Oya come and share...

Sonfethopia:
May we and our families never encounter such.

This world is something else...
Person go de mind en business, next thing na death

Lalasticlala
Please move to FP.

Many people think this is a terrorist attack.

Stop Blaming Terrorists and muslims...

According to reports, Ammonium nitrate caused the explosion.
www.nairaland.com/6035235/beirut-explosion-how-ammonium-nitrate?iorg_service_id_internal=1646953538912597%3BAfq-dLXjwk3Rj_zH

Source
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/beirut-explosion-how-ammonium-nitrate-caused-deadly-blast-in-lebanon/

So far, more than 100 people have died and over 4000 injured.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ1b62nZgAs

A large stockpile of ammonium nitrate is believed to have caused the explosion in the Port of Beirut.

An explosion at a warehouse in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon, killed more than 70 people and left more than 4,000 people injured on Tuesday. In the aftermath of the explosion, videos uploaded to social media show plumes of red-brown smoke and the apocalyptic extent of the destruction, with buildings leveled for miles. According to a report by Al Jazeera, Lebanon Prime Minister Hassan Diab said the explosion was fueled by a stockpile of over 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate, confiscated and stored for approximately six years at the port.

The explosive potential of ammonium nitrate is well understood and has been used in numerous terrorist attacks including the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995. So what is ammonium nitrate, why is it explosive and why do we use it?

Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound containing the element nitrogen (as well as hydrogen and oxygen) and is commonly used in agriculture as fertilizer. Plants rely on photosynthesis, converting sunlight to energy using chlorophyll. Nitrogen is an essential element for this process and ammonium nitrate is particularly good, compared with other fertilizers, at delivering plants nutrients.
It's also an explosive compound and is used around the world in mining and construction operations requiring detonations. Under normal conditions, the chemical is highly stable. It can explode after exposure to contaminants or fuel oil and then heated, which sets off a cascade of reactions.

When heated to above 170 degrees Fahrenheit, ammonium nitrate begins to undergo decomposition. But with rapid heating or detonation, a chemical reaction can occur that converts ammonium nitrate to nitrogen and oxygen gas and water vapor. The products of the reaction are harmless -- they're found in our atmosphere -- but the process releases huge amounts of energy.
"The idea in making any sort of explosive is to go from a high energy compound to a low energy one," explains Ian Rae, a professor at the University of Melbourne. "The energy given out is what you get as explosive power."
This also requires pressure to build up in a confined space, without being able to dissipate. Burning ammonium nitrate in an open field, for instance, isn't likely to result in an explosion, Rae said.
Additionally, in the explosion, not all of the ammonium nitrate is used up and exploded. Some of it decomposes slowly creating toxic gases like nitrogen oxides. It's these gases that are responsible for the red-brown plume of smoke seen in the aftermath of the Beirut explosion, Rae said.

After the fireball erupts in the video above, you can immediately see the shock wave expanding away from the blast. Moisture in the air is quickly condensed, forming a white sphere around the explosion zone. It's not clear what else may have been ignited or exploded in the blast -- or what was stored at the docks -- but Prime Minister Diab is expected to make this information known "soon," according to The Guardian.

Because of ammonium nitrate's explosive potential, countries and unions impose strict regulations on how to store and process it. "It is generally kept under controlled conditions and modified volumes to minimize chances of explosion," says Brent Kaiser, a plant biologist at the University of Sydney. In Australia, the storage and use of ammonium nitrate is monitored to prevent these types of explosions occurring, Kaiser said.


The accidental detonation of ammonium nitrate has resulted in a number of accidents in the last century. In 2015, explosions partly caused by the detonation of around 800 tons of ammonium nitrate rocked the Beijing port of Tianjin, killing 173 people.

An explosion of ammonium nitrate was responsible for the worst industrial accident in US history in 1947. A ship in the harbor of Texas City, Texas, carrying approximately 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate caught fire, supposedly via a discarded cigarette, causing a series of explosions that killed 581 people.
Two explosions are said to have rocked the port. Though the causative agent of the larger, second explosion appears to be ammonium nitrate, the full scale of the devastation in Lebanon isn't yet completely understood and an investigation will be performed. "What happened today will not come to pass without accountability," Diab said. He has also announced that Wednesday will be a national day of mourning in the country and the port and surrounding region has been declared a disaster zone.

"This is clearly a very significant explosion, and the reported number of deaths is likely to be far higher than currently identified," said David Caldicott, a senior clinical lecturer in medicine at the Australian National University.

Watch How The Explosion Started

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBbsQdIIa0Y

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/beirut-explosion-how-ammonium-nitrate-caused-deadly-blast-in-lebanon/

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Some Hospitals in Beirut are saying that they are treating more than 500 injured patients and are not able to receive any more.
The hospitals are appealing for blood donations.

Some can no longer accept patients because they were damaged in the blast.

Source
www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53656220?iorg_service_id_internal=624173547714020%3BAfrZ9cicKLSrqc3M


The Hospitals are in short supply of blood as more injured people are trooping in.

