[Outages-discussion] Nashville bombing suspect identified as former IT technician, died in the blast.

[Matt Hoppes]

https://kfoxtv.com/news/nation-world/police-truck-playing-audio-similar-to-that-in-nashville-explosion-shuts-down-highway?fbclid=IwAR1KAVDsa0syf6d8j4MKFdyrAtMj8royG65kIU9xbe6trTHB8JekGVQ_9m0

Fearing no copy cats decide to try anything in the coming days. 

> On Dec 27, 2020, at 6:59 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
> 
>  It was reported, by Newsweek if memory serves me correctly, that his father was a longtime career employee of Southern Bell - possibly working in that building - who died in 2011. 
> 
> No news at the moment as to whether he might have held a grudge against the company for the way in which his father died or something to that effect.
> 
> But it certainly is looking like what I have thought it was most of the time since Christmas morning - a 'grand-mal suicide', a phrase I don't remember who I stole it from.
> 
>> On December 27, 2020 5:47:47 PM EST, "Chapman, Brad (NBCUniversal)" <Brad.Chapman at nbcuni.com> wrote:
>> https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/27/anthony-quinn-warner-confirmed-person-interest-nashville-explosion/4053000001/
>> 
>> This was an apparent suicide bombing with no other parties and no ulterior motive as of yet.  Just before the bomb went off, the RV was playing “Downtown” by Petula Clark, a song meant to inspire people feeling blue to “forget all your troubles, forget all your cares and go downtown, where all the lights are bright...”
>> 
>> According to the article, Warner lived in Nashville for decades and had a long stable career in IT doing alarms and security systems and related work.  Neighbors described him as polite but also quiet and aloof with no obvious political leanings or religious convictions.  
>> 
>> He was probably lonely and depressed for a really long time, and the isolation of COVID-19 finally got to him.  
>> 
>> Depression is common in our line of work.  Don’t be afraid to talk to a friend or a professional about it, especially in these trying times.  
>> 
>> May 2021 be a better year.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Brad Chapman
>> 
>> —Sent from my iPhone
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