Fri Dec 25, 2020, 10:10 AM

milestogo (16,177 posts)

Reports: Explosion rocks downtown Nashville

Source: Washington Post

NASHVILLE — News reports say emergency crews have responded to an explosion in downtown Nashville. Black smoke and flames were seen billowing from the area.

Buildings shook in the immediate area and beyond after a loud boom was heard early Christmas morning. Police and fire crews were on the scene.

The Metro Nashville Office of Emergency Management told Nashville television station WKRN that a parked recreational vehicle exploded and damaged several buildings. No injuries were immediately reported. The station also quoted officials as saying the explosion did not seem suspicious.

Buck McCoy, who lives near the area, posted videos on Facebook that show water pouring down the ceiling of his home. Alarms blare in the background and cries of people in great distress ring in the background. A fire is visible in the street outside. McCoy said the windows of his home were entirely blown out.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/reports-explosion-rocks-downtown-nashville/2020/12/25/8d2157fa-46b7-11eb-ac2a-3ac0f2b8ceeb_story.html

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Reports: Explosion rocks downtown Nashville (Original post)	milestogo	Dec 2020	OP
quoted officials as saying.......	MyOwnPeace	Dec 2020	#1
"IF" they believe it is unsuspicious...	ret5hd	Dec 2020	#3
If you read through the linked article,	wnylib	Dec 2020	#74
No shit. I don't think RV's just blow up like that. I saw one burn down to the tires and we thought	brewens	Dec 2020	#4
If the propane was leaking and mixed with air in the correct ratio that's a fuel air bomb.	TexasProgresive	Dec 2020	#44
Depends on the cause to be honest. Some RVs these days have gas generators for example	cstanleytech	Dec 2020	#63
The RV could have been a meth lab and accidentally blew up from that	Polybius	Dec 2020	#71
CNN reporting that authorities are calling it intentional. nt	mobeau69	Dec 2020	#16
CNN Mentioned and Speculated Several Times it Was The Left!	McKim	Dec 2020	#113
That pissed me off	MustLoveBeagles	Dec 2020	#125
Did they give any rationale for that line of thinking?	Sapient Donkey	Dec 2020	#129
It's being called intentional now.	paleotn	Dec 2020	#37
Domestic terrorists maybe? Just speculating. Nt	raccoon	Dec 2020	#2
My guess also n/t	ewagner	Dec 2020	#5
Nashville is 20-degrees F this morning ..	DemoTex	Dec 2020	#6
Damn ..	DemoTex	Dec 2020	#100
I hope no one is hurt	Marthe48	Dec 2020	#7
It was pretty big - footage of the aftermath	muriel_volestrangler	Dec 2020	#8
That is a very large footprint. Not an Rv propane tank.	mn9driver	Dec 2020	#11
Not even a 100lb propane tank could do that much damage	CanonRay	Dec 2020	#26
The War on Christmas has entered a whole new phase.	Ligyron	Dec 2020	#59
HOLY SHIT	orangecrush	Dec 2020	#82
Could it be the RV was a mobile meth lab?	Rollo	Dec 2020	#9
😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅😁	annabanana	Dec 2020	#12
Breaking 'really' Bad! nt	babylonsister	Dec 2020	#14
Reports: Explosion rocks downtown Nashville	FelineOverlord	Dec 2020	#10
Did you see Breaking Bad?	jmowreader	Dec 2020	#17
Did you see Breaking Bad?	FelineOverlord	Dec 2020	#20
Check YouTube	jmowreader	Dec 2020	#53
Skip most TV, but Breaking Bad is truly amazing. I was hooked after season 1 Ep 6:	Lucky Luciano	Dec 2020	#81
The police just said it was intentional	Aerator	Dec 2020	#13
"An intentional act" -- police and FD were aware before the explosion occurred -- more from local	eppur_se_muova	Dec 2020	#15
The target was undoubtedly the AT&T communications equipment building across from the Melting Pot	Klaralven	Dec 2020	#35
