Large Explosion in downtown Nashville

[Grudenator]

How the hell is this much AT&T infrastructure wrapped up in a building on 2nd Ave? Seems a terrible design...

Exactly what I’ve been saying. When my wife’s family said there’s wasn’t working today at 2 pm, one of them said “probably because of the explosion”. I laughed and said, no, that was an office building that was hit, not a tower. Clearly I was the idiot lol.

 

[Grudenator]

The whole ordeal doesn’t make sense

Stinks somewhat. From what I heard the license plates were removed. Who would suicide and bother with that?

 

[Chippo]

There were two different rounds of gunshots before the warning went off, but police could find no evidence of shooting prior to the explosion. I think the gunshots were a recording to wake people and get them to listen to the warning. The warning counted down from 15 minutes. I think the explosion was specifically intended to damage the ATT building.

I was also wondering if the gunshots
were part of the recording.

 

[Grudenator]

I was also wondering if the gunshots
were part of the recording.

That or the suspect trying to draw attention because he truly didn’t want anyone hurt

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Wow, so much has been taken offline with this bomb.

Again, this is just another Amazon Prime example of how fragile and centralized our critical infrastructure is. Centralization is not the answer... decentralization is the answer.

 

[kcvols1]

How the hell is this much AT&T infrastructure wrapped up in a building on 2nd Ave? Seems a terrible design...

Hard high speed land lines for ATT are built off the template for original telephone exchanges. Their cell networks tie in from the towers. Comcast is a similar model built fifty years afterward.

New networks aren’t as dependent on the land lines, but they’re not as fast. Starlink may render it all obsolete.

 

[kcvols1]

Again, this is just another Amazon Prime example of how fragile and centralized our critical infrastructure is. Centralization is not the answer... decentralization is the answer.

If you can do that while maintaining uniform reliability of service, then that would be advantageous. Easier said than done.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

How the hell is this much AT&T infrastructure wrapped up in a building on 2nd Ave? Seems a terrible design...

If I had to guess, that was an accounting/financial decision... not one made by the technical or maintenance people.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

If you can do that while maintaining uniform reliability of service, then that would be advantageous. Easier said than done.

Well, I say decentralized because I am relatively familiar with the power industry. Our electrical transmission system could suffer the same type of regional outages if the right targets were hit (and at the right time).

 

[Volgolfer1618]

The local Fox channel has a reporter driving around and she says: A lot of these businesses just finished cleaning up all the vandalism from the peaceful protests that occurred during the summer. What a stupid b, do these people hear themselves?

When you have a narrative to follow, it doesn't have to be consistent

 

[Volgolfer1618]

Wow, watching the news one witness said the gunshots could have been a recording because the pattern sounded the same. They obviously didn't want anyone hurt because of the warning but that is just creepy and scary at the same time.

 

[Volgolfer1618]

If and this is a BIG IF the warning was legit and combined with the timing was trying to keep deaths down then this had to be either a political statement, or a shot at communications infrastructure. Both are terrorism, if political low casualties makes no sense. The more the better typically , plus you'd have someone taking credit. If it's against comms it's still terrorism, since when does a terrorist worry about collateral damage/ casualties? Nothing at all makes sense on this.

They could have hit att but only att. They didn't want to hurt anyone. To damage a company you can blow it up any time since its a building. They didnt wantcany casualties. Sadly, we'll probably never hear anymore details of the investigation.

 

[AM64]

If it was, it was probably a fault somewhere in the device wiring.

Either it was intended to be a later day/time and it went off too soon, or the timer/switch was activated intentionally but it detonated way too late.

Libs and technical issues. Clocks and numbers are tough for them.

 

[NEO]

Sure looks like it..... you think it was a disgruntled employee?

I don't think so.

It could be but I have a feeling this was a warning to show how easily our networks can be brought down.

I am also shocked like many of you that 1 freaking building controls so much grid. You would think they have work arounds for something like this or the servers would be below ground and protected from earthquake level explosions....which clearly they aren't.

This country has to wake up and be more prepared.

 

[AM64]

Could easily been the antifa or blm. But I’m not one to lay blame without proof

I'm going with the Chinese were covering their tracks after using ATT equipment while electronically disguised as Russian hackers doing the SolarWinds number ... and laying the blame on Soros dupes.

 

[1972 Grad]

I'm going with the Chinese were covering their tracks after using ATT equipment while electronically disguised as Russian hackers doing the SolarWinds number ... and laying the blame on Soros dupes.

Sounds like a reasonable theory.

 

[AM64]

It was me.... Today it’s more about wetting him down in the freezing weather...... but I’d just as soon sweep him down the street with a cannon

Water cannon are the weapon of choice when it comes to "mostly peaceful" demonstrations. Shower in the summer for filthy libs and stone cold justice if they try it in the winter.

 

[KB5252]

According to a friend of mine they are currently pumping water out of AT&T building and will be drilling a wall to introduce uncompromised power. Can then determine how much equipment, if any, is beyond repair.

 

[AM64]

Well, I say decentralized because I am relatively familiar with the power industry. Our electrical transmission system could suffer the same type of regional outages if the right targets were hit (and at the right time).

Dropping a grid also stresses a lot of safety systems ... especially in some plants.

 

[Carl Pickens]

Water cannon are the weapon of choice when it comes to "mostly peaceful" demonstrations. Shower in the summer for filthy libs and stone cold justice if they try it in the winter.

You know what I’m saying

 

[Carl Pickens]

I don't know, how would you describe an RV stuffed with explosives and a PA system telling everyone within earshot it was about to go off? A boom-boom party?

A mostly peaceful protest

 

[Carl Pickens]

And probably happy that there's a couple dozen businesses that suffered considerable destruction by the blast.

There’s a conspiracy theory going around Nashville that the sweetie pie, midget a-hole mayor’s 34% tax hike during the Covid pandemic is nothing more than a planned land grab

 

[Carl Pickens]

His dad, Prentice Cooper was Governor and his brother Jim Cooper is a Congressman

And together the three of them cannot spell cat..... yet they get elected because they’re democrats

 

[Carl Pickens]

I don't think so.

It could be but I have a feeling this was a warning to show how easily our networks can be brought down.

I am also shocked like many of you that 1 freaking building controls so much grid. You would think they have work arounds for something like this or the servers would be below ground and protected from earthquake level explosions....which clearly they aren't.

This country has to wake up and be more prepared.

I was talking to my FIL today and he worked for the phone company years ago. He was telling me the AT&T building had some HUGE computers inside and that the basement had some really big 1volt batteries in the basement.... like huge batteries

 

[zeppelin128]

Here is a random thought. Maybe we should let the experts figure this out before we start to blame each other. Just a thought.