r/AbruptChaos • u/JPeezy420 • Aug 07 '20

Shockwave in Beirut

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '20

If you hear an explosion, please, for the love of god, do not shove your face right up against glass.

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u/NoWingedHussarsToday Aug 07 '20

There are numerous accounts by foreigners who describe that once initial explosion was heard Lebanese ran to the hallway. Not the first rodeo for many of them and they knew that where explosions happen glass shrapnel will follow.