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How is the tall building right next to the blast still standing?
by iandanforth 6y ago
How is the tall building right next to the blast still standing?
- rbanffy 6y agoIt's a grain silo. It seems it was full. In any case, the cylindrical walls should withstand a lot of punishment before collapsing. It also seems the first row of siloes was destroyed.
- news_to_me 6y agoThose are grain silos, apparently: > Satellite images comparing the area before and after the explosion show the complete destruction of Beirut's port. The grain silos that were next to the site of the explosion are still partially upright, although it's believed that up to 85 percent of the country's grain stocks have been lost. (Lebanon imports 80 percent of its food supply, and Beirut normally handles 60 percent of the country's total imports.) https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/08/what-we-know-about-the-massive-chemical-explosion-in-beirut/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/08/what-we-know-about-t...
- jpxw 6y agoIt was mostly obliterated, the angle in this image shows the side which was least affected
- tomohawk 6y agoThose are grain silos, which are incredibly strong structures. You can see an image of the damage done to the silos here: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/up-to-300000-left-homeless-by-beirut-blast-governor https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/up-to-300000-...
- keenmaster 6y agoLebanon's economy is in the gutter, so they really needed that grain...what a sad situation.
- pfdietz 6y agoIt looks like they may be able to save at least some of it.
- keenmaster 6y agoWould you eat that stuff? It might have a little fertilizer in it. Maybe more than the FDA limits.
- iandanforth 6y agoIs is possible that the grain acted as a shock absorber?