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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 25, 2020 16:21:03 GMT
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Post by femalebusiness on Dec 25, 2020 16:36:00 GMT
I have no idea what the motivation for the explosion is but I hope this isn't the beginning of the violence from the right wing nut jobs. I don't expect the next month to go well. I hope that I am dead wrong.
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Post by busy on Dec 25, 2020 16:47:29 GMT
I’m glad no one is serious injured.
What makes you say police were targeted?
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Post by cecilia on Dec 25, 2020 16:50:22 GMT
I have no idea what the motivation for the explosion is but I hope this isn't the beginning of the violence from the right wing nut jobs. I don't expect the next month to go well. I hope that I am dead wrong. Same. |
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Post by cecilia on Dec 25, 2020 16:53:07 GMT
FBI, ATF, every one is there. Acting AG says all DOJ resources are available. Not only did someone plan and do this seemingly to injure LE, they have caused hundreds of LE agents from all over the US to leave their families on an important holiday for many. Although many no Christians may have volunteered to work for others. CNN is coving it live. The will be another press conference at noon, but not sure what time zone. I think Nashville is EST. I think. |
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Post by christine58 on Dec 25, 2020 16:59:39 GMT
I’m glad no one is serious injured. What makes you say police were targeted? The article I read said that the police responded to a call of shots fired. Saw this RV (no indication of a shooter) that looked suspicious and called in the bomb squad. Blew up before they got there. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 25, 2020 17:04:12 GMT
Press conference 12 noon central time. 1pm EST.
CNN has overhead video, huge debris field including on top of multistory buildings.
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Post by busy on Dec 25, 2020 17:28:11 GMT
I’m glad no one is serious injured. What makes you say police were targeted? The article I read said that the police responded to a call of shots fired. Saw this RV (no indication of a shooter) that looked suspicious and called in the bomb squad. Blew up before they got there. It seems a leap to me to say that means it’s targeting police. It’s possible, but it doesn’t sound like we know anything yet. |
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Post by christine58 on Dec 25, 2020 17:42:49 GMT
I think Nashville is EST. I think. No...they are CST |
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Post by lisacharlotte on Dec 25, 2020 17:42:55 GMT
Nashville is CST. That area is less residential more entertainment (bars, restaurants) It's right down the street from the Wildhorse Saloon and one block over from the Batman Bldg.
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Post by christine58 on Dec 25, 2020 17:43:52 GMT
The article I read said that the police responded to a call of shots fired. Saw this RV (no indication of a shooter) that looked suspicious and called in the bomb squad. Blew up before they got there. It seems a leap to me to say that means it’s targeting police. It’s possible, but it doesn’t sound like we know anything yet. I think it's more than possible but terrorism is terrorism. Someone close to me is headed there as we speak to help with FBI and CIA |
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Post by cindyupnorth on Dec 25, 2020 17:46:49 GMT
I just saw this on the news! just briefly it was touched on! I was shocked! You would have thought it would be breaking news. I was shocked that no one died! the debris field looks bad. Glad no one was seriously hurt. crazy!!
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Post by Country Ham on Dec 25, 2020 19:22:47 GMT
20 buildings damaged, and only 3 people with injuries. One thing to be thankful for. The crazies didn't do this during the week when those streets would have been crowded.
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Dec 25, 2020 19:33:54 GMT
So glad nobody died. I hope they are able find who set this and why. Broadcasting a message warning people to evacuate is so bizarre.
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Post by miominmio on Dec 25, 2020 19:53:23 GMT
So glad nobody died. I hope they are able find who set this and why. Broadcasting a message warning people to evacuate is so bizarre. Not really. The Provisional IRA did this routinely during their bombing campaign. |
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Post by wellway on Dec 25, 2020 20:14:39 GMT
So glad nobody died. I hope they are able find who set this and why. Broadcasting a message warning people to evacuate is so bizarre. Not really. The Provisional IRA did this routinely during their bombing campaign. Yes, they did. They telephoned the police with a code word and the police knew which code words were real and which were hoaxes. Often in London my route home was detoured from the tube to a bus to avoid a problem. |
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Post by scrappinghappy on Dec 25, 2020 23:15:46 GMT
UGH! Looks like they are finding human remains. Hopeful that this is no innocent bystander,
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 26, 2020 0:19:54 GMT
UGH! Looks like they are finding human remains. Hopeful that this is no innocent bystander, They are saying that it is not likely because the police were all over trying to evacuate people. It is such a mess there. |
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Post by RosieKat on Dec 26, 2020 1:01:53 GMT
I'm really impressed by the police officers who had enough presence of mind to get people out of the area. This could have been so very much worse. This whole thing really puzzles me and makes no sense, but then again, I don't think in terms of bombing anything so I guess it's good it makes no sense to me.
