but no one did anything about. More than likely they had some (crap) stored there that they shouldn’t have stored there. Middle-easterners are nuts that way.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Mosby Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 As Leelu said, "Big Badda-Boom!!" Report this morn is staying with the stored anfo story, and death toll over 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I don't know the exact cause of that one, but years ago (1947), a French cargo ship was tied up at the dock in Texas City, TX. Something (maybe a small fire caused by a discarded cigarette) caused tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer to explode, taking out most of the adjacent city with 600-700 deaths! Given the location and problems between Israel and Lebanon, it was "natural" to assume some sort of sabotage was the cause. However, this just looks like an accident caused by stupidity in placing the ammonium nitrate near a fireworks building. Explosions of fireworks aren't that unusual. There was a pretty big one in China someplace a few years ago. So, a word to the wise... store your ammonium nitrate fertilizer somewhere else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Howdy, I was filling my gas tank and a worker came out of the gas station. She stood right inbetween the gas pumps and the stack of propane tanks and lit up a smoke. I could see at least three no smoking signs. I left. Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Seems to me that a lot of unreasonable things happen in the Middle East. But that could be just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 That shock wave was immense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: Seems to me that a lot of unreasonable things happen in the Middle East. But that could be just me. The wedding videos always give me a good giggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 The day after.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 I don't think that will buff out. Gonna need more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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