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Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line
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#132Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
The police think it is explosives. Or at least that is exclusively what is being discussed via scanners.
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#133Secondary 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 casualtie…
The fire at the JFK Library has just been reported as mechanical and non-suspicious or 'affiliated' with the explosions.
Source: http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive/ 7-news live broadcast
Update:
https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe/status/323886879453892609
It was an intentional and controlled detonation of a 'device'.
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#134Since the news is bad for me and ignoring it would make me happier, should I just forget about it?
Yes, probably.
The bell tolls for thee and all that, but unless you're directly involved somehow or are in a position to do something about it, there is very little point to focusing your attention on it. This goes double if you have tendencies to obsess or get depressed about bad news like this.
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#135Via reddit -> Update 25: Scanner: Confirmed explosion at JFK Library.
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#136broadcastify seems to not handle the pike in traffic.
Here is a working link for the boston police scanner
http://www.broadcastify.com/scripts/playlists/1/6254/-546422...
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#137Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 m…
Risk per hour is what I am personally more interested in.
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#138The worst part for me (and I really am feeling bad about this) is that I should be concerned about the victims right now, but I can't stop thinking about what freedoms I'll be losing as a result of this.
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#139Another explosion just happened at the JFK library according the police scanner. Or a fire. Could be unrelated.
There was another bomb they found downtown and set off in a bomb squad van in a controlled way (heard it on the scanner and another friend living down there confirmed hearing that).
I'm impressed at the police response- very organized.
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#140Holy shit... my cousin and his wife were supposed to be there, as his wife was running in the marathon this year. Still haven't managed to get in touch with them, but my cousin's sister heard from them... they were a block away when the first explosion happened. %@#%! I'm... shit... don't know what to say, other than being very happy they are still alive. But apparently there's been a bomb threat at the hotel across…
If you know someone who was running the marathon and haven’t heard from them, you can see if they logged times here:
http://raceday.baa.org/individual.html