"undoubtedly"? Seems like a premature judgment.	onenote	Dec 2020	#48
The one side of the street is two comm buildings and a parking ramp	Klaralven	Dec 2020	#54
studied the map a bit; the AT&T tower (aka Batman Building) is at 3rd &Commerce	yellowdogintexas	Dec 2020	#124
If you go to "the melting pot, nashville, tn" on google maps you'll see the explosion location mark	Klaralven	Dec 2020	#126
This means the explosion was caught on the patrol car's dashcam.	denbot	Dec 2020	#115
Sounds like Vanilla ISIS from the Trump Caliphate	dalton99a	Dec 2020	#18
That's what my money is on	Major Nikon	Dec 2020	#39
Yep.	Hassin Bin Sober	Dec 2020	#68
Wouldn't surprise me if so.	Sapient Donkey	Dec 2020	#127
I hate to have to think this way...	jmowreader	Dec 2020	#19
Maybe like mcveigh, nichols....	Tikki	Dec 2020	#21
Almost certainly.	joshcryer	Dec 2020	#49
And Trump's FBI will be investigating. Good luck.	jalan48	Dec 2020	#22
WaPo update - Police say "intentional"	BumRushDaShow	Dec 2020	#23
Local news coverage here	JHB	Dec 2020	#24
Dump crazies get their wish	ouija	Dec 2020	#25
That's where my thoughts went to	bucolic_frolic	Dec 2020	#28
That is pure bullshit,	dware	Dec 2020	#45
Agreed	DENVERPOPS	Dec 2020	#64
I really don't attach much to them being out of town,	dware	Dec 2020	#69
that of course won't stop him from milking it for all the attention he can get	yellowdogintexas	Dec 2020	#120
He'll grift to the end.	dware	Dec 2020	#138
Of course that wouldn't stop some Trump cult members from thinking it would help Trump	LiberalLovinLug	Dec 2020	#89
Oh I agree with what you say,	dware	Dec 2020	#111
I don't think it's RW or Antifia	Polybius	Dec 2020	#73
I doubt it would be Antifa.	wnylib	Dec 2020	#88
I remember sometime in the	liberalhistorian	Dec 2020	#99
I saw another DU thread that said	wnylib	Dec 2020	#106
Go on	greenjar_01	Dec 2020	#101
I'm hoping it wasn't on purpose, but that doesn't seem to be case based on what they're saying	Sapient Donkey	Dec 2020	#128
Wow! hope some of it is on cameras in the area BEFORE	bluestarone	Dec 2020	#27
Police and fire now saying they believe it was intentional.	mn9driver	Dec 2020	#29
I suspect anti-masker blew it up with no intent to kill anyone.	joshcryer	Dec 2020	#52
Why this location, though, if anti-maskers?	Mike 03	Dec 2020	#77
Tallest building in Nashville, perhaps?	MustBeTheBooz	Dec 2020	#80
Hooters	joshcryer	Dec 2020	#90
Sons of Blooming Onions won't stand for Hooters shut down!	greenjar_01	Dec 2020	#104
Umm.. yeah, it's about the wings.. That's the ticket..	denbot	Dec 2020	#116
fertilizer	DENVERPOPS	Dec 2020	#55
McVeigh was able to do more damage	wnylib	Dec 2020	#91
The truck used in the OKC bombing was parked on the street.	Make7	Dec 2020	#107
I thought it was parked in a	wnylib	Dec 2020	#108
The fact that car/truck bombs even exist in this world is not an inspiring commentary on humanity.	Make7	Dec 2020	#112
I wondered	DENVERPOPS	Dec 2020	#133
He and Nichols	DENVERPOPS	Dec 2020	#132
Thanks. Another poster also corrected me.	wnylib	Dec 2020	#134
Fertilizer is the basis for high explosives	burrowowl	Dec 2020	#137
The feds have been targeting right wing terrorist cells for months.	ForgoTheConsequence	Dec 2020	#30
WKRN reports FBI press conference soon about this event	Ramsey Barner	Dec 2020	#31
This message was self-deleted by its author	Ramsey Barner	Dec 2020	#36
FBI press conference at 10:45 CST	Ramsey Barner	Dec 2020	#40
In the Arts District.	ChazInAz	Dec 2020	#32
An RV.	Iggo	Dec 2020	#33
Maybe a deranged anti-masker upset about getting thrown out of a	Roisin Ni Fiachra	Dec 2020	#34
yup. that sort is askeert of the artists.	mopinko	Dec 2020	#38
Or some idiot asshole	DENVERPOPS	Dec 2020	#66
Wow!	xxqqqzme	Dec 2020	#41
