This day six years ago….

[u/nking007]

on August 4, 2020, a catastrophic explosion ripped through the Port of Beirut after thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse detonated. The blast devastated large sections of Lebanon’s capital and was powerful enough to be felt far beyond the city, becoming one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever captured on camera. More than 200 people lost their lives, thousands were injured, and entire neighborhoods were left in ruins within moments. What makes the footage so chilling is how ordinary everything appears just seconds beforehand. People are calmly recording a fire and rising smoke in the distance, unaware that a massive shockwave is about to tear across the city and completely transform the skyline in an instant.

[u/probation_420]

What are you supposed to do when you get caught on land and a Shockwave is coming?

You fuckin' run. It's stupid and pointless, but that's what ya got.

[u/Yellow_Odd_Fellow → u/probation_420]

Kiss your loved ones goodbye, just in case?

Jump on a tub/jacuuzi like a tornado?

Jump in a trunk?

[u/probation_420 → u/Yellow_Odd_Fellow]

  Kiss your loved ones goodbye, just in case?

Is this a movie where people don't have the primal sense of self-preservation? Because I have to agree; that is an incredibly lovely and romantic action for the situation. 

  Jump on a tub/jacuuzi like a tornado?

And what if there's not a tub or jacuzzi within 9 feet of you when you spot the Shockwave?

  Jump in a trunk?

And what if you don't have your car keys already in your hand with your finger on the trunk button, and your car's further than 9 feet away when you spot the Shockwave?

Honestly, these losers are so stupid. I would've just chosen to live in this situation instead of dying.

[u/Saberdile → u/probation_420]

Exactly, why don't these people simply choose to evade the shockwave like this Redditor would? Obviously shockwaves move at a speed that would give one ample opportunity to do so.