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It's nice to get an expert opinion rather than lots of guessing.
Thought so.
I suppose all will come to light as soon as the dust settles.....
Sorry.
That's one-thirteenth of the size of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima - although obviously there was far more intense heat radiation there as well as the high-energy nuclear radiation.
But even non-nuclear, it's a frighteningly big explosion and I'm not surprised the entire port area has been virtually obliterated. I think the death toll is very likely to be a considerable underestimate, sadly.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
300,000 been made homeless.
this will have destroyed so much property, even to the extent that buildings that look ok will have to be knocked down as structurally unsound.
Btw, Cyprus had an explosive disaster in 2011 that was near 3.2kilotns of military grade explosives....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelos_Florakis_Naval_Base_explosion
Dunno how you'd neutralise it, but I assume it's possible. Too expensive?