BRKG Large explosion in downtown Nashville

[Red Baron]

Live local TV saying that metro bus service is being suspended and "Central Station" is being closed.

Large ‘intentional’ explosion damages downtown Nashville Christmas morning | WKRN News 2

 

[Millwright]

No apparent significant structural damage that I saw.

Sounds like a mostly uncontained fuel/air explosion.

 

[DazedandConfused]

so gunfire three different times and then a 20 loudspeaker warning and then a countdown and BOOM


W
T
H!?

Bad guys don't give a warning ! Who ever place the bomb wanted to make sure no lives were taken. What was the true target. I think it was a planned hit on the commies/DS just to send a message

 

[Raggedyman]

No apparent significant structural damage that I saw.

in one of the earlier tweet vids I thot I saw exposed wooden lath - like they used back in the day of plaster

 

[DazedandConfused]

I haven't been able to get a good look at the pics.

Was there much damage to the brick exteriors on any buildings?

In one vid I saw a large pile of brick blown from a building front1/2 a block away.

 

[LittleYellowFlower]

FBI is now taking over investigation of the explosion in Nashville.

Sooo we will never know the actual truth...

 

[Melodi]

Nightwolf whose first trip to Northern Ireland in 1985 included the windows of his hotel (on the first night there) blowing up said: "that sounds just like the IRA bombings."

The warning for civilians, the shot guns to draw in authorities and a vehicle full of explosives that is designed to "send a message" more than it is intended to be a mass killing.

As he pointed out, they didn't care if a few people died in the process but it wasn't the motive like it obviously was in Oklahoma City or 9/11.

 

[wobble]

In one vid I saw a large pile of brick blown from a building front1/2 a block away.

Also some portion of a building collapsed while a girl was filming from about 200 feet from the collapse..maybe 250-300 feet.

 

[jward]

There's a pic upthread that is from accross the river and shows the buildings next to the demolished ones with faces intact, and only broken windows.
The blast debris field was reported to be two blocks either direction.
The blast was reportedly felt at least up to 19 miles away in Mount Juliet.*
The blast was reportedly heard at least 2 miles away.*

I haven't been able to get a good look at the pics.

Was there much damage to the brick exteriors on any buildings?

 

[somdwatcher]

Another explosion reported on scanner??? Automated voice

 

[Melodi]

Bad guys don't give a warning ! Who ever place the bomb wanted to make sure no lives were taken. What was the true target. I think it was a planned hit on the commies/DS just to send a message

The IRA almost always did, they even gave one for Omagh (the one I was nearly in and that killed so many people at the street fair) but a mistake was made and somehow people were told to evacuate in the direction of the bomb not away from it.

This one "mistake" ultimately led to the Peace Accords and even the Nationalists (for nearly a generation) because everyone was so revolted by the death and carnage.

 

[Red Baron]

One picture I saw earlier showed a clean silver dollar sized hole in a window at least two blocks away from the explosion. The window had a direct line of sight to ground zero.

Makes me wonder if the device included ball bearings or another form of shrapnel?

 

[psychgirl]

Another explosion reported on scanner

This might keep going on all morning unless they either find them or the rumors are false

 

[night driver]

The presence or absence of structural damage isn't in a consensus of the streamers I've seen.

Takes some concussion to blow out the windows on the OTHER SIDE of affected buildings, though.

Listening to the blast on the post from 2 miles away suggests a VERY high level of brisance in the detonated material. It was a FAST explosion, not a slower rumbling one.

Not sure that I am buying a Fuel Air Explosion on this one. An FAE would have collapsed more than the one reported building. Even if they WERE Quake-resistant, as a lot of Nashville is now.

 

[jward]

Phillip C. Senn
@preacherSenn
1m

#nashvilleexplosion From a friend in La Vergne, TN: "I'm about 20 miles away from there, and I felt it at my home. A block away, the are building a new subdivision, and are doing blasting there. This explosion was stronger than the construction blasting."

 

[CapeCMom]

Yep. Something here just feels and smells like Oklahoma City. Maybe it's the building damage to some degree..

That’s what my son said too. He put his nose up to the tv and looked at the debris spray and the direction it went and then zeroed in on the right side of the street where he saw the white powder spray. “ That’s where it went off. Oklahoma City Mom they used ammonium Nitrate.” He was in Fallujah in 2005.

 

[Lone_Hawk]

UPDATE: The cops responded to a shootout. Evac'ed the people in the apts to go out the back.

Then suspected the RV.
Then at some point it blew up.

The cops that were close by the explosion went deaf for a time and one was knocked off their feet.

They have a few people in custody for questioning, or possible witnesses.

Large ‘intentional’ explosion damages downtown Nashville Christmas morning

The explosion happened in the area of Second Avenue and Broadway near Commerce Street occurred around 6:30 am Friday. Heavy black smoke can be seen rising above the affected area.

www.wkrn.com

Thanks for the link to the live feed. A few minutes ago they were showing pics of the AT&T building. Lots of shrapnel damage to the AT&T building. Lots of other damage to surrounding buildings.

 

[et2]

Keep in mind most propane tanks are on the out side of an large RV, not inside. So unless there was a inside leak and ignition a leak would vent into the air. Most RV’s have a propane leak detector that would go off if a propane leak was detected alerting to the problem.

