Random Jabber Jibber thread

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
Massive explosion in Beirut perhaps an hour ago. The sheer size of the Wilson cloud (the cloudy ball expanding at the speed of sound) suggests maybe a hundred tons of high explosive.


Only non-nuclear event I’ve seen that compares was the rehearsal for Trinity, which used 89 tons of Composition B (a castable mix of TNT and RDX).
 

BudmanTX

Well-Known Member
Massive explosion in Beirut perhaps an hour ago. The sheer size of the Wilson cloud (the cloudy ball expanding at the speed of sound) suggests maybe a hundred tons of high explosive.


Only non-nuclear event I’ve seen that compares was the rehearsal for Trinity, which used 89 tons of Composition B (a castable mix of TNT and RDX).
holy crap.....talk about leveling a block or so...
 

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
Massive explosion in Beirut perhaps an hour ago. The sheer size of the Wilson cloud (the cloudy ball expanding at the speed of sound) suggests maybe a hundred tons of high explosive.


Only non-nuclear event I’ve seen that compares was the rehearsal for Trinity, which used 89 tons of Composition B (a castable mix of TNT and RDX).
Vid doesn’t work for me, let’s try another.

 

BudmanTX

Well-Known Member
Yeah, apparently it followed an explosion 15 seconds prior.

Another vid. Some angles show the first blast center surrounded by flashes and sparkles from fireworks. I’m surprised stored fireworks could produce what looks like a genuine detonation, the defining action of high explosives.

some reports are saying there was confiscated explosive material there as well.....

Explosion caused by "confiscated high explosive material," Lebanese official says
 

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
some reports are saying there was confiscated explosive material there as well.....

Explosion caused by "confiscated high explosive material," Lebanese official says
That helps. Most fireworks are based on black powder, which is the poster child for low explosive. I wondered if they were using chlorate or perchlorate, both of which can detonate.
 

BudmanTX

Well-Known Member
That helps. Most fireworks are based on black powder, which is the poster child for low explosive. I wondered if they were using chlorate or perchlorate, both of which can detonate.
if that was fireworks, that was a big ass one to go up

now they're kinda saying they don't know what went up, they're also trying to do the blame game too now.......

this remind me of the china blast in tangin, but that was at night and a heck of a lot larger
 
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