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Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by antr »

nicolethenerd wrote: post #97
antr wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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. Even paid for Facebook's promote service to get the word out that other devices are being "detected" and that the issue can extent to NY. NY on alert via Reuters: https://twitter.com/reuters > Paul Browne, NYPD Deputy Commissioner, tells Reuters that…

And NY? Just curious, what makes you say that? Haven't seen that reported anywhere.

I'm following Reuters

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/323882328655028224

>Paul Browne, NYPD Deputy Commissioner, tells Reuters that in response to #BostonMarathon, NY police stepping up security #breaking

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by belorn »

UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #71
freehunter wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not productive to speculate as to who is responsible. It could be anyone, or it could be a complete accident (gas leak?). Pointing blame before even the most basic facts are known is really, really poor.

A double gas leak? Without subsequent fire? Just boom and it is gone? I don't think so. This was a bombing. Nobody is pointing "blame." But we can discuss who the likely suspects would be.

There exist other material that go boom beyond gas. Just to take a random pick, maybe a truck with industrial chemicals was parked near. The majority of goes boom but a chunk get thrown away and just later goes boom too. Double explosion, but no detonated explosives.

Not saying its likely, but we really should start listing on what police say first before jumping directly to bombs.

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by ralphleon »

wtallis wrote: post #82
ralphleon wrote: post #63

Why do the top links on reddit stop leaving the front page? This link was #1 for about 10 minutes: http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1cen7i/explosion_... and now has vanished, along with all other sponsored links. A horrible tragedy like this seems leagues more important than the current top link: http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1cebz2/spotted_cookie...

I don't know what happened to the /r/worldnews post, but that subreddit's rules do say that it's for non-US sources and news. Also, that post linked to a Gawker site, which for many is reason enough to kill it.

Now trending from a more valid source:

http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1cerrp/boston_mar...

During disasters such as this, I appreciate reddit's scale (and diversity) for up-to-date information in the comments.

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by VonGuard »

austenallred wrote: post #69
zalew wrote: post #66

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if it's yours: nice, but consider refresh rate of 'media' a bit lower. I can't read the captions before it's pushed down.

Will do. It is by no means ready for release, but you know...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, it's gone... Shouldn't have told everyone about it. Clearly it's quality made it viral.

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by Recoil42 »

pinaceae wrote: post #16
recoiledsnake wrote: post #2

Edit: Boston police reporting at least 2 dead, 22 injured and 10 people losing limbs. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/15/explosion-reported-near... Looks like there were two explosions. Picture: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BH6fCgFCQAERWMB.jpg:large More details http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/metro/Explosions-reported-nea... "Witnesses said several victims lost limbs, and the area was being evacuated. Many of the in…

https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/323874395632328706/... this looks really bad.

This picture looks considerably worse: https://twitter.com/brm90/statuses/323876631980687361

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by [deleted] »

bluetidepro wrote: post #59
[deleted] wrote: post #52

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I think there is already 3 confirmed dead... [1] [2] [1] http://www.ibtimes.com/update-3-dead-explosions-rock-boston-... [2] https://twitter.com/edhenryTV/status/323881163619962881 Update: (4:35PM EST) "A federal law-enforcement source confirmed to The Post there are at least 12 dead and nearly 50 injured." [3] [3] http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/two_explosions_at_bost...

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Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by fudged71 »

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

Google Now also has emergency alerts

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by pjreddie »

lukifer wrote: post #50
eruditely wrote: post #28

Can someone just run a plain marathon without having to worry about this in modern civilized life? Come on. This isn't even crime, this is just insanity.

I'm willing to bet that running in a marathon is still statistically safer than taking the same trip in a car. No more how much modern life keeps improving, tragedies will happen, whether by natural disasters or nutjobs. Actively fearing that which is outside of your control is pointless.

Well walking is way more dangerous per mile than driving, this was touched on by Steve Levitt in Super Freakonomics, it looks like in Britain the mortality rate is about 10 times higher per vehicle mile http://road.cc/content/news/68212-dft-casualty-statistics-ra....

Of course, that is general foot transportation. Marathons have different risk factors, you aren't going to get hit by a car (if it's a well organized marathon with a set path and stuff) but I bet there are a lot of medical issues that arise from marathons and overexertion. If I were a betting man, I'd think the marathon was probably more dangerous.

Re: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line

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Post by spitx »

Secondary explosions ( and/or fires ) reported (on MSNBC shortly before Chris Jansing took over coverage at 4PM EST) at the JFK Library and another undisclosed location.

Footage of black fumes from (allegedly) the JFK Library has been briefly shown before cutting back to the coverage of the main explosion at the Boston marathon.

The fire at the library has been initially reported to have been controlled. No casualties or injuries have been reported.

A curious mention of "manuscripts" (not being damaged) has been reported (on MSNBC) as well.

CNN is yet to report any such secondary explosions as of the current time (4:10 PM EST).

CNN has also not shown any footage of black fumes from a different location.

The fumes at the Boston marathon explosions were distinctly white in color.

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