As a massive explosion ripped through Beirut, its people seemed to have finally been rendered powerless

11:14am PDT - August 5th, 2020    beirut explosion today - CNN

Beirut has long been synonymous with the word explosion. The city was the main flashpoint of Lebanon's 15-year civil war, one of the world's longest. And in the last 15 years alone, it has witnessed a string of assassinations, a days-long civil conflict, a mo…