It was being stored, even if you're concerned about legal ownership it should be stored in a safe and secure environment.Originally Posted by BalticSailor
It was being stored, even if you're concerned about legal ownership it should be stored in a safe and secure environment.
I agree, though I see how it could be argued that the existing storage area was satisfactorily safe, until somebody thought it a good idea to place a cargo of pyrotechnics in the same place. As precautions go, don't put any inflammable material, not to mention easily triggered explosives, in close vicinity of any amount of powerful explosives is a pretty basic one. There is no way to redeem whoever made that decision - however, I doubt that government was involved in making it, or even informed on the matter.
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I don't know about easy, but it was a reasonably well-defined problem that would've at least been solvable not only in theory but also in practice—if there had been an interest in solving it on the part of the people who had the competence, authority and responsibility to do so. That might've been the case if the risks were communicated more clearly, and if there'd been an established process for assessing and addressing risks such as these. I hope they learn that lesson at least, the same way airlines had to many years ago.
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Can't vouch for the quality of the translation, but articles in English were a little light on details. More ticking time-bombs:
https://www.n-tv.de/panorama/Beiruts...e22343324.html
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
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