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Serephina posted:Nevermind the building, all the souls in it. An awful lot of people just died. Yup, this is a massive tragedy. Possibly incorrectly stored Fertilizers, but apparently the ship that caught fire was carrying fireworks. Perfect storm and why zoning laws matter.
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bij posted:It was apparently a ship in the harbor. Given the red smoke and the size of the explosion I'm gonna guess fertilizer. People should know it's easy to claim "fireworks" because it really looks like there are fireworks going off in there, but it could just as easily be munitions because that's what it looks like when an ammo dump is blown up. And given the size of the explosion it's hard not to assume a boatload of munitions
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Sometimes fireworks storage regulations get ignored, and companies illegally store more powerful fireworks than they are licensed for. Also, they may store quantities of fireworks in excess of their allowed quantities. For reference, see how Enschede blew up
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Holy poo poo that looked equivalent to hundreds of tons of TNT.
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That is nuts. The shockwave is so visible and distinct. Holy loving poo poo.
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Aug 4, 2020 17:07
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That's loving terrifying. As best I can tell, this is where the blast was. From what I see, it looks more like the warehouse by the water than the silos, but I could very well be wrong.
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Aug 4, 2020 17:10
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There are some alternate angles on the Snapchat map right now, if you have the app. Legit terrifying.
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Explosionface posted:That's loving terrifying. As best I can tell, this is where the blast was. From what I see, it looks more like the warehouse by the water than the silos, but I could very well be wrong. That't the exact spot actually, good job.
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I grabbed three frames from this because it so incredible. The first is when it first lights up, then the next frame after that. The third is 45 frames or so later, with the shockwave taking off parts of the roof of the building. Assuming this is a 60fps video, would that building be 3/4 of a mile away from the explosion (or so)? Does the shockwave move faster than sound (I assume it does) meaning it's even further form the point of the explosion? Just amazed at the power of that.   
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Ground view https://twitter.com/AbirGhattas/status/1290678187362484224
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I grabbed three frames from this because it so incredible. The first is when it first lights up, then the next frame after that. The third is 45 frames or so later, with the shockwave taking off parts of the roof of the building. Assuming this is a 60fps video, would that building be 3/4 of a mile away from the explosion (or so)? Does the shockwave move faster than sound (I assume it does) meaning it's even further form the point of the explosion? Just amazed at the power of that. This appears to be footage from that roof https://mobile.twitter.com/AbirGhattas/status/1290681166551449600
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Looks like the explosion was the warehouse: https://twitter.com/CommieGIR/status/1290687348028649472?s=20
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Aug 4, 2020 17:38
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This guy was filming from right next door, Be aware, there is videos with bodies in that Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/N_Waters89/status/1290688278094647298?s=20
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CommieGIR posted:This guy was filming from right next door, Be aware, there is videos with bodies in that Twitter thread: That vid looks almost identical to the Enschede video. Holy lord. Also a tweet in there saying a customs official says it was storing chemicals not fireworks, which seems right considering the red smoke
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Wow, its hard to tell since Tainjin was at night, but this seems on par with that one if not worse. Not sure the dude filming from right next door would have survived something like that.
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Julius CSAR posted:Also a tweet in there saying a customs official says it was storing chemicals not fireworks, which seems right considering the red smoke I'm pretty sure the red smoke is nitrogen dioxide, from ammonium nitrate or similar going from solid to gas and skipping the phase in between
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fishing with the fam posted:That is nuts. The shockwave is so visible and distinct. Holy loving poo poo. By the sea on a hot day like that the air is gonna be very moist, it's essentially momentarily re-liquefying the water vapour mid-air into instant cloud with the pressure of the wave. I already have friends on my timelines claiming that "I've seen lots of explosions in my time, and that's no ordinary explosion." when I know from their life experience their only point of reference is movies and videogames.
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SpaceCadetBob posted:Not sure the dude filming from right next door would have survived something like that. Maybe it's wishful thinking on my part, but it looks like he's still moving around with the camera at the end of the video.
