Pray for Our World (Pray for Lebanon) Another Economic Crisis

[Darkoth89]

I think people should slow down with speculations about terrorism or Israel attack. It's a tragic event, many people have died and been injured, the damage is devastating. There is no need to invent more stuff to make the news more "spicy", at least not until investigation uncovers something else.

The problem is, when even Trump starts speculating about an "attack" or "bomb" you can't really blame people for not knowing anymore what to believe. Looking at the footages of the explosion where you can see a fire (with some kind of firework noise?) before the detonation, the official explanation that states that 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded makes the most sense to me.

[verita1]

I also agree that the cause of the great explosion could be due to the ammonium nitrate that was in the warehouses of that place.
The explosion caused a crater that has a radius of 70 meters, as shown by these images in this tweet.
Lebanon needs help and our prayers because of the economic potential that Beirut offeres to the country.

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1291037329218588672?s=19

Recently, another explosion occurred in a UAE market and Iraq.
 
August 5—Najaf, S #Iraq
Large number of warehouses on fire.
Just one day after the #Beirut explosion.
https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1291017152095494145?s=19

August 5—Ajman, UAE
Footage of the market blaze from up close & a more distant view.
https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1291064118787608576?s=19

Coincidence or not something smells very strange.

[arwin100]

I think people should slow down with speculations about terrorism or Israel attack. It's a tragic event, many people have died and been injured, the damage is devastating.

Agree, with cases of covid19, I think terrorists groups will be so busy dealing with their own health precaution. People should really think of it as a tragic accident which falls on the owner of the said establishment containing tons of ammonium nitrate.

To be honest Im still in shock seeing my newsfeed on Facebook as the topic is everything about Lebanon incident. I do wish forum users maybe through known Charity groups here on forum like @cabalism13, @Royse777, @Irfan_pak10 and others could extend a help through anything thay could support the affected people on Lebanon. Still in shock mode, why why why this happened.

We can't blame other to think about terrorism since the explosion is so huge and the shockwave is so devastating that's why many people can't believe that its a accident. 2020 is so heavy year for all of us to many disaster and tragic incident happen hopefully all of us can go out of this and I believe the happy and peaceful days will come.

Maybe there will be a users here will extend their helping hands in Lebanon if those charity groups will open up for helping the affected persons in Lebanon.

[Twinkledoe]

I also agree that the cause of the great explosion could be due to the ammonium nitrate that was in the warehouses of that place.
The explosion caused a crater that has a radius of 70 meters, as shown by these images in this tweet.
Lebanon needs help and our prayers because of the economic potential that Beirut offeres to the country.

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1291037329218588672?s=19

Recently, another explosion occurred in a UAE market and Iraq.
 
August 5—Najaf, S #Iraq
Large number of warehouses on fire.
Just one day after the #Beirut explosion.
https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1291017152095494145?s=19

August 5—Ajman, UAE
Footage of the market blaze from up close & a more distant view.
https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1291064118787608576?s=19

Coincidence or not something smells very strange.

These news are really devastating especially on those individuals that are living on that areas. We are already experiencing pandemic and yet they are experiencing another catastrophe. It is double jeopardy on their lives. And coming out alive and functioning is very hard. Help from around the globe is coming. This is just another test to humanity and I believe we will come out victorious from these mishaps in our lives.

[Wawa2013]

This is truly sad news, in the unresolved state of the corona virus. And the economy is still in poor condition, now Lebanon has to go
through a big disaster with the big explosion that happened in Beirut. It's the unexpected, and the economy the country will certainly
get worse. Hopefully the countries whose economies are recovering can provide assistance to Lebanon.

[ene1980]

Recently, another explosion occurred in a UAE market and Iraq.
 August 5—Najaf, S #Iraq
Large number of warehouses on fire.
August 5—Ajman, UAE
Coincidence or not something smells very strange.

If you view everything on the same note then it is really strange as it looks like something is off but all three catastrophic happened in three different countries and i doubt whether it will be an elaborate plan to sabotage when the entire world is suffering from the after affects of the pandemic.
I sincerely pray for everyone in those countries and hopefully everyone is safe that are active in this forum.

[Reatim]

This is truly sad news, in the unresolved state of the corona virus. And the economy is still in poor condition, now Lebanon has to go
through a big disaster with the big explosion that happened in Beirut. It's the unexpected, and the economy the country will certainly
get worse. Hopefully the countries whose economies are recovering can provide assistance to Lebanon.

The economy will suffer indeed, this tragedy that hits Lebanon will adds to their current economic problem.
We all knew how hard life having this pandemic threats to each side of the world.

