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Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by smacktoward »

UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #18

North Korea, Al Qaeda, racists, or something else? I honestly think anyone could claim responsibility but given the high explosives and the seemingly professional nature of the attack I'm guessing either NK, AQ, or a false-flag to start a war on the Korean peninsula. edit: Nice downvotes? We cannot speculate who?

It is waaaaay too early to be speculating who's behind it. Nobody knows any details, early reports from the scene of a terrible event like this are frequently confused and contradictory. Speculation at this moment is just firing shots in the dark.

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by JPKab »

tunesmith wrote: post #24

Boston marathon start times 2013 EDT: 9:00 am Mobility Impaired 9:17 am Wheelchair Division 9:22 am Handcycles 9:32 am Elite Women 10:00 am Elite Men & Wave One 10:20 am Wave Two 10:40 am Wave Three Explosion happened somewhere around (edit) noon PST, 3pm EDT. A little before. Elite women marathon times are in the 2:15 and slower range. Elite men are 2:05 and slower. Not sure about likely times for the earlier groups…

Noon? Umm, are you on the west coast?

I think you are using start times in East Coast time and then doing calculations based on the explosion occurring West Coast time.....

The elites were long, long over the finish line when this happened.

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by thatthatis »

tunesmith wrote: post #24

Boston marathon start times 2013 EDT: 9:00 am Mobility Impaired 9:17 am Wheelchair Division 9:22 am Handcycles 9:32 am Elite Women 10:00 am Elite Men & Wave One 10:20 am Wave Two 10:40 am Wave Three Explosion happened somewhere around (edit) noon PST, 3pm EDT. A little before. Elite women marathon times are in the 2:15 and slower range. Elite men are 2:05 and slower. Not sure about likely times for the earlier groups…

Your explosion time is off. Happened around 3pm Eastern

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by ConstantineXVI »

nwh wrote: post #23
antr wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

c'mon, people have smartphones. companies like facebook, twitter, foursquare, etc know your location and should be able to push notifications alerting people to stay away/at home. EDIT: Thanks for the downvotes guys, here I was trying to show a real need. I've been calling friends in NY/Boston the past 30min asking to see if they are OK + stay at home.

Strangely enough, iPhones do have an ability to receive geographic-targeted alerts like this. I've seen them used for severe weather warnings. They look like this — http://i.imgur.com/gWrDXFD.jpg

Most current (~2012) cellphones do in the US, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Mobile_Alert_System

(I'm unclear on how these are delivered within the network, seems to be SMS but I can't source that)

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by toomuchtodo »

nwh wrote: post #23
antr wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

c'mon, people have smartphones. companies like facebook, twitter, foursquare, etc know your location and should be able to push notifications alerting people to stay away/at home. EDIT: Thanks for the downvotes guys, here I was trying to show a real need. I've been calling friends in NY/Boston the past 30min asking to see if they are OK + stay at home.

Strangely enough, iPhones do have an ability to receive geographic-targeted alerts like this. I've seen them used for severe weather warnings. They look like this — http://i.imgur.com/gWrDXFD.jpg

All phones have the ability to get broadcast SMS messages based on the cell tower they're connected to.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_Broadcast

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by yessuccess »

UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #18

North Korea, Al Qaeda, racists, or something else? I honestly think anyone could claim responsibility but given the high explosives and the seemingly professional nature of the attack I'm guessing either NK, AQ, or a false-flag to start a war on the Korean peninsula. edit: Nice downvotes? We cannot speculate who?

Random person with mental problems? Like all of the other shootings, stabbings, etc that have occurred in the last 10 years.

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by rayiner »

antr wrote: post #21
antr wrote: post #12

>Boston scanner: "EMS is reporting another device" in front of Mandarin Hotel https://twitter.com/katz/status/323878815245946880

c'mon, people have smartphones. companies like facebook, twitter, foursquare, etc know your location and should be able to push notifications alerting people to stay away/at home. EDIT: Thanks for the downvotes guys, here I was trying to show a real need. I've been calling friends in NY/Boston the past 30min asking to see if they are OK + stay at home.

Yeah, cell phones are useless in a disaster situation. The networks are totally overloaded.

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by tunesmith »

JPKab wrote: post #32
tunesmith wrote: post #24

Boston marathon start times 2013 EDT: 9:00 am Mobility Impaired 9:17 am Wheelchair Division 9:22 am Handcycles 9:32 am Elite Women 10:00 am Elite Men & Wave One 10:20 am Wave Two 10:40 am Wave Three Explosion happened somewhere around (edit) noon PST, 3pm EDT. A little before. Elite women marathon times are in the 2:15 and slower range. Elite men are 2:05 and slower. Not sure about likely times for the earlier groups…

Noon? Umm, are you on the west coast? I think you are using start times in East Coast time and then doing calculations based on the explosion occurring West Coast time..... The elites were long, long over the finish line when this happened.

Thanks - I misread. I updated the comment.

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by UnoriginalGuy »

smacktoward wrote: post #31
UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #18

North Korea, Al Qaeda, racists, or something else? I honestly think anyone could claim responsibility but given the high explosives and the seemingly professional nature of the attack I'm guessing either NK, AQ, or a false-flag to start a war on the Korean peninsula. edit: Nice downvotes? We cannot speculate who?

It is waaaaay too early to be speculating who's behind it. Nobody knows any details, early reports from the scene of a terrible event like this are frequently confused and contradictory. Speculation at this moment is just firing shots in the dark.

I suppose you're right. Just strange, things have been so quiet for so long. The US is leaving Afghanistan, Iraq - apart from some sectarian violence has been quiet, and now this?

My mind just goes back to NK. With the heightened tensions and such... Seems too convenient.

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