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CommieGIR posted:That't the exact spot actually, good job. Thanks, luckily there were enough landmarks it wasn't too hard to figure out from some quick poking around. In some non horrifying explostion OSHA talk, we recently implemented a masks required policy in our office (full of stipulations, of course), but they aren't required on the production floor, so a lot of us have had a lot of cases of walking out with a mask on and completely forgetting safety glasses, or taking off masks and putting safety glasses on when entering the office. No injuries or anything, just funny how one little extra PPE requirement throws everyone off and makes us dumb. I've forgotten my safety glasses at least three times.
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:Does the shockwave move faster than sound (I assume it does) meaning it's even further form the point of the explosion? I'm wrong, the definition of a shockwave is a disturbance that is moving faster than the speed of sound, building up pressure.
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GotLag posted:I'm pretty sure the red smoke is nitrogen dioxide, from ammonium nitrate or similar going from solid to gas and skipping the phase in between Right on, thanks for this.
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This is the latest version of events coming from authorities in Beirut https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1290693115976744961 https://twitter.com/dalalmawad/status/1290695023030394880
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Brown Moses posted:This is the latest version of events coming from authorities in Beirut It's not like the first world does any better at handling fireworks or other explosives properly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rktMzw2fd28
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Nocheez posted:It's not like the first world does any better at handling fireworks or other explosives properly: The company moto: "Initial success or total failure".
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I like the animated guy about a minute in who looks like he really needs to take a poo poo.
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Rascar Capac posted:Maybe it's wishful thinking on my part, but it looks like he's still moving around with the camera at the end of the video. unfortunately i don't think that video includes the actual big blast. I think those are smaller preliminary bursts from the explosion. Still the person looks like they are running for cover, maybe if they got into a basement they could have survived 
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Well it just happened and the video was uploaded. Are you proposing that someone grabbed a dead person's phone and immediately started uploading videos?
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Squalid posted:unfortunately i don't think that video includes the actual big blast. I think those are smaller preliminary bursts from the explosion. Still the person looks like they are running for cover, maybe if they got into a basement they could have survived
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One of the most insane things I've ever seen  CommieGIR posted:This guy was filming from right next door, Be aware, there is videos with bodies in that Twitter thread: The initial video makes it look like the entire explosion radius got vaporized so this POV gives me... hope?
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The one thing i've learnt from watching loads of videos is when something is on fire get the gently caress away. don't stand around filming it for social media.
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hemale in pain posted:The one thing i've learnt from watching loads of videos is when something is on fire get the gently caress away. don't stand around filming it for social media. This also applies to things that are not presently on fire but would very much like to be, like that leaking pipeline in Mexico.
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GotLag posted:I'm pretty sure the red smoke is nitrogen dioxide, from ammonium nitrate or similar going from solid to gas and skipping the phase in between Current speculation I'm seeing from people who know about explosives is that the initial explosion was probably fireworks that then detonated fertilizer or something chemically similar that was caught by the blast.
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Brown Moses posted:This is the latest version of events coming from authorities in Beirut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster quote:The Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred April 16, 1947, in the Port of Texas City, Texas, at Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions. A mid-morning fire started on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp (docked in the port), and detonated her cargo of approximately 2,200 tons (approximately 2,100 metric tons) of ammonium nitrate.[1] This started a chain reaction of additional fires and explosions in other ships and nearby oil-storage facilities. The events killed a total of at least 581 people, including all but one member of the Texas City fire department.[2] The disaster triggered the first-ever class action lawsuit against the United States government, under the recently enacted Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), on behalf of 8,485 victims.
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Shneak posted:One of the most insane things I've ever seen Well the big thing in the first video is a vapor cloud formed by the shockwave, I'm no expert but I wouldn't be surprised if those buildings are still standing. I certainly wouldn't want to have been standing on the roof during that though.
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.