Which (1) was just unbelievably stupid on the part of the conspirator, (2) took some time, and (3) won’t even come into play if this was an elaborate suicide that doesn’t involve a conspiracy (which is my personal bet).
It’s also entirely possible that the police do know a lot more than they’re letting on, but haven’t revealed it yet, because active investigation into potential domestic terrorism.
I truly expect they know who did it. There is really no purpose in telling the public that, or mentioning a name. It will all come out in time.
There is surveillance video of the RV, which was parked in the street at about one AM. It was a Ford class C. Judging by the exterior paint job, it was at least 20 years old.
No one has claimed responsibility as of yet. I wonder if the explosion was bigger than planned, and the perps are shitting themselves.
The WTC bombing was in 1993. OKC was 1995. A whole lot has been learned and disseminated on how vehicle investigations are conducted since then.
This. Not that I expect they know everything about it, but it wouldn’t surprise me that they know a lot they aren’t telling. I suspect they knew where the RV came from before the news outlets plastered the photo of the RV and asked for tips. The investigators do not want others to know what they know or when they knew it. Monday, or probably Tuesday, before any significant information is released by officials.
And apparently the customers aren’t happy!
Jesus people, have a bit of patience!
I understand that it’s a pain to lose your cellphone or internet service, and I’ve been plenty critical in the past of huge, money-grubbing telcos like AT&T, but having a terrorist bomb explode outside one of your major regional facilities is a bit outside the normal scope of operations.
According to today’s newspaper, the address of where the blast occurred is 166 2nd St N. In September, I ate at a restaurant a few doors down at 160 2nd St N. Another picture I saw online had the sign for the parking garage we used.
Scary.
I keep seeing the burned out cars, and thinking about the people who may rely on their cars for their livelihoods and/or getting to their jobs. Not everyone has comprehensive insurance.
Yes, but what’s surprising, at least to me, is that the explosion doesn’t seem to have knocked out the switching station by itself. AT&T in the area was handling traffic fine afterwards. It did, however, knock out the power and likely the redundant backup power systems, which power things like the servers and switches themselves, and all of the cooling equipment. When the uninterrupible power supplies depleted, the computers started switching off.
That’s not supposed to happen from a ‘smaller’ bomb like that, AFAIK, and it’ll be interesting to learn how and why, so it doesn’t happen next time. I still wouldn’t be surprised to learn that this was a propane bomb that the bad guys finally figured out how to make work.
With all the security cams installed everywhere, I would imagine it will be possible to backtrack where the RV came from without too much trouble. A vehicle like that is going to stick out in footage captured in cams from doorbells, driveways, storefronts and even dashcams.
CNN TV today was mentioning based on the direction the RV was facing, the authorities are indeed looking for cam footage along possible routes it could have taken. Maybe get a shot of the driver if they’re lucky.
NASHVILLE – One day after an RV exploded and rocked downtown Nashville, federal law enforcement officials say 500 leads and tips are being investigated.
A person of interest has been identified in connection with the Christmas day explosion, a law enforcement source confirmed to The (Nashville) Tennessean – part of the USA TODAY Network – on Saturday.
But Douglas Korneski, FBI special agent in charge of the Memphis Field Office, would not identify any suspects at a Saturday afternoon press conference.
Tissue samples found at the scene were determined to be human remains, according to a Saturday report from The Federal Emergency Management Agency. Police have not confirmed any fatalities.
It is still unclear whether the remains were that of anyone involved in explosion. The FBI and ATF have taken taken the lead in the investigation.
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These days everyone is walking around with a still/video camera and a recording device. Lots of data available.
On CNN right now, they’re saying it is “likely a suicide bombing.”
Didn’t take long to track the RV owner. NY Post is reporting agents are at the man’s property.
I won’t link a story until there’s video at the farm.
This may be the RV owner. It doesn’t mean that it’s the bomber. The RV may have been rented or sold. Maybe stolen.
So was the Ryder truck used in the Oklahoma City bombing, and the VIN was a big identifier WRT who did it (except for John Doe #2, a mystery that may never be solved).
No relation to our properly numbered family!
A poster on another board who lives in Nashville said about 3 hours ago that while she was not directly affected by this, nor does she know anyone personally who was, the rumor mill is of course spinning wildly, and the facts are being released very, very slowly, which is understandable.
I don’t feel comfortable linking the daily mail. They’re running a story that says the POI signed a quick deed transferring his home to a single mom in California. The story is easily found by googling the man’s name
Giving away possessions is consistent with people considering suicide. The man was 63.
If true, the major news outlets will run with the story pretty soon. CBS seems to be all over this story. They broke news of the POI’s name.
A facility like that definitely has backup generators. I worked in a much smaller facility which had approx 90 min UPS for the datacenter, but we also had redundant 1500kw generators that fired up within 3 seconds of power disruption. And each had plenty of diesel to last 8 hrs. So that 90 min ups rarely got used more than 3 secs at a time.
The suicide bomber angle is exactly what the real bomber(s) want us and the authorities to think. Someone did die in the explosion, but they were just a victim along with others. That individual owned the house where the RV has been parked for weeks, and the authorities are ripping apart now. It’s where the bomb was built, etc. etc.
But the real bomber(s) snuck away well before the bomb went off, and I don’t believe it is the last that we will hear from them.
There was a time when the Dope was a place for serious comments.