[Outages-discussion] [outages] Explosion in Nashville

[Dave Browning]

Authorities were aware of “a suspicious” vehicle, and were door knocking and trying to evacuate the area. I imagine bomb squad were èn route.

That’s what you hear, the authorities trying to evac the area.

Dave Browning | dlbNetworks

> On 26 Dec 2020, at 5:53 am, Matthew Petach <matt at petach.org> wrote:
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> Just to -discussion;
> 
> Prior to the explosion, you can hear a recorded voice on the 
> 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 to 
> minimize injury and death, if they're repeatedly warning 
> 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, 
> 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 the 
> 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 to 
> 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 behind 
> the explosion, it's still mucked up a bunch of good people's
> holiday plans.  :(
> 
> Stay safe out there!
> 
> Merry Christmas!
> 
> Matt
> 
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> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 11:26 AM Andy Ringsmuth <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
>> 
>> In the video, the AT&T building is on the right edge on the other side of the street from the security camera.
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>> > On Dec 25, 2020, at 1:09 PM, Kurt Duncan via Outages <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.  
>> > -- 
>> > Kurt Duncan
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