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originally posted by: SoulReaper
a reply to: Trillium
If the explosion did not come from the RV. Then why is the RV completely obliterated immediately after the blast?
Soul
originally posted by: pteridine
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
a reply to: pteridine
Well, a few dozen pages back in this thread, someone posted about him having a lapsed explosives license. So, he may have had access to, or even already had, some blasting caps. Though, there are other ways to do it.
Dynamite would work in the explosive train. He may have had some of that laying around.
ETA: If Ammonal [tannerite] was a booster for a main charge or the main charge itself, the unexplained gunshots, claimed to be louder than usual street shootings, might have been the means to set it off.
originally posted by: Trillium
originally posted by: Guiltyguitarist
youtu.be...
Sorry if this has been seen here. Just saw this and thought this was the place to share it.
Video shows Nashville hit by what looks like a drone.
Ya first clip show possible missiles hit
Second clip show explosion did not come from the RV
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Why everybody here not talking about it
I've watched both for a couple days now. I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything. Here are the key things I noticed.
The "missle" is ejecting from the explosion. Because of the camera being behind the building the RV was next to, it obscures the first part of the smoke trail. The wind is from left to right. As the smoke trail moves right the lower part becomes visible, which gives the illusion of it going down.
During the RV explosion the flash to the right is simply a distraction from what is happening where the RV is. If you look closely you can see a thick dust and debris cloud around the RV blast. The ejection of flame to the right is probably in part due to the building blocking expansion to the left. The flames are brighter, but if you look the cloud where the blast happens is definitely there. After the flame dies down you can see the tight ball of dust and debris expanding, which is where I believe the blast took place.
There seems to be plenty of weirdness going on, but I don't think either of these videos show evidence outside what has been reported.edit on 12/29/20 by Ksihkehe because: Trying to edit out "extra DIV" text at the end.extra DIV
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
a reply to: SoulReaper
"They also did not seem to be moving with any urgency to finish the evacuation. Which I certainly would be under the circumstances. They walked past that RV almost like they knew it would not blow until after everyone was clear of the blast zone."
I'm not sure I agree entirely with this part. Their lack of urgency was likely due to the fact that they probably figured it was just some kind of a hoax.
I know that's how I am in crazy situations like that, but then I usually freak out after it's all over.
bout a half a mile down the road I just about had a coronary and almost passed out.
So yeah, then it was time to go get hammered!!
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
This is one of the problems with long threads like this; you wind up re-hashing the same stuff over and over again.
People come in to a thread late, don't read all the posts, and then throw out ideas which have already been discussed and resolved dozens of pages earlier. The whole blast discussion took place like 20 pages ago! The whole discussion about fire vs blasts, etc.
Look at the video carefully, you can clearly see the blast goes from left to right initially (i.e. outward from the RV). When the blast shockwave reaches the wall on the right it rebounds back left. By this same time the shockwave has also moved up vertically from the RV creating a vacuum near the RV (which sucks air back into it from right to left). As noted previously, blasts themselves don't usually contain fire. So, the flammable gases don't ignite until they have a source to ignite them, which is all the lightbulbs and electrical wires on the far side of the street. The result is a fireball that begins at the right and moves to the left (toward the RV). But if you stop the frame at the exact instant you first see the very beginning of the fireball erupt on the right, and focus not on the fireball, but rather on the RV, you will notice the RV is no longer there! It vanished, and the reason it vanished is because...it was vaporized by the blast.
How many times do we have to go through this????
originally posted by: StratosFear
a reply to: Foundryman
The image of the RV on the street is missing a stripe on top!