# Car bomb rocks Opryland Hotel. I leave work just in time. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-bomb-rocks-opryland-hotel-i-leave-work-just-in-time/256202 "2004-07-21T16:56:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-bomb-rocks-opryland-hotel-i-leave-work-just-in-time/256202/1 "2004-07-21T16:56:52Z")
[Story here.l](http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040721_1162.html) I work right next to Opryland. I thought about going to see a movie last night. If they’re talking about the daycare I think they are, then I would’ve driven right past it on the way to the theater and back out. Thankfully I stayed at work later than usual, and by time I got out, most movies were already started. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-bomb-rocks-opryland-hotel-i-leave-work-just-in-time/256202/2 "2004-07-21T17:30:42Z")
WHAT THE HELL!?!? I read **2** local papers online, & this wasn’t covered in _either?!?_ :smack: :eek: :smack: :eek: WTF? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-bomb-rocks-opryland-hotel-i-leave-work-just-in-time/256202/3 "2004-07-21T17:36:29Z")
Nobody heard the explosion, after having been subjected to the screeching and moaning at the nearby Opryland. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-bomb-rocks-opryland-hotel-i-leave-work-just-in-time/256202/4 "2004-07-21T17:37:06Z")
A local news link [http://www.newschannel5.com/content/news/6075.asp](http://www.newschannel5.com/content/news/6075.asp) It says he’s from Williamson County. The county with all the dough & political power. So. It’s either about the Sundquist construction scandal, or it’s about the inheritance. Not terrorism. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-bomb-rocks-opryland-hotel-i-leave-work-just-in-time/256202/5 "2004-07-21T19:35:34Z")
**Bosda** I am glad you weren’t hurt. That’s just scary. Did it blow out any windows? Any further word on this? Suicide? Bent lover getting revenge? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-bomb-rocks-opryland-hotel-i-leave-work-just-in-time/256202/6 "2004-07-21T19:56:17Z")
When I used the ABC link there was an SUV ad in the article. Funny because the article is talking about a SUV that blew up. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-bomb-rocks-opryland-hotel-i-leave-work-just-in-time/256202/7 "2004-07-21T20:23:02Z")
I’ve always said SUVs were unsafe… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-bomb-rocks-opryland-hotel-i-leave-work-just-in-time/256202/8 "2004-07-21T21:42:46Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > **Bosda** I am glad you weren’t hurt. That’s just scary. Did it blow out any windows? > > Any further word on this? Suicide? Bent lover getting revenge? Terrorism has been firmly rejected. As for the others, they’re playing it all close to the chest. See my earlier post. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-bomb-rocks-opryland-hotel-i-leave-work-just-in-time/256202/9 "2004-07-22T05:37:14Z")
Update: [They identified the man](http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/04/07/54707916.shtml?Element_ID=54707916) My next day at work isn’t until Friday, but I’ll be sure to drive by the area I think it was supposed to be and see if I see anything. I’m just weirded out that it happend so close me.