A large blast in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, has killed at least 70 people and injured more than 2,700 others, the health minister says.
Videos show smoke billowing from a fire, then a mushroom cloud following the blast at the city's port.
Officials are blaming highly explosive materials stored in a warehouse for six years.
President Michel Aoun tweeted it was "unacceptable" that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate was stored unsafely.

An investigation is under way to find the exact trigger for the explosion.
Hospitals are said to be overwhelmed and many buildings have been destroyed.
A BBC journalist at the scene reported dead bodies and severe damage, enough to put the port of Beirut out of action.


Prime Minister Hassan Diab called it a catastrophe and said those responsible must be held to account.
He spoke of a "dangerous warehouse" which had been there since 2014, but said he would not pre-empt the investigation.
Local media showed people trapped beneath rubble. A witness described the first explosion as deafening, and video footage showed wrecked cars and blast-damaged buildings.

"All the buildings around here have collapsed. I'm walking through glass and debris everywhere, in the dark," one witness near the port told AFP news agency.
The blast was heard 240km (150 miles) away on the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean.

President Aoun tweeted after an emergency meeting of the Supreme Defence Council. Wednesday has been declared a day of mourning.
The explosion comes at a sensitive time for Lebanon, with an economic crisis reigniting old divisions. Tensions are also high ahead of Friday's verdict in a trial over the killing of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005.

Watch Video (Graphic)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ1b62nZgAs

Xavi2019:
What could have been the cause?

The cause is unknown...

Source
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2020/08/large-explosion-rocks-lebanon-capital-beirut-200804153400078.html

More pic

Hundreds wounded as huge blast rips through Lebanon's Beirut
Thick smoke seen rising above the capital after powerful blast; cause of explosion not immediately clear.

Hundreds of people have been wounded in a huge blast that ripped through Lebanon's capital, Beirut, according to the country's health minister.

The massive explosion on Tuesday at Beirut's port released a shockwave which caused widespread damage to buildings, shattering windows in different parts of the city.

The cause of the blast was not immediately clear.

Hamad Hassan, Lebanon's health minister, said hundreds were wounded in the explosion.

Video of the incident taken by Al Jazeera shows a large column of smoke billowing from above an area of the port that houses large warehouses, before a large orange blast is seen and a massive dome-shaped blast wave shoots into the air.

Glass storefronts and windowless across the city were instantly shattered in the blast while videos and pictures shared on social media showed doors ripped form their hinges and ceilings filled with gaping holes.


The blast wave from the explosion caused extensive damage to buildings within a large radius of the blast site.
"I was kilometres away; the glass broke everywhere around me," said Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr, reporting from Beirut.

"The explosion was felt across the city," she added. "There is chaos in the streets."

Watch Video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBbsQdIIa0Y

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2020/08/large-explosion-rocks-lebanon-capital-beirut-200804153400078.html

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Danielhouston:
Wait... is this thread on the front page? How did all these palm wine people get here? Smh

It's not on FP. I wonder what'll happen if it gets to FP

Oga wetin nah

Open ur thread.

WandaMaximoff:
That thing is bigger than the overall sizes of newborn twins from the same vagina.

Na so the thing wide reach ni?

It's wider than you think it is...

Later she'll look for a God-fearing faithful man to love her and forget her past.
E be tinz oo

An unidentified lady, has undergone a surgery to remove a massive Love Machine that got stuck inside her.

In a recent video that surfaced online, the lady was seen in the surgery room as doctors battle to save her life.
A Love Machine is an object usually designed for sexual penetration of the vagina, mouth, or anus, and is usually solid and phallic in shape.
It is uncertain where the Love Machine got stuck inside of the woman. However, in the video a massive penis-like object was removed from her body by the surgeons.

The length at which women go to achieve sexual satisfaction is unbelievable.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DRrVj-3TR4

Abfinest007:
abeg it looks like fake

Check online

Source
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/science/2020/jul/26/starwatch-full-moon-joins-jupiter-and-saturn-in-southern-sky

When viewed with lens, the rings around saturn will be clearly visible

At midnight on 2 August, people around globe will be able to see grouping high in the sky.
When full, the moon rises at sunset and spends the entire night in the sky, so the grouping will be visible during all the hours of darkness. The chart shows the view looking due south from London at midnight on 2 August, which is as Saturday becomes Sunday.

At this moment, the moon will be 96.7% illuminated. Observers all around the world will be able to see the grouping. From Sydney in the southern hemisphere, Jupiter, Saturn and the moon will be high in the sky.
As you look at the grouping, you are essentially seeing the closest celestial object to the Earth (the moon) and the further that can be easily seen with the naked eye (Saturn). Uranus can just be seen with the unaided eye under excellent viewing conditions.

On Saturday night/Sunday morning, Saturn will be more than 3.5 thousand times further from Earth than the moon.


Watch the Amazing Phenomenon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnJRKS2V8uk

DaddyRochie1642:
A Nigerian man cannot try this

Mo3891:
Let him try Dangote cement Trailer drivers

No matter how crazy we are in Nigeria, we never mad reach this stage