Port explosion could be ‘catastrophic’ for Lebanon’s crippled economy says expert

International relations expert Bessma Momani breaks down the implications that a massive port explosion in Beirut will have on Lebanon.

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54 comments

    1. @PhotoGeorge Pepcon in Nevada, the largest of the explosions there was estimated to be about 1KT, this explosion looked much bigger. i’m guessing it’ll be around 2.5 -3 KT.

    2. @PhotoGeorge Actually, i’ve read somewhere they said it was close to 2.7 kiloton worth in beirut

    3. @Captain Gen just saw a report that says seismic readings were in the 3.3 magnitude range, that is at least equal to the pepcon blast.

    1. lol.. dont store chemicals dangerously.. we know how to store chemicals.. 3rd world countries just dont care.. and they suffer the consequences.

  1. You never store any type of explosive component anywhere near to even a small village never mind a major city. The same as a munitions dump you put them miles from the nearest building.

    1. It boggles the normal human mind, when the idiots running governments and businesses would allow such large, active, unstable amount of energy to be stored in the center of a major city. Never in my life — outside of well staged big budget movies and testing videos of giant controlled nuclear explosions —- that I’ve seen an explosion like this in the center of a major city which caused cars, trucks, buildings, & other structures flying everywhere like they’re toys & children’s play houses.

    1. We heard the explosion from our village!! And enormous orange clouds began to make it’s way above our village on the mountain.

  2. Amazingly ignorant civic government to allow a large chemical storage in an urban area! I’m happy to be an Albertan!

    1. @Ty Mcfadden They are outside of the population dense areas, usually on the outskirts. For context, the refinery complexes in Edmonton are situated outside of the residential and commercial areas, for obvious reasons. Using this guys logic and phrasing, our civic governments would be ignorant for building them there.

  3. was there really no where else to store explosives?… i mean there’s a desert not but 20 miles to the East that is very sparse.

  4. ..if it had happened over here, they’d be cheering and handing out candy to kids…if they have any economic problems, they’ve created them.

  5. THERES IS NO EVIDANCE in yet and the news is calling it a civilian accident, beware Lebanon the fix is in

  6. Chemicals my foot. Note that the explosions happened at several locations within a short time frame. Those were ammo dumps set off by saboteurs. Go ask Mossad.

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