The explosion itself is horrible but the whole economical and political situation in Lebanon looks dire. The Lebanese pound lost about 70% of its value against the US dollar and the national debt is enormous. A national bankruptcy is looming. Besides this, there is also an energy crisis.
I don't follow world news much, so thank you for that summary--I didn't realize things in Lebanon were so bad, and this explosion couldn't come at a worse time.
2020 is a year that will be remembered by the whole world because of the various disaster that have occurred.
No kidding. The effects of this explosion are relatively local, but there has been so much shit going on in 2020 that every day I get the feeling that the world has been turned on its ear. This is a bitcoin forum and I'm happy bitcoin is doing well in the face of all this horrible stuff that's happening, but man....I just hope 2021 is a better year for all of us, all around.
Also I find hard to believe the body count that officials are giving, it doesn't seem possible to me that such a huge explosion that has left hundreds of thousands without a home has produced a number of victims that is so low.
I tend to agree with you there, though as I stated in another thread I'm not sure how dense the population was in that area at the time of the explosion. Four thousand wounded sounds about right, but less than 100 dead? I find that a little hard to believe.