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The Beirut Port Explosion Forensic Investigation (2020)
- mangoo84 3y ago[dead]
- Semitangent 3y ago[flagged]
- ternaryoperator 3y agoSuggest watching the video, which does a brilliant job of explaining the sequence of events leading to the explosion.
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- rpigab 3y ago[flagged]
- khobragade 3y agoThis is so well put-together. Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
- rob74 3y agoThe sordid story of how the ammonium nitrate ended up in that warehouse is also worth reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Beirut_explosion#MV_Rhosus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Beirut_explosion#MV_Rhosu...
- wslh 3y agoIt is weird that there is not a single mention of Hezbollah [1]. I think this is "data washing" (not cleaning). Even, to give context in an article.
- 4ggr0 3y agoI mean, this is a technical analysis on the situation. How the Ammonium Nitrate was stored, why the way it was stored was suboptimal at best, how the explosion happened etc. It doesn't mention corrupt leaders who ignored warnings about this situation, cypriot/russian businessmen who abandoned a ship, and as you mentioned, Hezbollah. But that's not the goal of this thing, isn't it. You ask why, they explain how.
- dogma1138 3y agohttps://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/destruction-of-medical-infrastructure-in-gaza https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/destruction-... No issues calling the Israeli military forces “IOF”, as well as using video footage with tampered time stamps like some of the AJ coverage that was going around Twitter and YouTube. At least they have walked back on their hospital parking lot explosion analysis after a few weeks. That one was just as flashy and high tech as the Beirut one. Much of their coverage of other events is also very politically biased. So it doesn’t seem that your explanation actually works here.
- pandeiro 3y agoOne man's politically biased is another's politically astute.
- dogma1138 3y agoNot really bias is a neutral term, so biased is biased regardless of your views. If you can’t see that then your judgment is clouded and you’re about as far from being astute as you can be.
- boffinAudio 3y ago>No issues calling the Israeli military forces “IOF”, To an Israeli, they are "Defense" forces, from the perspective of the victims, they are an "Occupying" force. Either use of the phrase is appropriate, depending on which side of the bombs you are viewing the scene. The use of "IOF" instead of "IDF" by an author just means their world views are not aligned with those of an occupying force.
- iouwhldkfjgklj 3y agoIncredibly high quality stuff.
- Semaphor 3y ago199 comments, November 2020: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25149177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25149177
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- Eventlessgaming 3y agoOk as someone who was within the shockwave when the explosion happened we heard that fireworks, tires and ammonium nitrate were stored in the warehouse. So I would like to congratulate the team for researching this well. Also one of the rumors that was going around (at least was when I was there) was that people heard sounds of helicopters. Like right before the explosion happened.
- netsharc 3y agoI participated in an online discussion where someone said there were reports of people hearing jet fighters, over several replies he was asking why these investigators weren't investigating that. He couldn't get it into his head that the team was doing work using available video and photos and records, and was incapable of investigating hearsay without any footage...
- wkat4242 3y agoI wonder if those sounds could have been explained by the presence of the fireworks? I could imagine fireworks exploding inside the building could have made sounds similar to helicopters or jets. Especially because there's no sign of them on the videos.
- tomcam 3y agoGeez, that must have been something. Very glad you survived! How far away were you from the explosion and how did the shockwave affect you? How has it affected your life since then?
- egberts1 3y agoWhat I would be most curious is why the epicenter is not centered over the stockpiles? It does look like a tire fire is secondary (later) before the explosion. And firework also looks secondary too.