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Konrad 3 points ago +3 / -0

No, the real question is: how did an explosive device get into its basement?

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CrusadingPowerUser [S] 3 points ago +3 / -0

Reality is home dude knew some kind of centralized meta data analyzing packet level snooping / encryption deciphering machine was in there that was being used to aggregate data in order to control the population or some shit

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Konrad 3 points ago +3 / -0

I'm pretty good with explosives. I can assure you whatever destroyed the RV didn't cause the underground damage to the AT&T facility.

But is this the work of one crazy? Much as I distrust the Fblies, my magic 8 ball says yes. Sure, two explosions. But the RV explosion is interesting. No cratering. Blast overpressure at distance. Significant suck-back. But no flash ignition of curtains or awning fabrics. Definitely not HE. But the tree standing next to the RV position says no to AFNO or mining power-gel. But there are two materials that could fit. And if our crazy could build either, then they would have had the skills to blow up the basement of the AT&T facility even though their RV was on the opposite side of the road.

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streakybacon 1 point ago +1 / -0

I don't think anyone can say with any certainty yet what the nature of the blast was.

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Konrad 1 point ago +1 / -0

I can assure you that what destroyed the RV was not HE, properly mixed AFNO or Torvex power-gel.

Forget the videos (most of which have been doctored), from the stills, I can tell which group that explosive belongs to. No, I cannot make an assurance as to which exact one, but I don't have the RV insulation foam to analyze. These are liquid materials, and an outer un-deflegated/detonated layer will be projected and impregnate materials near the device. If I had samples to test I could tell you which of four. But I am being holistic in the face of absence of chemical data, and two high probabilities are in the frame.

Explosives forensics is interesting. You can tell if it was HE just by gas-spalling on close metal elements without any chemical testing. But so too you can get a read on the material used, just by looking at the area blast effects. Every touch leaves its trace.

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MadMaxUSMC 2 points ago +2 / -0

I watched an interview with an eyewitness (early 20's ginger looking guy) in one of the adjacent buildings. He said he heard a couple of rounds of gunfire. Close enough that he and his girlfriend barricaded the door. Then the warning message for a while, then the explosions.

Then he said he actually heard 3 distinct explosions when the bomb went off.

I can't find that video anymore but I'm sure of the details he relayed. Can't vouch for anything else though.

Bottom line: Could there have been more than one bomb?

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MadMaxUSMC 2 points ago +2 / -0

Good looking out. There's more to that interview, Because what I saw, right after they cut it, I'm quite sure he said something like "We heard 3 different explosions but they said it was just one, I don't know, whatever."

That was the info that made me remember that interview in the first place.