| Beirut 12:04 - Aug 5 with 4206 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
Dreadful Devastation 
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| Beirut on 12:08 - Aug 5 with 3075 views | loftboy |
Looked like a Nuke going off, looks like it was a warehouse with out of date ammonium nitrate setting it off.Death toll will probably rise considerably over the next few days. [Post edited 5 Aug 2020 12:36]
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| Beirut on 12:13 - Aug 5 with 3047 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
May well be an avoidable accident but I 'll bet Israel won't be sending any aid. | |
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| Beirut on 12:20 - Aug 5 with 3018 views | joe90 |
| Beirut on 12:13 - Aug 5 by 2Thomas2Bowles |
May well be an avoidable accident but I 'll bet Israel won't be sending any aid. |
The first thing they did was offer aid. |  | | |
| Beirut on 12:22 - Aug 5 with 3007 views | Orthodox_Hoop |
| Beirut on 12:13 - Aug 5 by 2Thomas2Bowles |
May well be an avoidable accident but I 'll bet Israel won't be sending any aid. |
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| Beirut on 12:23 - Aug 5 with 3002 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
| Beirut on 12:20 - Aug 5 by joe90 |
The first thing they did was offer aid. |
Good to be proved wrong then. | |
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| Beirut on 12:25 - Aug 5 with 2995 views | joe90 |
| Beirut on 12:23 - Aug 5 by 2Thomas2Bowles |
Good to be proved wrong then. |
Whether they except the help is another issue... | | | |
| Beirut on 12:30 - Aug 5 with 2976 views | OakR |
My best firend growing up was Lebanese and is now back living in Beirut. I messaged him after I saw the explosion which looked like nothing else I've seen, and I was a little panicked when he didn't respond but assumed the he was probably getting loads of calls network busy etc.
Thankfully he responeded at 2am last night. House damaged, thankfully they've been able to get out of Beirut into the countryside, but he is shaken up (4 young kids), thinks they can maybe repaid the house but just counting his blessings his family are all ok.
I've been wanting to visit for years but he told me not to, it has the potential to be such an amazing country, but the politicians there are so corrupt, they thought there might be a new start with their mini-revolution but seems nothing has changed and now they are in really touble as a country financially, never mind the political interference form elsehwere. |  |
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| Beirut on 12:32 - Aug 5 with 2969 views | robith |
We went to Beirut and Lebanon last year and stayed in Mar Mikhael, about 1km from the explosion. People we met there were sharing videos on insta, and the whole area, essentially the city's Shoreditch or Dalston, has been completely obliterated. If the offices around Martyr's Square and the grand mosque hadn't been closed thousands would already be dead.
The country is already suffering heinously from covid which has decimated the economy to the point starving people are committing suicide in public because people don't have enough to eat. Now this? It seems unfathomably cruel.
Everyone we met was so lovely, but people of all religions said the same thing - we're trying so hard but government corruption makes life untenable. There was a saying "Israel hates us, Syria hates us, the govt hates us - the only friend we have is the sea" - so for the port to be the cause.....god.
All those wonderful people and all those wonderful places. It's heartbreaking. |  | | |
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| Beirut on 12:32 - Aug 5 with 2969 views | Watford_Ranger |
| Beirut on 12:13 - Aug 5 by 2Thomas2Bowles |
May well be an avoidable accident but I 'll bet Israel won't be sending any aid. |
Why even post this? | | | |
| Beirut on 12:33 - Aug 5 with 2959 views | timcocking |
One huge explosion that. One in the name of the Cross are we making that goes up like that? Sheesh, doesn't seem right. |  | | |
| Beirut on 12:40 - Aug 5 with 2930 views | robith |
| Beirut on 12:33 - Aug 5 by timcocking |
One huge explosion that. One in the name of the Cross are we making that goes up like that? Sheesh, doesn't seem right. |
Basically it was a 2,700 tons of fertiliser that got dumped there 6 years ago by a shipping company that couldn't be arsed to move it further | | | |
| Beirut on 12:42 - Aug 5 with 2914 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
| Beirut on 12:30 - Aug 5 by OakR |
My best firend growing up was Lebanese and is now back living in Beirut. I messaged him after I saw the explosion which looked like nothing else I've seen, and I was a little panicked when he didn't respond but assumed the he was probably getting loads of calls network busy etc.
Thankfully he responeded at 2am last night. House damaged, thankfully they've been able to get out of Beirut into the countryside, but he is shaken up (4 young kids), thinks they can maybe repaid the house but just counting his blessings his family are all ok.
I've been wanting to visit for years but he told me not to, it has the potential to be such an amazing country, but the politicians there are so corrupt, they thought there might be a new start with their mini-revolution but seems nothing has changed and now they are in really touble as a country financially, never mind the political interference form elsehwere. |
Glad they are ok..ish | |
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| Beirut on 12:43 - Aug 5 with 2909 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
| Beirut on 12:32 - Aug 5 by robith |
We went to Beirut and Lebanon last year and stayed in Mar Mikhael, about 1km from the explosion. People we met there were sharing videos on insta, and the whole area, essentially the city's Shoreditch or Dalston, has been completely obliterated. If the offices around Martyr's Square and the grand mosque hadn't been closed thousands would already be dead.
