[buffer image] Beirut, one week later [buffer image]

"boredalways" (boredalway666) 08/13/2020 at 11:52 • Filed to: Beirut, Washington Post, WaPo, Sarah Dadouch, Recovery from port explosion

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HammerheadFistpunch > boredalways 08/13/2020 at 12:10

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They are saying the blast was equal to as much as a 3kt blast. This is the closest I hope we ever get to seeing this kind of civil destruction we’ll ever get in the modern age.

This is a 3kt blast in downtown SLC.  Pretty much all of downtown destroyed or heavily damaged.  

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > boredalways 08/13/2020 at 12:10

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yeah...i think the news here mentioned that the fancy new crater they have is over 40 meters deep

thats....uhh...a pretty fucking deep crater

HammerheadFistpunch > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 08/13/2020 at 12:13

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did you notice in the aerial before and after picture the ship that was next to the blast was now on the other side of the harbor smashed up against the wall there? That’ s a lot of force.

boredalways > HammerheadFistpunch 08/13/2020 at 12:16

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do not want

BaconSandwich is tasty. > boredalways 08/13/2020 at 12:16

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“ Only” 170 dead? Even if it’s double that number, that’s a whole lot less than I would have expected from a blast that size.

That’s seriously insane.  I wonder what it’d be like to help clean up after a blast like that.  I mean, that giant tangle of rebar alone... it makes me wonder what a group of people with basic hand tools could accomplish in a day or two.

boredalways > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 08/13/2020 at 12:21

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Basically a 12 story building-sized crater

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > HammerheadFistpunch 08/13/2020 at 12:25

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the other boat was actually on land after O.o

boredalways > BaconSandwich is tasty. 08/13/2020 at 12:27

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I’m amazed how the narrating c orres pondant and the bike shop owner survived being that close.

onlytwowheels > boredalways 08/13/2020 at 12:38

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Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > HammerheadFistpunch 08/13/2020 at 13:03

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I did not. Holy crap that was a lot of force!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > boredalways 08/13/2020 at 13:05

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I didn't realize the death count was so high, but I also realize it could have been so much more. Simply catastrophic. Really puts anti maskers into perspective. 

Wacko > HammerheadFistpunch 08/13/2020 at 13:44

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DipodomysDeserti > BaconSandwich is tasty. 08/13/2020 at 13:58

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Took quite a while to clean up the WTC, and the destruction was a lot less than this.

Pickup_man > HammerheadFistpunch 08/13/2020 at 14:32

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Those aerials were taken about a month apart (June 9/Aug 5) and if you look close you can tell it’s not the same ship . Still wild though that the ship that was on the other side got tipped onto it’s side, plus the smallest boat in the picture wound up fully on land. 

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > boredalways 08/13/2020 at 15:38

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I’m guessing he wasn’t home at the time. Quite a view. 

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 08/13/2020 at 15:40

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I was wondering how well that structure next to it deflected the blast. I used to blow things up for a living in targeting intel so I actually planned how to hit things effectively .

Dusty Ventures > BaconSandwich is tasty. 08/13/2020 at 17:00

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The article I read said it was after 6 PM so the docks were basically empty aside from security personnel. If it had been a few hours earlier the death toll likely would have been over 5,000

BaconSandwich is tasty. > boredalways 08/13/2020 at 17:20

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No kidding.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Dusty Ventures 08/13/2020 at 17:23

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Thank goodness.

pip bip - choose Corrour > boredalways 08/14/2020 at 06:53

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very interesting video.