Most cities wouldn’t allow RV’s parked on a residential street for any long length of time without being towed. It would be nice to know what type of RV. If the small class B type. They generally have small propane tanks, surely not big enough to cause this.

 

[jward]

We should have enough known variables at this point to start to zero in on the :what" and "how much of it" of the explosives. No real mysteries as to who makes the "who" short list, either imo.

 

[Fairwillows]

Have been listening to the Scanner Radio, multiple explosions being reported, over and over and over....ugh

 

[wobble]

Also some portion of a building collapsed while a girl was filming from about 200 feet from the collapse..maybe 250-300 feet.

@1:06
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=1Y3nX95wY2k&feature=emb_title

 

[mzkitty]

Yeah, I posted about this Christmas '93 card on another thread last night (don't remember which one).
This is all very strange, eh?

 

[Red Baron]

That’s what my son said too. He put his nose up to the tv and looked at the debris spray and the direction it went and then zeroed in on the right side of the street where he saw the white powder spray. “ That’s where it went off. Oklahoma City Mom they used ammonium Nitrate.” He was in Fallujah in 2005.

That's good enough for me!

 

[hunybee]

Thanks for the link to the live feed. A few minutes ago they were showing pics of the AT&T building. Lots of shrapnel damage to the AT&T building. Lots of other damage to surrounding buildings.

is it just me or does at&t seem to pop up recurring?

not all the time, but i see that name in connection with "situations" a fair amount.

does anyone else see that?

 

[wobble]

One picture I saw earlier showed a clean silver dollar sized hole in a window at least two blocks away from the explosion. The window had a direct line of sight to ground zero.

Makes me wonder if the device included ball bearings or another form of shrapnel?

I saw a glimpse and the side of the building with that window was facing away from the blast..I think?

 

[hunybee]

We should have enough known variables at this point to start to zero in on the :what" and "how much of it" of the explosives. No real mysteries as to who makes the "who" short list, either imo.

i am curious yours and others thinking on that.

who are you saying?

 

[colonel holman]

As soon as a second bomb is set off in another city, especially today, one can count on a ”disprportionate response” by POTUS as soon as badguys can be identified, esp if overseas

 

[hunybee]

Have been listening to the Scanner Radio, multiple explosions being reported, over and over and over....ugh

as i right now?

or are you saying they are reporting the same explosion over and over?

 

[wobble]

That's good enough for me!

I was raised by a world famous pyro guru(My Dad) and the area looked like that to me as well.

 

[night driver]

Keep in mind most propane tanks are on the out side of an large RV, not inside. So unless there was a inside leak and ignition a leak would vent into the air. Most RV’s have a propane leak detector that would go off if a propane leak was detected alerting to the problem.

Most cities wouldn’t allow RV’s parked on a residential street for any long length of time without being towed. It would be nice to know what type of RV. If the small class B type. They generally have small propane tanks, surely not big enough to cause this.

UHMmmm...

Class A RV's have the tanks inside, under the floorboards usually at the front of the RV, accessible from the front curbside corner.
Having refilled more than 2 or 3 of them back when I was full-timing as a camp-host.

 

[mzkitty]

Hmmm..........



Well, Trump did tell Iran a day or so ago to watch out for their health if even one American got killed over in the Baghdad embassy. I dunno what's going on:

 

[cowboy]

It's crossing my mind that a little Shiffty waterboarding is a lead up to this!

 

[stormie]

mzkitty you'rethe greatest! No where else was anyone reporting on this event when you posted. The mainstream media is just now catching up. Thank you for always bringing us breaking news before the news!!!

 

[Lilbitsnana]

I haven't been able to get a good look at the pics.

Was there much damage to the brick exteriors on any buildings?

Yes

 

[Lone_Hawk]

I don't get the countdown thing. WTH?

- Did the police receive a phone threat that specified an exact time the device would be detonated?

- Did a robot attempt to approach or open the vehicle?

The police were responding to "shots fired" 911 calls when they focused on the RV.

is it just me or does at&t seem to pop up recurring?

not all the time, but i see that name in connection with "situations" a fair amount.

does anyone else see that?

The RV was parked in front of the AT&T building according to reports.

 

[raven]

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Yeah, I posted about this Christmas '93 card on another thread last night (don't remember which one).
This is all very strange, eh?

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Apparently, Bill ain't around to sign the card

 

[Red Baron]

As soon as a second bomb is set off in another city, especially today, one can count on a ”disprportionate response” by POTUS as soon as badguys can be identified, esp if overseas

ME types would be really stupid to initiate let alone bear responsibility for an attack before President Trump leaves office.

But who ever said the Wankerstans were smart?

 

[jward]

Sam Hayes
@shicinc
50s

Replying to
@SandraL00936396
Why are the Police Investigating the explosion in Nashville? This would be an excellent opportunity for the Social Workers to show their skills.

 

[PanBear]

Officials now believe this morning's explosion in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, was an intentional act. At least three people have been taken to the hospital.
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More video footage showing the aftermath of the Nashville bombing.
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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1342506978803900416

View: https://twitter.com/Joshuajered/status/1342506978803900416

 

[Red Baron]

The police were responding to "shots fired" 911 calls when they focused on the RV.

The RV was parked in front of the AT&T building according to reports.

My question, regarding the countdown, was how would the police know when the device would detonate?