Beirut Blast
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@antipodean said in Beirut Blast:
Without being a victim blamer, residents of Beirut would do well to removed Hezbollah's influence. Then they might have reliable electricity, food, medical services and not store a three tonne bomb at the port for years.
They will certainly hope there are no upcoming elections soon
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@antipodean said in Beirut Blast:
Without being a victim blamer, residents of Beirut would do well to removed Hezbollah's influence. Then they might have reliable electricity, food, medical services and not store a three THOUSAND tonne bomb at the port for years.
Surely?
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@JC said in Beirut Blast:
@antipodean said in Beirut Blast:
Without being a victim blamer, residents of Beirut would do well to removed Hezbollah's influence. Then they might have reliable electricity, food, medical services and not store a three THOUSAND tonne bomb at the port for years.
Surely?
Yes, quite. With a typo like that I could be Treasurer.
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@Hooroo said in Beirut Blast:
@antipodean said in Beirut Blast:
Incredible!
I wonder if there is anyone in Beirut that is around 70/80 that has lived there their whole life. Imagine what was going through their head when they heard/saw the explosion.
Terrifying
TBF, they wouldn't even have to be that old, ... anyone who lived through the 80/90/00s /10s with various bombings, Syrian and Israeli occupations, bombing of US barracks, etc etc etc would likely have been freaking out.
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Some more great images showing the devastation:
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@antipodean How is that wall of that one building still standing? Is it because another one was shielding it?
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@JC Are you talking about the largest buidling? That's because it is an actual building, with massive silos full of grain. All the rest are sheds, and their tin just stripped off. Most of the damage was pressure, so tin, glass, stuff like that blown to pieces. Still crushed half of the building.
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just zoomed in on google maps...
can zoom in a bit more still