The country is already suffering heinously from covid which has decimated the economy to the point starving people are committing suicide in public because people don't have enough to eat. Now this? It seems unfathomably cruel.
Everyone we met was so lovely, but people of all religions said the same thing - we're trying so hard but government corruption makes life untenable. There was a saying "Israel hates us, Syria hates us, the govt hates us - the only friend we have is the sea" - so for the port to be the cause.....god.
All those wonderful people and all those wonderful places. It's heartbreaking. |
The few I have known over the years have been very nice. [Post edited 5 Aug 2020 12:45]
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| Beirut on 12:45 - Aug 5 with 2904 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
History and ongoing hostility. | |
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| Beirut on 12:45 - Aug 5 with 2901 views | robith |
I also really worry about the consequences in the region. Lebanon is already a ball of rage at the government - and this catastrophe has come direct from government mismanagement. We're also 4 days away from the UN saying Hezbollah murdered the Prime Minister in 2005. There are thousands of Syrian refugees in the country, and Israel and Syria have just started scrapping in the Golan Heights. Throw in a failing Trump and we've got a recipe for this to be just the start of a proper sh!tshow.
Hopefully the tragedy may bring some people to their humanity | | | |
| Beirut on 13:06 - Aug 5 with 2834 views | Suffolk |
| Beirut on 12:40 - Aug 5 by robith |
Basically it was a 2,700 tons of fertiliser that got dumped there 6 years ago by a shipping company that couldn't be arsed to move it further |
Criminal if true. As I firefighter I pooh a brick when we turn out to a barn fire and we are told it has fertiliser inside. Basically an explosive. As if the poor buggers don't have enough to contend with. |  | | |
| Beirut on 15:10 - Aug 5 with 2684 views | stowmarketrange |
| Beirut on 13:06 - Aug 5 by Suffolk |
Criminal if true. As I firefighter I pooh a brick when we turn out to a barn fire and we are told it has fertiliser inside. Basically an explosive. As if the poor buggers don't have enough to contend with. |
I did a course at work on carrying class 1 dangerous goods on the road.That normally covers fireworks,but it also contains sections about fertilisers like that and how dangerous they can be.We wouldn’t carry much on our trucks,but we were told about its potential use by terrorists in bomb making.
Having that amount stored so badly in Beirut is criminal.You can’t muck about with this sh@t.
Condolences to everyone affected by this incident. |  | | |
| Beirut on 16:27 - Aug 5 with 2616 views | loftboy |
Watching on the news last night, I said to the Mrs, “ I bet that was a beautiful place to go before all the wars it’s had” such a shame as it would probably be top of most people places to go.
The world is one fûcked up place. | |
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| Beirut on 18:15 - Aug 5 with 2473 views | BlackCrowe |
Somewhere i've always wanted to go and hopefully will do one day. Supposed to be beautiful, cosmopolitan and amazing people. |  |
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| Beirut on 20:27 - Aug 5 with 2381 views | BostonR |
| Beirut on 16:27 - Aug 5 by loftboy |
Watching on the news last night, I said to the Mrs, “ I bet that was a beautiful place to go before all the wars it’s had” such a shame as it would probably be top of most people places to go.
The world is one fûcked up place. |
My neighbour some years was from Lebanon. He always told me how beautiful the country was and it had the potential to be a huge tourist destination. However, he always maintained that it was run by hugely corrupt individuals and a Hezbollah was taking a foothold. That’s why he moved his family to the UK. |  | | |
| Beirut on 20:39 - Aug 5 with 2359 views | stowmarketrange |
| Beirut on 20:27 - Aug 5 by BostonR |
My neighbour some years was from Lebanon. He always told me how beautiful the country was and it had the potential to be a huge tourist destination. However, he always maintained that it was run by hugely corrupt individuals and a Hezbollah was taking a foothold. That’s why he moved his family to the UK. |
They also have big problems with a crumbling economy.Inflation is making things too expensive for the ordinary worker to buy.This won’t have helped their already desperate situation. | | | |
| Beirut on 08:30 - Aug 6 with 2180 views | Metallica_Hoop |
Nitrate is the reason places like 'The Forum' are built like artillery bunkers. |  |
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| Beirut on 16:19 - Aug 6 with 2039 views | SonofNorfolt |
It's a lovely country.
I was there less than three years ago for a week and it looked to have emerged from years of war.
Hezbollah can't be blamed for this and we all have our suspicions. |  | | |
| Beirut on 23:57 - Aug 6 with 1931 views | PunteR |
| Beirut on 16:19 - Aug 6 by SonofNorfolt |
It's a lovely country.
I was there less than three years ago for a week and it looked to have emerged from years of war.
Hezbollah can't be blamed for this and we all have our suspicions. |
Very suspect this. |  |
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| Beirut on 04:30 - Aug 7 with 1887 views | timcocking |
| Beirut on 12:40 - Aug 5 by robith |
Basically it was a 2,700 tons of fertiliser that got dumped there 6 years ago by a shipping company that couldn't be arsed to move it further |
Something that blows up like that doesn't strike me as the first thing i'd want to use to grow my vegetables... | | | |
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