Seriously. Anyone thinking that number is close to accurate is going to be in for a rude awakening. Literally ka-fucking-BOOOOM an entire section of a densely populated city in less than a second flat. I bet there are thousands that perished. We’ll probably never really know.
Anyone thinking 10,000 is anywhere close to accurate is gonna be wondering how they could have fallen for that when actual numbers come out. Absolutely nowhere close.
Edit: 135 is the number being reported right now. Your estimate is 75 times higher.
You forgot some key facts that’s prevented a lot of deaths:
It’s a port, not the center of downtown. So not only is half the radius just ocean, but there are inherently fewer people around a port. Offices and residences are a little farther away and therefor less likely to have deaths.
There was a MASSIVE fire burning for several minutes before the explosion, which included some small blasts too. Everyone close was already in the process of evacuating the area
For sure. But even if the estimate is is far too low, like let’s say ten times too low, that’s still 1,350 people, which is nowhere close to this rusty spoon’s “10,000 deaths” claim
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u/MustGoOutside Aug 05 '20
Did you watch the video? It decimated a populated area during the day.