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5.1 earthquake this morning centered in Sparta ! People as far away as Raleigh felt it . I felt nothing so Raleigh was as Far East as it could be felt .
 
Lickwx said:
5.1 earthquake this morning centered in Sparta ! People as far away as Raleigh felt it . I felt nothing so Raleigh was as Far East as it could be felt .
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Didnt feel it here either so I am suspect of some of these reports on this map lol....

 
Downeastnc said:
Here is the benchmark for eastern US quakes......if this repeated today it would be very very bad over a pretty large area since nothing is built to earthquake codes here to withstand this kind of quake....

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That’s odd that the article says CHS was in the midst of a bad heatwave that was keeping folks indoors. Per NWS, SAV, AUG, and ATL had highs only in the 80s in late August.

 
GaWx said:
That’s odd that the article says CHS was in the midst of a bad heatwave that was keeping folks indoors. Per NWS, SAV, AUG, and ATL had highs only in the 80s in late August.

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Seems that since it was hot a lot of indoor activities took place later in the day so it would not be so hot inside, though I think this was fairly common practice in the south during the summer pre A/C......thus a lot of buildings that normally would be empty had people in them when the quake struck...
 
Common knowledge stuff on this forum I'm sure, but this doc is pretty cool. I'm currently obsessed with nature/geography documentaries right now:
 
If this was a terrorist act, foreign or domestic, I wonder if it was somehow mistimed and meant to happen yesterday with everything closed today for Christmas
 
Might have been aimed at first responders. Guess someone called in a bomb threat and tried to have it go off when the police and fire department got there.
 
Officials believe that a Christmas morning explosion in downtown Nashville that injured at least three people and damaged dozens of buildings was an intentional act.
In a brief news conference Friday morning, Metro Nashville Police spokesman Don Aaron said the department's hazardous devices unit was headed downtown in response to a call about a suspicious vehicle when there was a "significant" explosion linked to that vehicle around 6:30 a.m. CT.

"We do believe that the explosion was an intentional act," Aaron said.
 
An RV exploding on Christmas reminds me of Cousin Eddie. Perhaps this is someone with a real sick sense of humor??
 
The timing and the warning for people to evacuate makes it seem like the person or persons responsible weren't looking to kill a lot of people. So who or what was the target?
 
Brick Tamland said:
The timing and the warning for people to evacuate makes it seem like the person or persons responsible weren't looking to kill a lot of people. So who or what was the target?
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It heard that it occurred next to an AT&T server farm, but I don't know if that was accurate or e even why that would be important.
 
Rain Cold said:
It heard that it occurred next to an AT&T server farm, but I don't know if that was accurate or e even why that would be important.
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Maybe someone that has a beef with them. Maybe a disgruntled former employee.
 
Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said police were responding to a report of shots fired when they encountered a recreational vehicle blaring a recording that said a potential bomb was to detonate in 15 minutes. Police evacuated nearby buildings and called in the bomb squad.
 
The perpetrator parked it next to the ATT building on Christmas Day and had a message blaring for people to leave . So he had no intention of killing any bystanders , so what was the motivation? A statement ? A suicide? It’s likely the body found is connected somehow as any bystanders should have been gone at the time of the explosion .
 
Lickwx said:
The perpetrator parked it next to the ATT building on Christmas Day and had a message blaring for people to leave . So he had no intention of killing any bystanders , so what was the motivation? A statement ? A suicide? It’s likely the body found is connected somehow as any bystanders should have been gone at the time of the explosion .
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Perhaps a disgruntled ATT employee?
 
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