Explosion in Lebanon

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LouderVol said:
I have no expertise, like I said I am basing my belief just based on that building next door.

That is one bunker of a multiple story building to be standing next to that crater with several other warehouses leveled beyond it.
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The silos appear to be made of solid concrete and I’d suspect they’ll have to be demolished. The other structures around there were probably cinderblock warehouses that disintegrated.
 
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LouderVol said:
Hog or someone else want to hypothesize that maybe the blast started underground?

I am mostly thinking this because that building next door is still standing but the whole warehouse was excavated.
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I can't tell for certain but it's not hard to punch a hole in the ground with a properly shaped charge. The building could have been constructed in a manner that could have acted as a shape charge directing alot of the blast downward and out towards the water.

You can do amazing things with explosives if you have the know how.
 
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hog88 said:
I can't tell for certain but it's not hard to punch a hole in the ground with a properly shaped charge. The building could have been constructed in a manner that could have acted as a shape charge directing alot of the blast downward and out towards the water.

You can do amazing things with explosives if you have the know how.
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I miss seeing the Dynamite Lady blow herself up at minor league baseball games. Her, the Famous Chicken, and Max someone-or-other the baseball clown, were the highlights of summer at Greer Stadium.
 
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CagleMtnVol said:
For those saying it's not a fireworks factory.

If I remember correctly there was a huge explosion very similar 10-15 (or more) years ago in China that was a fireworks factory.
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I don't think black powder is capable of going up like that. I sincerely doubt they'd have fireworks in such a quantity in that location. More fake news from our media
 
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Such was the ferocity of the blast, eerie shadows of incinerated humans were left imprinted on steps, pavements and wallsCredit: Getty - Contributor
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hog88 said:
I can't tell for certain but it's not hard to punch a hole in the ground with a properly shaped charge. The building could have been constructed in a manner that could have acted as a shape charge directing alot of the blast downward and out towards the water.

You can do amazing things with explosives if you have the know how.
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The blowout to the water makes sense. That side is going to be weaker with less dirt holding it back.

In the video I have seen it just looks like typical warehouse construction. Steel frame, light gauge infill with metal panels. I doubt that did too much shaping. But that opinion only comes from a building background, not explosive.

I was kinda thinking the small fire may have cooked off some sealed storage area below causing the big crater.

But again I only do buildings, not bombs.
 
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LouderVol said:
The blowout to the water makes sense. That side is going to be weaker with less dirt holding it back.

In the video I have seen it just looks like typical warehouse construction. Steel frame, light gauge infill with metal panels. I doubt that did too much shaping. But that opinion only comes from a building background, not explosive.

I was kinda thinking the small fire may have cooked off some sealed storage area below causing the big crater.

But again I only do buildings, not bombs.
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I didn't realize those structures behind the building were concrete grain silos, they would have directed the blast towards the water. They probably saved a lot of lives.
 
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hog88 said:
I didn't realize those structures behind the building were concrete grain silos, they would have directed the blast towards the water. They probably saved a lot of lives.
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Yeah, especially if they were full as it looks like. That's a lot of mass.
 
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LouderVol said:
I have no expertise, like I said I am basing my belief just based on that building next door.

That is one bunker of a multiple story building to be standing next to that crater with several other warehouses leveled beyond it.
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it’s the way the bags were stacked focused the blast. Nothing to see here people
 
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