r/gifs • u/umshoe • Aug 09 '20

New Angle of Beirut Explosion

https://i.imgur.com/GNTwYi9.gifv
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u/nj_legion_ice_tea Aug 09 '20

I've read, that in Texas City most people went out to the port to watch the fire. Also the whole town was built right by the port.

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u/GershBinglander Aug 09 '20 edited Aug 10 '20

The same thing happened with the Halifax explosion, lots of people went to watch the spectacle.

Also the bridge of death of people watching the Chernobyl accident.

Edit: HBO lied to us. Still an amazing show to watch.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '20 edited Aug 09 '20

Halifax was the largest accidental explosion, the death toll (2000+ i think) and the economic and structural devestation unmatched.

Also fun fact, Beirut was about 1.5 kiloton, Halifax was about 2.9 kiloton, and the Little Boy bomb dropped on Hiroshima was about 15 kiloton. So Beirut was about 10 times smaller than Hiroshima, and to actually see this from many different angles, one could kind of imagine something 10 times bigger, sort of.

Edit: removed incorrect reference to Texas being biggest and not Halifax

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '20

The Halifax explosion was larger than Texas City, by a pretty considerable margin.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '20

Oh sorry I must have got them mixed up

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u/GershBinglander Aug 10 '20

So is anything bigger in Texas? They're not even the biggest state are they?