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Info and my veiw from Boston that I have noticed
12 years ago
First thing let me make this perfectly clear WHAT HAPOENED TODAY WAS HORRIBLE. But it could have been so much worse. I do feel sorry for those in Boston and the ones injured or killed.
But from what I have seen watching the footage this is what i have seen... Again no disrespect.
1. It appears to have been a Black Powder explosive. The sheer amount of smoke that happened after and the "lack" of destruction to me says it was a "small" and "crude" device.
How? Well the fact that the main railing banner tore and the flags moved and that was about it says it was a "low" force. As in if it was say C4 the stuff would have been thrown and considerably mor damage and death would have happened with a lot more smoke. Also if they were trying to bring down the building it was not a high pwoered explosive. That's not to say that it was not a complex device.
2. There was no Ball Bearing, Nails, ect ect in it or there was a very small amount.
Why do I say that? Well think of how a Clamor mine is designed. It has ball bearing in it to inflect masive "damage." If there would have been stuff like that in it everybody that was standing by it would have probably been killed. Such as runners, the offices and spectators. CNN had a person that was as she said "I was about 30 feet away when it happened"
3. There was no credible Intel and nobody has "claimed" it to be them.
Why? From what I have seen if it was say a major terrorist organization the explosives would have been bigger, more complex and a lot more deadly. Plus who ever did this kept quiet as in didn't bring attention to themselves ect ect. If you've paid attention to the news most plots are found out about because of somebody saying something to somebody else.
4. If they wanted a massive victim list, as in deaths, it would have been at the Start line where 27,000 plus runners, staff and spectators where waiting for the start of the race.
Why? By the time the devices went off 17,000 had been reported to have already crossed the finish line. I won't go into more detail there as I'm sure you can figure that part out.
Again this is just from what I have seen on the news as tragic as it is. Just remember the city of Boston, the victims and their families in you heart's and prayers.
But from what I have seen watching the footage this is what i have seen... Again no disrespect.
1. It appears to have been a Black Powder explosive. The sheer amount of smoke that happened after and the "lack" of destruction to me says it was a "small" and "crude" device.
How? Well the fact that the main railing banner tore and the flags moved and that was about it says it was a "low" force. As in if it was say C4 the stuff would have been thrown and considerably mor damage and death would have happened with a lot more smoke. Also if they were trying to bring down the building it was not a high pwoered explosive. That's not to say that it was not a complex device.
2. There was no Ball Bearing, Nails, ect ect in it or there was a very small amount.
Why do I say that? Well think of how a Clamor mine is designed. It has ball bearing in it to inflect masive "damage." If there would have been stuff like that in it everybody that was standing by it would have probably been killed. Such as runners, the offices and spectators. CNN had a person that was as she said "I was about 30 feet away when it happened"
3. There was no credible Intel and nobody has "claimed" it to be them.
Why? From what I have seen if it was say a major terrorist organization the explosives would have been bigger, more complex and a lot more deadly. Plus who ever did this kept quiet as in didn't bring attention to themselves ect ect. If you've paid attention to the news most plots are found out about because of somebody saying something to somebody else.
4. If they wanted a massive victim list, as in deaths, it would have been at the Start line where 27,000 plus runners, staff and spectators where waiting for the start of the race.
Why? By the time the devices went off 17,000 had been reported to have already crossed the finish line. I won't go into more detail there as I'm sure you can figure that part out.
Again this is just from what I have seen on the news as tragic as it is. Just remember the city of Boston, the victims and their families in you heart's and prayers.
That point might bother me a bit more, even. I can't help but feel that the coverage of 24 hour news stations of recent shooting sprees and strings of violence has fostered an air of unending escalation in the mayhem and violence being done domestically. I've been harping on that point with people a while now... that with all this one-upsmanship of spree violence, would it ever end provided it gets so enormously bad that the news legitimately can't help but cover it?