r/nashville • u/Emayteatea • Dec 27 '20
Pic of the explosion from the interstate Images | Videos
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u/MetricT He who makes š· maps. Dec 27 '20 edited Dec 27 '20
Notice how red the plume is. While it could be an optical effect due to the explosion fireball or the sunrise, I suspect that's real, and due to the bomber using ammonium nitrate for the explosive.
Dude was likely either buying fertilizer-grade ammonium nitrate from the local farmer's co-op, or buying tannerite in bulk. While I'm certainly redneck enough to appreciate the appeal of playing with this stuff a bit, buying those at the very least needs to land you on The List so the powers that be can start looking for other anomalous behaviors.
If a guy living in a duplex in urban Nashville buys a couple hundred pounds of ammonium nitrate or tannerite, there's a high probability he's not fertilizing a 5 acre field in his 4000 square foot lot, or trying to blow up a junk pickup truck in his back yard over beers with the boys.
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u/Bananarine Dec 27 '20
Do we know anything about the bomber yet? Where they sourced anything or where they lived?
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u/idontfrickinknowman Dec 27 '20
go look at @thetnholler on Instagram, they posted who the FBI thinks it is.
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u/Bananarine Dec 27 '20
Thank you. Its great to hear they have a possible suspect, but I think we should not assume anything of anyone yet. Assumption before confirmation is how people get mistakenly labeled and harassed. (like the case for the Atlanta Olympic bombing).
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u/eternaforest Dec 27 '20
Pretty sure they confirmed the suspect since their name is being circulated in news stories already.
Also they've all but confirmed the human remains they found were probably from the bomber from inside the RV.
I like The Holler for information to begin with, but some of the stuff they're sharing hasn't necessarily been confirmed by police though so keep that in mind when reading through their feed.
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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '20 edited Jan 09 '21
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u/mrspaznout Dec 27 '20
Authorities identify Anthony Warner as Nashville bomber, say his remains were found in the wreckage
Named as the bomber now.
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u/Kricketts_World Dec 28 '20
Got a way to access that article without the paywall?
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u/SentimentalPurposes Dec 28 '20
Here's one from NPR saying much of the same.
Nashville Blast Suspect Died In Explosion, Officials Say https://www.npr.org/2020/12/27/950606960/authorities-name-suspect-in-nashville-blast-suspect-explosion-was-a-suicide-bomb?sc=18&f=950606960
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u/eternaforest Dec 27 '20
Thanks for clarifying, itās been hard to follow since thereās so much unfolding quickly.
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u/TheDashingButtPirate Dec 27 '20
This is a good article: https://heavy.com/news/anthony-quinn-warner/
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u/WhatImMike Dickson County Dec 27 '20
I thought since the OKC bombing they put you on that list for buying ammonium nitrate in bulk?
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u/SubatomicGoblin Dec 27 '20
I know they did for a while, but he may have stockpiled it for years. I don't know how long it can be stored, though. Maybe indefinitely.
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u/WhatImMike Dickson County Dec 27 '20
6 month shelf life per Google. He had to have bought it in just under the bulk limit, but even then multiple purchases would have flagged him unless he had help.
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u/rvf Dec 27 '20
The ammonium nitrate from the explosion in Beirut had been sitting in that warehouse for six years, so just because it's old doesn't mean it's no longer explosive.
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u/WillyTheDisk Dec 28 '20
I think in the case of the Beirut explosion, it got more volatile as it aged, although that may have been a result of how it was stored.
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u/SubatomicGoblin Dec 27 '20
Interesting to know. Yes, within those parameters it would seem difficult for one person to accumulate.
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u/pegothejerk Dec 27 '20
It's unstable in large quantities, in less than perfect storage over time, that's what led to that massive downtown explosion earlier in the year overseas in Lebanon.
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u/heretobefriends Dec 27 '20
Huh. Now today there is another suspicious truck pulled over in Lebanon.
Coincidence? Probably.
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u/BradleyD1146 Dec 27 '20
Ammonium nitrate is cut with a chemical now where it isn't pure to use in bombs. Whether he found a way to get it out or bought some pure somehow... who knows. Tannerite you have to shoot with at least a .223 caliber to get it to go off. Sure he could've rigged something up but tannerite is ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder. It would've been very expensive to make no doubt.
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u/modularpeak2552 Dec 27 '20
It sounds like he planned on killing himself i dont think the cost was something he even took into consideration
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u/DemonDog47 Dec 28 '20
Well, if he blew himself up as they suspect he could've just been in the RV and shot it.
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u/vasquca1 Dec 27 '20
Might want to share with authorities. It could help with their investigation.
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u/ayokg tater mod of inglewood Dec 27 '20
This has been circulating since it happened. I'm sure the authorities have it.
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u/DemonDog47 Dec 28 '20
Not sure what it would prove other than there was an explosion which I think we've all agreed upon by now.
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u/Atrampoline the Nations Dec 27 '20
Lol, I literally posted this same picture hours after the event happened. I think the mods may have taken it down due to the megathread?
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u/Emayteatea Dec 27 '20
Ah shit sorry man! I looked and didnāt see anywhere!
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u/Atrampoline the Nations Dec 27 '20
No worries! I think the mods took it down during the flurry of trying to keep things contained to the megathread. IMO, kind of a dumb move.
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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '20
Hey man, can you post the video?
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u/Atrampoline the Nations Dec 27 '20
This image was shared with me from that morning so I don't have the video, sorry.
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u/SpacePistachio Dec 28 '20
lol imagine complaining about karma of a terrorist bombing.
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u/Atrampoline the Nations Dec 28 '20
No, I thought it was disappointing that I shared this image with the community and the mods removed it therefore limiting the userbase to the content they could see.
I don't think posting on r/nashville is a format for karma whores.
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u/Intrepidors Dec 28 '20
I found it interesting that you felt the need to share it. Literally crazy āāPatrioticā propaganda
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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '20 edited 27d ago
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u/sawdos Dec 27 '20
Da fuq? What? You dumb
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u/VWSpeedRacer Dec 27 '20
Appears to be butt hurt about something getting deleted and is now chanting this matra all over the sub.
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u/Mjb06 Murfreesboro Dec 27 '20
I can not imagine what the fear would have been like if I was driving and saw this.