Seems like a Qanon or pRoud bOuys type with McVeigh aspirations.	Ford_Prefect	Dec 2020	#42
My money's on Qanon. They have a conspiracy theory that G5 is causing virus.	sinkingfeeling	Dec 2020	#57
Either that or the Bugaloo crowd who seem disposed to violence on this scale.	Ford_Prefect	Dec 2020	#84
Somebody called in shots but	wnylib	Dec 2020	#94
On Christmas morning. That says something important	JohnnyRingo	Dec 2020	#43
Some indication that the target was first responders.	onenote	Dec 2020	#51
This occurred to me as well.	intheflow	Dec 2020	#93
Is this the War on Christmas we've heard so much about?	Ford_Prefect	Dec 2020	#98
Soon to come:	JohnnyRingo	Dec 2020	#114
Police have said that they were alerted by a suspicious vehicle	Enoki33	Dec 2020	#46
Maybe someone who hates country music?	Archae	Dec 2020	#47
Too many Holly Jolly Dolly Christmases?	Klaralven	Dec 2020	#56
My money is on the Boogaloo Boys.	PatrickforO	Dec 2020	#50
Me too.	maddogesq	Dec 2020	#58
Normally I would agree, but because it's Christmas I'm suspicious	Polybius	Dec 2020	#75
Or Cheeto, trying to give himself an excuse to declare his beloved Martial Law	sandensea	Dec 2020	#92
It's in TN, FFS.	Lock him up.	Dec 2020	#105
No shortage of local extremist elements willing to carry such a thing out, no doubt about it	sandensea	Dec 2020	#110
One of the proud boys burned down the Nashville's old courthouse.	denbot	Dec 2020	#117
"Ma. Ma! I want mah PA!"	sandensea	Dec 2020	#118
Nashville also has the largest Kurdish community in the US something like 10000	yellowdogintexas	Dec 2020	#119
ISIS would choose a larger, more	wnylib	Dec 2020	#95
if it was government they wanted to go after, the entire state government is	yellowdogintexas	Dec 2020	#121
Good points. So perhaps someone	wnylib	Dec 2020	#131
Propane can explode with incredible force.	BobTheSubgenius	Dec 2020	#60
WKRN and security videos show much larger flash and blast than a common propane tank would produce.	Ford_Prefect	Dec 2020	#103
I heard the explosion on the eastern outskirt of the county.	BMW2020RT	Dec 2020	#61
Shots were fired before the explosion	dalton99a	Dec 2020	#62
If true this is a crucial bit of information.	Mike 03	Dec 2020	#78
Another article linked in the OP	wnylib	Dec 2020	#96
Witness who called gunshots in said her and her husband think...	moriah	Dec 2020	#139
Thanks. By now, we know about	wnylib	Dec 2020	#140
Car bomb? What fresh hell is this? nt	Hekate	Dec 2020	#65
My Guesses	LPBBEAR	Dec 2020	#67
You left out "Trump will pardon them"	BamaRefugee	Dec 2020	#83
Well of course...	LPBBEAR	Dec 2020	#85
And issue an executive order for their faces to be on coins, stamps and paper money.	BamaRefugee	Dec 2020	#87
Analyst on CNN mentioned	bucolic_frolic	Dec 2020	#70
This!!!	Ford_Prefect	Dec 2020	#86
WinnebagoBOOM! Trump will pardon them all. They'll be RWNJ HEROES.	BamaRefugee	Dec 2020	#72
the "terrorist" seems to have something against the row of trees as he killed the hell out of them	yaesu	Dec 2020	#76
There has to be camera's in the the area somewhere..............	Bengus81	Dec 2020	#79
That's what I'm thinking.	wnylib	Dec 2020	#97
This breaks my heart. I've walked that road many times for many years.	Tom Yossarian Joad	Dec 2020	#102
as have I. I love downtown Nashville (almost as much as I love downtown Ft Worth)	yellowdogintexas	Dec 2020	#122
They knocked out 911	orangecrush	Dec 2020	#109
I just saw a list of the 911 impact.	yellowdogintexas	Dec 2020	#123
The news on this	orangecrush	Dec 2020	#130
If their goal was to knock out cell communication, it was probably a robbery.	Calista241	Dec 2020	#135
Very strange.	orangecrush	Dec 2020	#136
I feel sad for all the familys of emergency personnel	DENVERPOPS	Dec 2020	#141

