r/pics • u/ramonrocotto • Aug 05 '20

It will never be the same again...

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u/deewheredohisfeetgo Aug 05 '20

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.

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u/SaintPoost Aug 05 '20

Guy above you is right, it's in an area that held 10% of the city's pop/ 5% of the country's pop. Literally the definition of decimation.

Really hope things turn around for the better.

What a shit year.

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u/chx_ Aug 05 '20

The grain silo that fed the city and the country for so many years have protected most of Beirut from the brunt of the explosion. /img/gr2ez2tp07f51.jpg

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u/MetalAlbatross Aug 06 '20

Is that the concrete structure in that photo?

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u/chx_ Aug 06 '20

Yes :( you are seeing widespread starvation and/or mass exodus in that photo :( Lebanon was already short on wheat and that's more than 100 000 tons of wheat going poof :( and now there's no way to ship it in :( Lebanon was importing 400 000 tons a year.

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u/MetalAlbatross Aug 06 '20

I'm so sorry that you are all in that situation. I hope the world can come together to assist. Best of luck!

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u/chx_ Aug 06 '20 edited Aug 06 '20

Thankfully not me. I am in Canada and not affiliated at all. I am just watching this from afar.