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Piano*Dad
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This may have killed thousands instantly
 
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Terrible.


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Live Streaming from Beirut

This link probably won't work for long.
 
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Oh my god. The videos are truly horrifying.


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This video shows the area after - it’s horrible. https://twitter.com/ahmermkhan...681560342069248?s=21


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Oh my god. I can't believe the destruction.


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This is horrible. What was the cause? It looks like the explosion was preceded by a fire, could it have been an accident?
CNN just now:
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Explosion caused by "confiscated high explosive material," Lebanese official says


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Oh my god. How horrible.


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I saw footage of what sounded like fireworks going off in a building before the big explosion.


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The guardian has collected some astonishing video from many angles, including from the sea.

Footage from the Guardian

I'm not buying "firecrackers." This is a concentration of high explosives.
 
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I would need to know a lot more about it before forming an opinion.
 
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Ammonium Nitrate

Lebanon's president says 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate badly stored, vows consequences.

For comparison purposes, the bomb that blew up the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 and doing over $650 million in damage, only had about 3 tons of the stuff.
 
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Again, for comparative purposes, this would be even larger than the 1947 ...

Texas Fertilizer Explosion

which released energy in excess of 1.1 kilotons of TNT. (about 1/12 of Hiroshima).
 
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I swear, 2020 has become bad even by biblical standards.
 
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