Response to milestogo (Original post)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 10:15 AM

MyOwnPeace (16,714 posts)

1. quoted officials as saying.......

"the explosion did not seem suspicious."

WTF!!!!!

How could it be anything but!?!?!

Reports: Explosion rocks downtown Nashville

1. quoted officials as saying.......

3. "IF" they believe it is unsuspicious...

74. If you read through the linked article,

4. No shit. I don't think RV's just blow up like that. I saw one burn down to the tires and we thought

44. If the propane was leaking and mixed with air in the correct ratio that's a fuel air bomb.

63. Depends on the cause to be honest. Some RVs these days have gas generators for example

71. The RV could have been a meth lab and accidentally blew up from that

16. CNN reporting that authorities are calling it intentional. nt

113. CNN Mentioned and Speculated Several Times it Was The Left!

125. That pissed me off

129. Did they give any rationale for that line of thinking?

37. It's being called intentional now.

2. Domestic terrorists maybe? Just speculating. Nt

5. My guess also n/t

6. Nashville is 20-degrees F this morning ..

100. Damn ..

7. I hope no one is hurt

8. It was pretty big - footage of the aftermath

11. That is a very large footprint. Not an Rv propane tank.

26. Not even a 100lb propane tank could do that much damage

59. The War on Christmas has entered a whole new phase.

82. HOLY SHIT

9. Could it be the RV was a mobile meth lab?

12. 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅😁

14. Breaking 'really' Bad! nt

10. Reports: Explosion rocks downtown Nashville

17. Did you see Breaking Bad?

20. Did you see Breaking Bad?

53. Check YouTube

81. Skip most TV, but Breaking Bad is truly amazing. I was hooked after season 1 Ep 6:

13. The police just said it was intentional

15. "An intentional act" -- police and FD were aware *before* the explosion occurred -- more from local

35. The target was undoubtedly the AT&T communications equipment building across from the Melting Pot

48. "undoubtedly"? Seems like a premature judgment.

54. The one side of the street is two comm buildings and a parking ramp

124. studied the map a bit; the AT&T tower (aka Batman Building) is at 3rd &Commerce

126. If you go to "the melting pot, nashville, tn" on google maps you'll see the explosion location mark

115. This means the explosion was caught on the patrol car's dashcam.

18. Sounds like Vanilla ISIS from the Trump Caliphate

39. That's what my money is on

68. Yep.

127. Wouldn't surprise me if so.

19. I hate to have to think this way...

21. Maybe like mcveigh, nichols....

49. Almost certainly.

22. And Trump's FBI will be investigating. Good luck.

23. WaPo update - Police say "intentional"

24. Local news coverage here

25. Dump crazies get their wish

28. That's where my thoughts went to

45. That is pure bullshit,

64. Agreed

69. I really don't attach much to them being out of town,

120. that of course won't stop him from milking it for all the attention he can get

138. He'll grift to the end.

89. Of course that wouldn't stop some Trump cult members from thinking it would help Trump

111. Oh I agree with what you say,

73. I don't think it's RW or Antifia

88. I doubt it would be Antifa.

99. I remember sometime in the

106. I saw another DU thread that said

101. Go on

128. I'm hoping it wasn't on purpose, but that doesn't seem to be case based on what they're saying

27. Wow! hope some of it is on cameras in the area BEFORE

29. Police and fire now saying they believe it was intentional.

52. I suspect anti-masker blew it up with no intent to kill anyone.

77. Why this location, though, if anti-maskers?

80. Tallest building in Nashville, perhaps?

90. Hooters

104. Sons of Blooming Onions won't stand for Hooters shut down!

116. Umm.. yeah, it's about the wings.. That's the ticket..

55. fertilizer

91. McVeigh was able to do more damage

107. The truck used in the OKC bombing was parked on the street.

108. I thought it was parked in a

112. The fact that car/truck bombs even exist in this world is not an inspiring commentary on humanity.

133. I wondered

132. He and Nichols

134. Thanks. Another poster also corrected me.

15. "An intentional act" -- police and FD were aware before the explosion occurred -- more from local