#74

Holy shit I’m so sorry. I’m obv glad they’re not hurt but that’s insane, they must be so on edge right now

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#76

Nevertheless, it must be so traumatic for them. I’m glad to hear they are safe laelfy x

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#77

Thank-you. I’d only met them twice so they weren’t close to me but obviously was worried for my cousin and her husband’s sake.

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#78

What was the first fire about?

#79

Saw something that said a guy was welding up a hole in the building yesterday

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#80

hadn’t realized yesterday how close this was to ‘my’ bit of beirut, (gemmayze), the bit that i was in when i used to spend a lot of time there a few years ago.

very weird to see the videos on twitter today. its totally smashed. little four or five story apartment buildings and sexy bars and restaurants. a lot of destruction but at least most buildings look like they’re standing.

i guess this might already be obvious or commented on, but if not, the explosion happened just outside the town center. destruction includes this richer middle class bit of town frequented by the middle class and foreigners, and some (apparently from twitter, never been there) poorer neighborhoods round the port.

been through quite a few big explosions in my life. its rough. its the broken glass for miles around that causes a lot of the injuries. maybe some people would have blast film or something due to the occasional car bombs in the city, but probably most people wouldn’t i guess

#81

Have we had a change of moderators?

#82

Do some “normal” users have editing rights? I used to along with a bunch of others, then there was a fuss and I thought we all lost it. Maybe some kept it / were given it.

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#83

Not to derail a very serious tbread, and not meant as any slight to kermit, but it would be good to have transparency if anyone new has the ability to edit posts.

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#84

Hiya, sorry yeah I can edit posts/thread titles/close and move threads etc but I’m not a mod and haven’t used any of these things apart from when asked- quite often forget I can tbf

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#85

This is what I was going to raise. It was agreed, after an event that I don’t want to drag up again, that only the moderators should have the power to edit other users’ posts, so we lost our Leaders roles. Absolutely nothing against Kermy, but unless I’ve missed something, I don’t think we’ve discussed changing that policy.

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#86

Ahhh sorry, won’t post again in here about it cause it’s completely the wrong place (not having a pop at anyone else obvs, sure we all feel the same way) but I didn’t ask for it, if people don’t want me to have it then that’s cool cause like I said I haven’t used it apart from twice maybe just to save moderators a job

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#87

Were you awarded the powers or did you just randomly notice you had them?

#88

I was given them.
Shall we maybe start a new thread cause this is wildly off topic and a bit disrespectful to the subject matter? X

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#89

:+1:

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#90

Tragic stuff and the repair mission will be huge. Hope the international community can come together in a way that respects local solutions and doesn’t contribute to a vacuum of power or further isolate its standing particularly with everything that’s gone on beforehand and on it’s doorstep. Something tells me that will be a big ask.

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#91

Having added to this that almost a 5th of Lebanon’s population is refugees particularly from Syria, and risking a healthcare breakdown due to covid, foot shortages. It was already a country at risk.
I hope to god the narrative will continue to be that of a tragedy due to neglect at the harbour and not the conclusions so many will wish to jump to of an attack (thankfully that seems less likely now), because I could really see the efforts to stop this spiralling out of control stopping that way.

#92

I know ‘likes’ mean diddly squat but this was such an amazing gesture of solidarity. Never thought I’d see the day that the flag of Lebanon would be projected on Tel Aviv’s City Hall.

#93

I would argue Lebanon is beyond repair, it being a failed state in all but name. Very sad.

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