A massive explosion has just hit Beirut, Lebanon (video)

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[–]magnora7[S] 14 insightful - 3 fun14 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 3 fun -  (39 children)

Wow that was like a nuclear bomb almost, that was a much bigger explosion than I ever expected. Holy cow.

Reuters says it occurred in a port area but doesn't give a reason why: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/large-blast-in-beirut-port-area-shakes-lebanons-capital-sources-say-idUSKCN25021M

Another video on twitter (just below the OP video on twitter) shows what look to be fireworks going off right before the big explosion, so it might've been a shipment of fireworks.

[–]Edge_Finder 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (38 children)

i dont think nuclear

[–]magnora7[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (37 children)

Nope not nuclear, but almost that size. Humongous explosion

[–]Eroconid 1 insightful - 6 fun1 insightful - 5 fun2 insightful - 6 fun -  (1 child)

Antimatter

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 5 fun1 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

lol. no

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (34 children)

Definitely nuclear.

[–]FediNetizen 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (31 children)

What? No. It was a huge explosion, but there have been larger conventional explosions, and even a small nuke would leave fallout and detectable radiation levels, of which there are none.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (30 children)

And you know this how.

Small nukes aren't about making HUGE ASS explosions.

[–]FediNetizen 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (28 children)

And you know this how.

Because nukes leaving behind radioactive material is basic science.

Also because the Lebanese government has already come out and said there was a huge stockpile of confiscated ammonium nitrate that was being stored in that warehouse.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (26 children)

No, I meant how do you "know" there isn't any radiation emitted at the site. Are you in the smoldering crater at the moment with a geiger counter in hand?

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    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (18 children)

    Yes there would MOST LIKELY be. Also, the phone cameras did not register any radioactivity, which is puzzling.

    However, the amount of energy displayed by that blast front exceeds my guesstimate of what conventional explosives can attain.

    You can compare it to a bomb if you like, but bear in mind that bombs are created SPECIFICALLY for exploding in a devastating way. There is no wasted energy in a bomb. A storage space is not a bomb. Even when filled with explosive stuff. There will be combustible / oxygen mistmatching and other fizzle inducing inefficiencies in a storage space.

    So when a storage space explodes "every bit as energetically as a bomb" ... IT'S A BOMB. Storage spaces explode inefficiently.

    [–]FediNetizen 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    The explosion happened like 6 hours ago and people have been walking around the explosion site for a while now. You think no government official or individual in Lebanon has thought to check for radiation levels? Of course they have. And if they'd found anything then it would be frontpage news. The fact that there isn't any news about radiation by now means that there is no radiation, which means it wasn't a nuke.

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    OK so government and media don't lie. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

    There were nukes used in Yemen, the Ukraine and China this decade. Nobody ever talked about them here in the West.

    I learned about the Ukrainian one from an acquaintance in Europe who happens to have a geiger counter. WHERE IS YOUR MEDIA COVERAGE.

    [–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    Probably not a nuke but was it bigger than this: https://invidio.us/watch?v=993wlZ6XFSs

    Watch for the 2nd explosion at the end.

    [–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    This doesn't have the shockwave of the other one though.

    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    It was? I thought it was fairly similar. But then again, scale on camera can be a fickle thing.

    [–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    what a joke. It was a munitions store

    [–]bobbobbybob 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    nukes are about making super hot core explosions. That wasn't a nuke by many thousands of degrees.

    [–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I don't think so, it was too small of an explosion for nuclear. And plus there'd be reports of radiation readings from Geiger counters in lebanon and there's not

    [–]Chipit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    No double flash, genius.

    Come on, a nuclear explosion? You're dumber than I ever thought. :(