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Re:Satellite images of the Beirut explosion site – before an... by ggm on Thursday August 06, 2020 @04:22AM (#24069086)
85% of the Lebanese annual grain reserves. If they can recover any from the spoil heap it may help save starvation because without a silo complex, where are they going to store the grain for the rest of the years bread?
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Re:Satellite images of the Beirut explosion site – before an... by PeterisP on Thursday August 06, 2020 @04:30AM (#24069118)
With the port not functioning, it seems that they will have problems shipping in the grain they need for the coming weeks.

It's a double whammy as the explosion has destroyed both the import infrastructure and the already imported stock.

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Re:Satellite images of the Beirut explosion site – before an... by Aeolun on Thursday August 06, 2020 @09:26AM (#24070650)
This cannot be the only port in the country?
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Re:Satellite images of the Beirut explosion site – before an... by PeterisP on Thursday August 06, 2020 @05:02PM (#24075438)
It's the main port, it carried 60% of the total imports, more than all the other ports combined.
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Re:Satellite images of the Beirut explosion site – before an... by ClikeX on Thursday August 06, 2020 @09:51AM (#24070839)
It's their main port at the very least.
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Re:Satellite images of the Beirut explosion site – before an... by perryizgr8 on Thursday August 06, 2020 @05:25AM (#24069377)
Sorry I didn't mean it like that. I was just relived that it wasn't a hotel full of people.
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Re:Satellite images of the Beirut explosion site – before an... by ggm on Friday August 07, 2020 @01:34AM (#24078704)
indeed. I wish it had been something other than food, I wish it hadn't happened in the first place.
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Re:Satellite images of the Beirut explosion site – before an... by Freestyler_3 on Thursday August 06, 2020 @08:00AM (#24070163)
I heard already that they still have enough grain for the rest of the year at least.

So no flour and grain shortage there.

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Re:Satellite images of the Beirut explosion site – before an... by ggm on Thursday August 06, 2020 @05:45PM (#24075811)
Good news
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