With this additional budget to allocate in helping those affected people, surely it will reflect to the economy.

Recently, another explosion occurred in a UAE market and Iraq.
 
August 5—Najaf, S #Iraq
Large number of warehouses on fire.
Just one day after the #Beirut explosion.
https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1291017152095494145?s=19

August 5—Ajman, UAE
Footage of the market blaze from up close & a more distant view.
https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1291064118787608576?s=19

Coincidence or not something smells very strange.

What's happening?  is there any relation ? explosions over explosions.

[The cure]

What happened to Lebanon was very sad and terrifying, In the midst of the global pandemic and now this serious problem will further add to their problem they face. It was a severe blow to their economy, many structures are totally damaged because of the big explosion and the saddest thing that happened was many precious and innocent lives are taken. We just have to pray for them and hopefully for other countries whose recovering already may reach them.

[Latviand]

I saw this is in the news about a blast and i thought it was a terrorist attack and i really never understood these extreme measures for decades and i ignored as i do not want to see the gore but in this case it was unsafe storage of chemicals which is not acceptable at any cost and around 80 people lost their life because of someone else's horrific decision and how many families will be affected is beyond comprehension.

At first, I also thought that this was a terrorist attack something related between a war in the Middle East, but as I soon seek some information in the internet, it was really an accident.

People are living a peaceful live in this community when this tragedy is not yet happening.

But what can we do if this is a humanity's mistake to not safely store the chemicals that really caused an explosion?

It is just so sad to think about the situation of those poor people or people in a lower class to suffer in this worse events. But then, I'm hoping for more power to Lebanese people who are struggling so hard to recover from all the damages that the explosion brought to them, and also to the necessities that they need to have during this quarantine.

[amishmanish]

I saw this on a forwarded 36 second video made from one of the building tops. Initially, it looked like some kind of substation facility with some large transformer on fire with bellowing smoke. In the video, sparks really started to fly towards the end and it was a massive, powerful explosion that looked inexplicable.

It was later on Google that i found out that the "authorities" had been using the depot to store seized ammonium nitrate under less than ideal conditions. Such laxity by Govt officials has become a trademark of developing countries throughout the world. Industrial accidents are commonplace. In the US or Developed west, such incidents spark outrage resulting in series of hearings, reports, corrective measures and changes to SOPs. In developing countries, the know-how and standards are imported Govt staff trained through expensive foreign trips. These people rarely pass on the knowledge down the line and SOPs are never put into place, or followed. Hence, Industrial gas leaks, Boiler explosions, Crane crashes, flyover collapses and criminally careless storage keep leading to loss of lives.

May those souls NOT rest in peace and forever haunt those responsible for such accidents. Till such time that they accept culpability, beg forgiveness and force changes so that such things never occur. As far as economic crisis is concerned, well, i don't think a country's economy would falter because of an accident. People will mourn, rebuild and go on. It is up to the Lebanese people and international community to keep focus on this and ask for criminal prosecution of the whole chain of command involved.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

It is really heartbreaking for people in Lebanon to experiences this kind of tragedy due to massive explosion that happened in Beirut. I hope a lot of countries or people would help Lebanon because while we are in the middle of the pandemic surely Lebanese people are now suffering on how they would recover from the explosion and rebuild every structures that had been damaged.

[Sapphire915]

Yes, I always pray for this world's crisis to be over and now includes Lebanon in my deep prayer. It was so devastating for them to fight Covid-19 and this tragic explosion. Crisis within a crisis as it may seems, and for sure it would pull down the economy more. However, I'm pretty sure that they will soon recover as long as the Government handle this severe crisis carefully and more wisely and with the help of course of different rich countries all over the world, they will restore their losses except the lives of the people.

[Janation]

This is just sad.

A lot of things are happening in this year and this just makes things worst. Just imagine having a pandemic and this happened. Lebanon's covid cases are increasing in days before this happened, those people affected by that explosion have it rough right now.

As far as I know 2 of my countrymen whose working here was killed by this explosion. Lets just pray for them.

[Strongkored]

2020 will be a very sad year for many people, global economic crisis because pandemic a couple countries is already in a recession stage and there is prediction of depression means that there will be a worse possibility happen.
When I saw the video of the big explosion in the Beirut I just thought people there face more tough life, and now the Lebanese government will have more and more difficulties in being able to restore the condition of their country, other countries must immediately to help.
There is a lot of speculation about what happened in Beirut but it would be wise not to share news that have not been confirmed the truth.

