Nashville Bombing

[Larry]

@lufins-dad said in In Nashville this AM:

WTF did they have in that thing?

I don't know, but it sure packed a punch, didn't it....

[mark]

WTF.

[Copper]

@jodi said in In Nashville this AM:

This is horrible. WTF.

Some of those people have occasional bad behavior, but they wouldn't do this.

Not on Christmas anyway.

[Mik]

While not exactly in the spirit of the day, that was fuh-nee.

[George K]

[kluurs]

[jodi]

@copper I wondered if that would get a reaction from TNCR.

[mark]

VBIED? Very Bad Improvised Explosive Device? lol

WTF is VB?

[Doctor Phibes]

@mark said in In Nashville this AM:

VBIED? Very Bad Improvised Explosive Device? lol

WTF is VB?

Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device.

Presumably it's American for car-bomb.

[George K]

Former federal prosecutor weighs in on what's unusual and speculates on motive

Read the tread:

[Doctor Phibes]

He mentions the 1996 IRA bombing of Manchester as having similarities - they frequently used to call in warnings ahead of time, and sometimes actually used code words so the police would know which warnings were genuine. The goal was to cause as much chaos and material damage as possible, but preferably without killing anybody.

[jodi]

Fascinating. (Horrifying too). Off topic about twitter - I really only read it when it’s linked to here, and I find I’m much more likely to keep reading without my mind drifting off somewhere else when things are broken into chunks like that, even though there were a lot of them, than I would if it were all presented together on one page. (I tend to skim, then) Pretty sure technology has rewired my brain...

[Catseye3]

[George K]

Police say human remains have been found at the scene.

[Catseye3]

@george-k said in In Nashville this AM:

Police say human remains have been found at the scene.

Little mentions that; they're now trying to determine if the remains are caused by the explosion.

[Loki]

[89th]

I thought the audio evacuation warnings were really freaky to hear.

[mark]

https://www.facebook.com/photo...et=a.100840766618002

"The explosion took out a single commercial communications hub.

And THAT crippled the city. It took down the airport. Took down emergency services and police communications. Took down data and the internet, which crippled news, information services, social media, and thus both government and the public's awareness and ability to respond.

And yet, the terrorists took pains to reduce the number of human casualties. Why?

Unless this is a Bruce Willis Christmas movie involving international criminals covering up the theft of billions in bearer bonds, then the odds are very high this was a probing attack -- a test by our enemies foreign OR domestic.

This used to be my job. Cut a critical comms node, see what effect it has on the target, how long it takes to restore, how the adversary responds. Of course, that was war.

This is either something similar, or the terrorists got incredibly lucky."*

[Jolly]

It ain't luck.

[kluurs]

Raid going on for a person of interest - will be interesting to learn a bit more. I have to think that they'll go in heavy on something like this - and some risk of an adverse outcome for those entering a place where a bomb or bombs have been made.