Beirut crater

[DRT]

God's really pi**ed off at this world,

Can't say I blame Him.

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[MLAH]

My friend who lives in Lebanon has an interesting picture of a fighter jet in the proximity of the explosion. What does this mean who knows. Not implying anything just interesting why a plane would have been in the area. I fully expect their government will figure it out PDQ. Or if it was an act from one of the many hostile organizations that work in Beirut. If it was an attack they would likely brag about it one would think. Time will sort it all out.

[kae006]

God's really pi**ed off at this world,

Blowing people up seems a little extreme

[Bassdeer]

Blowing people up seems a little extreme

700.000 plus covid-19 deaths are extreme also. The end is near everybody better get their soul in order.

[PYBUCK]

Pardon the pun, but I'm gonna blow a hole in the ammonium nitrate myth. Ammonium nitrate is hygroscopic (absorbs water from the air), so, if it was really stored for years right there on the water front, it would have become hydrated and nonreactive. Secondly, ammonium nitrate is only explosive with the addition of some liquid hydrocarbon such as kerosene or fuel oil. Unless there was a whole lot of that in there with it, and I mean it would have had to be well mixed, that stuff is pretty inert. I'm still going with the theory that there was something in there that the Israeli's weren't found of.

The explosion in West, Texas a few years ago was from AN stored in Co OP warehouse. Fire set it off. Fire in an adjacent warehouse full of fireworks probably set this off.

[GarGuy]

Blowing people up seems a little extreme

Nope. God has destroyed entire cities because of sin. He will melt this earth down and reform it eventually.

[bossbowman]

Before Boom, After Boom

d@yum

[kae006]

Nope. God has destroyed entire cities because of sin. He will melt this earth down and reform it eventually.

But I mean...there’s gotta be better ways?

[cantexduck]

[quote=PYBUCK;15018081]The explosion in West, Texas a few years ago was from AN stored in Co OP warehouse. Fire set it off. Fire in an adjacent warehouse full of fireworks probably set this off.[/quote

2 ammonium products were in west. Judging by the pictures of the rail
Car AN didn’t look like it detonated

The orange cloud is AN that is a low detonation strength sign. The shelf life is pretty long and yes it will absorb humidity it will also create a crust on the outside protecting the rest of it . The auto ignition temp is widely unknown. Given the chance to ignite , explode and be contained is a not a situation to be in.

[JES]

I'm guessing the first explosion that damaged the warehouse in the original fire also damaged the warehouse storing the AN. My guess is that some of the ordinance, either fireworks or ammunition/weapons, then had an unobstructed path to the AN and that is what eventually set off the AN.

[whitetailfanatic]

Look like a atom bomb went off

[damonator73]

port just got a lil' bigger!!!!!!!

[txpitdog]

Photo of warehouse and info on material’s owner

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/shocking-images-show-explosive-chemicals-22477024

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[tward1604]

When you mix AN with fuel such as diesel it become ANFO. Throw in some aluminum powder it becomes "A N A L" ( adding the aluminum creates a nasty fire ball).

All of these are the basic explosive in IEDs around the world in some form, including Oklahoma City.

Speaking with a demo buddy from the Marine Corps he did the math converting it to TNT equivalent.

2750 Tons of AN = 4,070,000 LBS of TNT

[GarGuy]

But I mean...there’s gotta be better ways?

There is a better way. The wages if sin are death. Jesus came that we may have life. Life must be chosen as we have all earned death.