No need to panic — the professionals are on the job. I’m in shock — I didn’t think this kind of thing was real. Recall, Beirut Port and a good portion of the city of Beirut in Lebanon were recently destroyed when a warehouse full of over 2,000 tons of forgotten fertilizer blew up, so it’s good that they’re dealing with whatever else is stored there. And really, it would serve Hezbollah right if the country turns on them for this.
[AnNahar] The Lebanese Army said on Monday that its troops found several containers of "hydric acid" (dihydrogen monoxide) in the disaster-hit Beirut port, ensuring that the chemical was handled safely and according to "scientific" means.The Lebanese Army-Orientation Directorate said in a statement that its troops scanned Beirut port between "August 12 and August 22 and found 25 containers" storing the material. It assured that "safe, and scientific" steps have been taken to address the chemical material.
Hydric Acid, aka Dihydrogen Monoxide, is a colorless and odorless chemical compound which can be found in the atomic components of explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid. It is also a major component of acid rain.
The army statement added that another 54 containers storing other (unspecified) materials were found. "A leak constitutes danger," warned the army, noting that necessary measures were taken.
Precautionary measures and comprehensive surveys are ongoing at the port and are carried out by specialized teams of the Army Engineering Regiment in cooperation with a team of French experts in the port, said the statement.
The army assured the chemicals were safely handled according to scientific means in coordination with the port’s related authorities.
2,750 tons of the ammonium nitrate stored for six years at Beirut port went kaboom! on August 4 flattening large parts of the capital, killing more than 180 people and leaving at least 300,000 homeless.
Update at 8:40 a.m.: clicking in the article link now yieldsThe page you were looking for doesn't exist. So possibly it was a hoax instead of idiocy. |
Related: Facts about dihydrogen monoxide.