[Outages-discussion] [outages] Explosion in Nashville

[Clayton Zekelman]

Sounds more like someone on some sort of mentally 
deranged "mission" to teach someone a 
lesson.  Former employee, disgruntled customer.  Who knows.

It certainly sounds more and more like a 
domestic, rather than foreign act - warning 
messages blaring ahead of time from Al-Qaeda ? Not likely.

My wild ass guess is that whoever did it knew the 
building was a major hub for the wireline phone network in the region.

What they thankfully didn't know is those 
buildings were built to handle the weight of the 
old step-by-step and crossbar switches, and are heavily reinforced.

There are a number of buildings in North America 
that are major telecom hubs.  Those of us in the 
industry know where they are and what they do, 
and have nightmares of things like this happening.


At 02:52 PM 25/12/2020, Matthew Petach wrote:

>Just to -discussion;
>
>Prior to the explosion, you can hear a recorded voice on theÂ
>security camera repeating (3x)
>
>"All buildings in this area must be evacuated now"
>
>followed by the same voice repeating 2x:
>
>"If you can hear this message, evacuate now!"
>
>It would certainly seem to be carefully pre-planned toÂ
>minimize injury and death, if they're repeatedly warningÂ
>people to evacuate the area before the explosion occurs.
>
>I find myself mulling over what purpose is there to warn
>people of the blast ahead of time?
>
>If you're a business owner, crushed by the pandemic,Â
>perhaps destroying your business, collecting insurance,
>and moving on might be a motive, and one in which you
>would honestly seek to ensure nobody was hurt in theÂ
>process.  If you're caught, insurance fraud is much less
>of a weight on your conscience than manslaughter.
>
>It really doesn't seem like a very terrorist-like move toÂ
>warn people to clear the area ahead of time so they
>won't be hurt.
>
>Best of luck to all those working to clean up the mess
>on Christmas day today.  No matter the reason behindÂ
>the explosion, it's still mucked up a bunch of good people's
>holiday plans. Â :(
>
>Stay safe out there!
>
>Merry Christmas!
>
>Matt
>
>
>
>
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>
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>On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 11:26 AM Andy Ringsmuth 
><<mailto:andy at andyring.com>andy at andyring.com> wrote:
>Crossposting over to -discussion.
>
>News reports indicate damage to the AT&T 
>building is affecting cell coverage. But it 
>wouldn’t surprise me if it was a/the target, 
>given the timing which seems calculated to minimize human damage.
>
>If you haven’t seen it, here’s footage from 154 2nd Ave. N.
>
><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nygTJeu9fU>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nygTJeu9fU
>
>In the video, the AT&T building is on the right 
>edge on the other side of the street from the security camera.
>
>----
>Andy Ringsmuth
>5609 Harding Drive
>Lincoln, NE 68521-5831
>(402) 304-0083
><mailto:andy at andyring.com>andy at andyring.com
>
>“Better even die free, than to live slaves.” - Frederick Douglas, 1863
>
> > On Dec 25, 2020, at 1:09 PM, Kurt Duncan via 
> Outages <<mailto:outages at outages.org>outages at outages.org> wrote:
> >
> > Anyone else seeing phone or internet issues 
> due to the AT&T building being damaged by the explosion in Nashville ?
> >
> > Thank God for the first responders working today who protect us.Â
> > --
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