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Post by busy on Dec 26, 2020 1:31:25 GMT
I'm really impressed by the police officers who had enough presence of mind to get people out of the area. This could have been so very much worse. This whole thing really puzzles me and makes no sense, but then again, I don't think in terms of bombing anything so I guess it's good it makes no sense to me. Not to diminish the police but the RV that exploded did have a loud recording coming from it that said a bomb was going to explode in 15 minutes and to evacuate. I can’t imagine the police disregarding that and nor evacuating people. |
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Post by tracylynn on Dec 26, 2020 2:09:19 GMT
I'm really impressed by the police officers who had enough presence of mind to get people out of the area. This could have been so very much worse. This whole thing really puzzles me and makes no sense, but then again, I don't think in terms of bombing anything so I guess it's good it makes no sense to me. Not to diminish the police but the RV that exploded did have a loud recording coming from it that said a bomb was going to explode in 15 minutes and to evacuate. I can’t imagine the police disregarding that and nor evacuating people. But it didn't explode in 15 minutes. People left and thought it was a hoax so started coming back. One witness has said it was almost 2 hours before it actually exploded, even though it said 15 minutes. |
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Post by StephDRebel on Dec 26, 2020 2:39:51 GMT
Not to diminish the police but the RV that exploded did have a loud recording coming from it that said a bomb was going to explode in 15 minutes and to evacuate. I can’t imagine the police disregarding that and nor evacuating people. But it didn't explode in 15 minutes. People left and thought it was a hoax so started coming back. One witness has said it was almost 2 hours before it actually exploded, even though it said 15 minutes. the videos i saw on twitter had a warning for a long time and then it changed to saying 15 minutes |
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Post by busy on Dec 26, 2020 3:00:29 GMT
Not to diminish the police but the RV that exploded did have a loud recording coming from it that said a bomb was going to explode in 15 minutes and to evacuate. I can’t imagine the police disregarding that and nor evacuating people. But it didn't explode in 15 minutes. People left and thought it was a hoax so started coming back. One witness has said it was almost 2 hours before it actually exploded, even though it said 15 minutes. The point is, there’s no way the cops would let people stay in that area until they’d determined if the threat was real or not. They weren’t just operating and gut instinct or something. |
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Post by Scrapper100 on Dec 26, 2020 3:12:25 GMT
I didn’t watch the news but this sounds like an odd thing. Call the police and then have a warning about an explosion. Has anyone taken responsibility for this? Any reason at all? I mean I’m glad they had warning but strange.
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Post by gar on Dec 26, 2020 9:44:49 GMT
I didn’t watch the news but this sounds like an odd thing. Call the police and then have a warning about an explosion. Has anyone taken responsibility for this? Any reason at all? I mean I’m glad they had warning but strange. It was the norm with the IRA and their long bombing campaign in the 80's so it's not an entirely new thing. |
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Post by dudleypippen on Dec 26, 2020 11:23:21 GMT
We live about 10 miles from downtown and were woken up by the entire house shaking from the blast- my initial thought was that it was an earthquake. I can’t imagine what it was like for people closer to the blast site. The building across the street from where the RV was parked is the AT&T service hub. It sustained major damage so there are massive 911, cell phone, and internet outages across the state and affecting other states as well. It has almost an anarchist feel to it- the warning which lead to evacuations so no intention to hurt people but the commercial/business possible target. I think the gunshots were a recording playing from the RV, perhaps to instigate calls to police and get attention. There is a homeless population in that area and I’m concerned that if there are human remains it could be from that vulnerable population. It’s just a mess. First the tornado in March, then shutdowns from Covid, and now this.
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Post by StephDRebel on Dec 26, 2020 12:44:25 GMT
this was an outage map from yesterday. no one accidently impacts communication in every major city.  |
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Post by hockeymom4 on Dec 26, 2020 13:53:56 GMT
Not really. The Provisional IRA did this routinely during their bombing campaign. Yes, they did. They telephoned the police with a code word and the police knew which code words were real and which were hoaxes. Often in London my route home was detoured from the tube to a bus to avoid a problem. Having lived in Belfast (thankfully after things were mostly safer) I was thinking the same thing. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2020 14:06:41 GMT
I can't wait for these terrorists (regardless of their beliefs) to be arrested and charged and convicted.
I detest terrorism. The world is hard enough without some people using force (of any kind - violence, force of wealth, etc) to make it even harder.
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Post by iteach3rdgrade on Dec 26, 2020 19:30:47 GMT
But it didn't explode in 15 minutes. People left and thought it was a hoax so started coming back. One witness has said it was almost 2 hours before it actually exploded, even though it said 15 minutes. The point is, there’s no way the cops would let people stay in that area until they’d determined if the threat was real or not. They weren’t just operating and gut instinct or something. I wonder if the "shots fired" were a warning "shot" so people would look out and hear the recording. I read someone's account on facebook and I'm not sure people would have heard the recording warning. Can you imagine someone being able to take out of communication systems?
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