I’ve seen multiple news reports that include statements along the lines of “Authorities believe the explosion was probably intentional.”
Given that there was a recorded message repeatedly blaring “If you can hear this message, evacuate now.” isn’t it essentially certain the explosion was intentional?
Could somebody be attempting to fake their own death? I think it’s a little suspicious that they’ve only recovered “tissue” and not parts.
I don’t know, that was a pretty big bang.
Any estimates on the yield of said bang yet, in lbs/tons of tnt?
You know, they have this stuff, legal to buy in the gun stores. The crazy farm kids in my area all use it. Thermite? Tannerite? I’m not a target shooter, so I don’t know. But it’s an explosive, and they use it to make their targets explode when shot. Fill a beer can with this stuff, then shoot it. That kind of thing. There were a couple of dudes a few years ago near me who shot off a whole bunch of that stuff, and it shook windows from the east side of Joliet Il., to the Indiana towns on the Illinois border. Totally legal to buy.
Definitely not thermite. Thermite just burns really hot, not so much explode.
At my house it sounded like a loud, sudden thunderclap. I’m not here to argue about what explodes or not, but this shook the land and rattled windows for miles.
Tangent dropped.
There still are inconveniences in the area. I don’t have service on my phone yet. Some people don’t have internet. I put an order for pickup at Walmart. Their system is down, so I need to wait until it’s back up before I get my weekly groceries (I can go in the store and pick up what I need). Some ATMs are down. For some stores the card readers aren’t working and it’s cash only. And my mother-in-law has been watching streaming church services since Covid. Unless it comes back up by tomorrow she will need to miss her church services.
Well, the current official theory seems to be that it was a suicide bombing.
From what I have seen of the wreckage, there is a non-zero chance that the backup generators are nonfunctional.
An explosion that large could have easily ruptured any fuel cell used to feed said generators. Nor are diesel, or any, generators engineered to withstand that large of a blast that close to them. I suspect that the generators are in the basement. How deep is the debris pile anyway? Will The Feds let cleanup begin yet, or are they still investigating? I suspect the latter.
As far as the communication systems, the ones at the airport being down for so long is what I am concerned about. Why did it take so long for them to get back on line? They are up and running right?
Cell service relies on towers, what damage was done to those towers?
Something that I know little about is EMPs. Does that even factor into this scenario at all? Do exploding power-line transformers actually emit EMPs like is portrayed in popular movies? If so, what permanent damages can they cause?
I doubt that we will ever be able to make any sense out of this as far as why is concerned.
Totally idle speculation based on not very much: Given that the AT&T transmission hub seems to be the most likely target, is it possible this could be a paranoid-conspiracy attack related to the 5G rollout? Some Qanon type nutter wants to disrupt the spread of dangerous technology and gives their life for the cause?
We may never know the bombers motivation. Unless he posted to social media and fringe forums.
The investigation will probably shift to his online activities very soon.
AT&T is the most obvious target. But the bomber clearly didn’t want to hurt people, so what if he was aiming to close down the bar strip?
There are reports of the authorities investigating the 5G nutty conspiracy angle. We will see if there is something there.
Pardon me, but what is the nutshell version of the 5G conspiracy theory?
One could say that it would be easier to report what nutty things the 5G conspiracies don’t include.
There’s absolutely no way 5G mobile phone signals either transmit the virus or reduce our defences to it - we’ve debunked these claims, which scientists say are biologically impossible.
But this hasn’t stopped these rumours going global, leading to protests even in countries where the technology doesn’t yet exist.
An evangelical pastor in Tanzania said on Instagram and YouTube that the push for the mobile technology is behind the spread of coronavirus.
A former grand mufti in Egypt has spoken on television about the 5G network and how it might have caused electromagnetic disturbance, creating a perfect environment for the spread of coronavirus.
Meanwhile in Europe, fearmongering has also led to protests and attacks on masts.
The BBC has reported on dozens of incidents of antenna-destruction in the UK.
In Serbia, 5G conspiracies and speculation about Bill Gates have also been popular both on television and in the tabloid press, where stories are often drawn from English or Russian sources.
The bit about spying on us could include the Corona vaccine tracking us, up to the 5G allowing governments to spy on us. (Kinda late on that one, with the internet and already old phone cell tech, that is not a conspiracy but a feature some times.)
Well crap. I thought 5G was faster internet.
I think they’re saying that the bomb exploded when it was intended to, and didn’t explode before the bomber expected to. Which could be an important distinction in determining if this was meant to be a suicide attack, or the guy just didn’t set his fuse right.
When a guy blows himself to bits, all you’re gonna get is bits of guy.
Are there security cameras that show the parked vehicle? If so, wouldn’t they know if someone exited the vehicle or not after parking?