Topic: Pray for Our World (Pray for Lebanon) Another Economic Crisis - page 3. (Read 679 times)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.



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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

I was extremely shaken by this news about the Beirut, Lebanon explosion. It was a total chaos for the affected Lebanese people and can't imagine them being so terrified with the explosion amidst of this covid-19 Pandemic. And the thoughts that only the locals were affected, it broke my heart to know that I have 2 fellow Filipino working there as domestic helpers, and was being dead and their families here now are mourning.
Seems like a double war for Lebanon, this trials that they are facing might affect more in their economy. But, I still believe that they will make it through...they've been into several wars, terrorists attacks before and they surpassed it. For sure now, they will be able to make it as well as the covid cases in their country and the whole world as well. There's always a sunshine after the rain, as the saying goes. This all shall passed, it may take long but with strong faith and prayers, It will be over. Stay strong, Lebanon....You are in my Prayers 💕

I don't want too as well but its business time for all the media so they were saying lot of controversy thing to make their news more spicy and attract more views. Until now the report says this is from the explosion where explosive materials were stored, hope the people can find a shelter now when everywhere is a Chaos.

Negative rumors like this should not be tolerated as it won't help the situation at all but will only cause negative effects to the people especially those who have been injured or even died in this accident. My deepest sympathy to those who have lost their loved ones and hopefully those who are responsible for this tragic accident should be given proper sanctions.

This situation absolutely add salt to the wounds of lebanon and citizens because the issue of economic meltdown and other damage done by covid19 which literally lend to job losses and increase in price things was what every country in the world is encountering.
It good that the EU have pledged their support.
I just read now that the head of Lebanon's Customs have already warned the country's judiciary about dangerous materials stored at the Beirut's port.

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.

Generally, ideally, all hazardous industries, as well as port storage facilities and other facilities should be located far from settlements, but today all these facilities in almost every country are located within the city. Today, land plots are beginning to be valued very expensively, and therefore every square of land is saved, while using gray zones for building residential areas. Perhaps you need to think about safety when storing hazardous substances.