[BITCOIN4X]

2020 will be a very sad year for many people, global economic crisis because pandemic a couple countries is already in a recession stage and there is prediction of depression means that there will be a worse possibility happen.
When I saw the video of the big explosion in the Beirut I just thought people there face more tough life, and now the Lebanese government will have more and more difficulties in being able to restore the condition of their country, other countries must immediately to help.
There is a lot of speculation about what happened in Beirut but it would be wise not to share news that have not been confirmed the truth.

2020 is a year that will be remembered by the whole world because of the various disaster that have occurred. The most recent being Lebanon, the explosion shocked everyone because it was as powerful as a nuclear explosion.

Indeed, I also read a lot of news related to the Explosion in Lebanon. There has been much speculation that this explosion had something to do with other countries. But until now, investigation are continuing and hopefully with this incident Lebanon will be better at improving the safety of chemical storage.

[Genemind]

2020 has not been good to most of us, there had been a lot of tragedy, wildfires, pandemic, and now the explosion of Lebanon. The damage done by the explosion is really devastating, it's not just the properties but the lives and fear that this had brought. This is a really difficult time for Lebanon, not just the threat of explosion, but also them being exposed to the virus since most people had lost their home.

Let's pray for Lebanon and everybody else for us to be safe until the end of the year. And let's hope that no other catastrophe will occur.

[acroman08]

2020 really has no chill huh? I wonder how devastating this tragedy would be on their economy especially in this time of Pandemic, where a lot of nation are suffering an economic loss.

I think people should slow down with speculations about terrorism or Israel attack. It's a tragic event, many people have died and been injured, the damage is devastating. There is no need to invent more stuff to make the news more "spicy", at least not until investigation uncovers something else.

although I agree, there's really nothing we can do about people making assumptions and spreading rumours about what really happened. also, visiting politics&society board they have pretty much concluded what "really happened" with their assumptions especially the members who are frequent about conspiracy theory.

[chronicsky]

I also agree that the cause of the great explosion could be due to the ammonium nitrate that was in the warehouses of that place.
The explosion caused a crater that has a radius of 70 meters, as shown by these images in this tweet.
Lebanon needs help and our prayers because of the economic potential that Beirut offeres to the country.

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1291037329218588672?s=19

Recently, another explosion occurred in a UAE market and Iraq.
 
August 5—Najaf, S #Iraq
Large number of warehouses on fire.
Just one day after the #Beirut explosion.
https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1291017152095494145?s=19

August 5—Ajman, UAE
Footage of the market blaze from up close & a more distant view.
https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1291064118787608576?s=19

Coincidence or not something smells very strange.

That surely sucks but there is no connection between the Two.
2020 sure sucks but let's not speculate the worse yet

Also, regardless of what the "Orange Guy" Says, it wasn't an attack but really bad management of Explosive material

[Cnut237]

This is a tragic event, and yet another example of how troubled countries can experience calamity after calamity. Lebanon suffers through being part of an unstable region, there was the seemingly endless civil war, and the economy was at breaking point even before CV19 hit. Now, as well as a failing economy and the pandemic, we have this explosion. People are focusing on the toll of the dead and injured, but this is only the short term effect. There will I'd imagine now be huge numbers of newly homeless people, to couple with the fact that this explosion was at the huge grain silo... so it's devastated the food supply, too, as well as (with no grain silo) the capability to store new incoming food. You couldn't really imagine a worse confluence of negative factors. The country will be in desperate need of aid from other nations - just at the exact same time that these nations are themselves struggling.

Unfortunately, I think it will get worse for the people of Lebanon. I really hope that other countries come together to assist here. We are all people irrespective of nation.

[NavI_027]

I think people should slow down with speculations about terrorism or Israel attack. It's a tragic event, many people have died and been injured, the damage is devastating. There is no need to invent more stuff to make the news more "spicy", at least not until investigation uncovers something else.

although I agree, there's really nothing we can do about people making assumptions and spreading rumours about what really happened. also, visiting politics&society board they have pretty much concluded what "really happened" with their assumptions especially the members who are frequent about conspiracy theory.

Though ammonium nitrate is not as explosive as the usual bombs and it is not easy to detonate (AFAIK) but I think it is not enough proof to justify that everything was planned or somebody light it up intentionally. Hmm It just so happened that warehouse contain plenty supply of it (maybe used for fertilizing the soil) that's why it resulted to a huge explosion.

Most probably, the intensity of the explosion made the conspiracy theorists lead them to a conclusion that terrorism is the reason behind this tragedy. Well, I can't blame them to think that way because witnessing a huge mushroom cloud could really lose your mind either. I know we can't control the curious minds of other people so the least thing we can do to stop the negativity is to ignore them. But why they can't understand that it was just an accident tsk ?