ESPN NBA writer Chris Palmer apparently believes he’s a bomb expert.
On Tuesday afternoon, multiple videos of an explosion in Beirut made their way on the Internet.
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 4, 2020
The explosion was initially reported to be at a fireworks factory but that has yet to be confirmed.
Despite the fact that people are still gathering information on the matter, ESPN NBA writer Chris Palmer confidently claimed that the explosion was “atomic” because of the mushroom cloud seen in the video.
— Chris Palmer (@ChrisPalmerNBA) August 4, 2020
Palmer would go on to double down on his claims that the explosion was “atomic.”
Palmer was immedialely slammed by nuclear experts as well as other members of the media for spreading misinformation.
— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 4, 2020
— Vipin Narang (@NarangVipin) August 4, 2020
It isn’t atomic. FFS.
Mushroom clouds form when an explosion creates a superhot bubble of gas. Hot hair is buoyant, so it rises quickly and expands while creating an updraft picking up dust which forms the stem. https://t.co/0u2mepgtz2
— Dr. Siiri Takala (@Oppenhiney) August 4, 2020
— Jeffrey Lewis (@ArmsControlWonk) August 4, 2020
If it was a nuclear explosion, first there'd be a blinding flash.
Phone camera would stop dead because EMP.
There'd be no video because everyone and everything will be on fire. https://t.co/QHMbw8Vm4K
— Dr Philip Lee (@drphiliplee1) August 4, 2020
Actual journalists are on here selling video game plots. Stop.
— Torraine Walker (@TorraineWalker) August 4, 2020
