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[Breaking] Multiple package explosions in Austin

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by KingCheetah, Mar 12, 2018.

  1. RedRedemption

    RedRedemption Contributing Member

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    Buy an EOD suit and learn how to defuse bombs.
     
  2. Buck Turgidson

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    But...can't I just shoot it?
     
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    But then you can't rearm the bomb and return it to sender.
     
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  4. Buck Turgidson

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    OOOhhh...that's higher-level thinking right there.
     
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    opening up a package and then it blows up in your face...1 of them exploded just because the box was picked up...sh*t like this is so scary to me
     
  6. K LoLo

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    Not that I think anything will happen here, I told my wife not to mess with any packages if we aren't expecting any. We have a Skybell Camera through our security company too, so I can see who dropped off a package.
     
  7. Rocket River

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    There seems to be a link.
    Hearing that the last one was a mistake (misdelivered) and she may have been taking it to the intended person when it blew up.

    This is so sad and infuriating.
    Still not 100 that it is racial
    Maybe personal.

    Rocket River
     
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    Could also be random or just batshit crazy. The Unabomber had a long, strange list of people connected to science and technology and whatever else. Hard to say for now. (I know some scientists that still brag about being higher on his list than their peers, LOL. Sick ****s.)
     
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  9. Rocket River

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    batshit crazy is the leading theory in any murder
    This one is personal though

    Rocket River
     
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    Another wave
     
  11. jo mama

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    the street is right off a greenbelt trail that goes down to the barton springs creek trail system. the other bombings were close to bike routes/greenbelt trails as well. this could be someone on a bike who can quickly and quietly ride up and drop something off then zip back onto a wooded trail.

    https://www.google.com/maps/place/D...e9bcf07ff1e948!8m2!3d30.2438221!4d-97.8327453

    EDIT:

    there was also this idiot who set a bunch of fires on the barton creek trail just last week...and not too from from where this latest bombing went off. not saying they are connected, but its very odd that these two things happen so close to each other only a week apart.

    https://www.statesman.com/news/loca...creek-greenbelt-fires/giMYAFEgIie1jFwbSc3Q3K/
     
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    Couple miles from me.
    Got a stay indoors police alert on my phone.

    Scary stuff
     
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    Reddit looked up the residents on that block. All white residents. If it's the same bomber, then this sheds more doubt on the racial angle.

    This was a shrapnel bomb that two teens tripped. Serious injuries but not life threatening.
     
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    Damnit that’s horrible. I wish people only wanted to help others.
     
  18. RedRedemption

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    Not a package bomb. Could be unrelated. Also previous bombs claimed the lives of black victims.

    In any case, scary stuff. Austin was one of the most safest cities I have lived in.
     
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    Still no media coverage? Is this on CNN?
     

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