Boston Marathon Blasts

What kind of range do you get?

 

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Another drill and bam

 

The Boston Marathon's Final Mile Was Dedicated to Newtown Victims - Connor Simpson - The Atlantic Wire

here is a wierd one , Sandy Hook parents were at the 26th mile that was dedicated to the loss of the kids at Sandy Hook elementary. sucks for them to have to live through tragedy twice.

 

Standard procedure at these type of events to have bomb sniffing dogs doing patrols, sniffing thru the crowds just like they do at the airports, rallies and such. Typically they would be at high density areas, such as the start and finish lines.... easier to scan a large group at once.

 

It will be interesting to find out how much of a cell this Saudi belonged to. He could not pull this off by himself most likely. Unfortunately for him he was a rookie and shrapnel'd himself in the blast...but good for us as we know have him in custody and you know the fed's are running hard with any intel they can garner from this guy.... waterboard him today!! I do agree with you @tulianr, that he poorly placed the devices and the crowd was lucky for that. It could have most likely been worse if he was a pro. These muslim extremist always seem to use the young for their DA's which is a good thing, if someone with more training and situational awareness was doing the placements of these IED's, he could have done even more damage.

 

Ok, First: Yes, iDen/ISM SECURE Phones will still be WORKING, even if ALL the Cellular Networks were SHUT DOWN. They operate, INDEPENDENT of ANY Cellular Network, which is different from other "Push to Talk" Cellular systems that depend on the Network, to operate.

Second: After watching the Tapes of the Explosions, I can say with about 95% certainty, that these were NOT High Explosive Devices, but were Low Explosive Devices. The difference being, High Explosive Materials Decompose (Detonate) with little SMOKE, other than the dust kicked up from the Pressure Wave. Low Explosive Materials, Oxidize (Burn - Deflagrate) and those Oxidized Compounds, typically generate lots of SMOKE, that gets scattered by a much Smaller Pressure Wave., along with the dust near the site. My conclusion is, that these were Low Explosive materials, which is the reason that there is so little Damage, compared to what an HE Device would have caused, being of similar size. If I could have smelled the Smoke, I could have told you the exact composition of the Energetic Materials used, by the oder.

Local ATF will have the Energetics, defined, and known, here in about two hours, if they were commonly available compounds used. They have Test Strips that used to determine these things, in their "Go Bags". Cellular Services were SHUT DOWN in the area, as a precaution, as they COULD have been used as the Trigger. I suspect we will hear one way or the other, what the Trigger Device was, as there will be MANY parts, available for recovery, around each of the sites, due to the SLOW nature of the Explosion, that was shown.

I have been very interested in the pontifications, of ALL the Talking Heads, and all the "blather" about what "FACTS" that they have no CLUE about. It is truly Mind Boggling.....

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One of the witness I heard said there was a strong smell of sulfur in the air.

 

If that turns out to be TRUE, then there are a number of mixtures that could be used.

Metallic Metal (Zinc, Magnesium) Dust & Sulfur
Potassium Chlorate & Sulfur
Pyrodex
and a few others....

Wrong color SMOKE for Black Powder....

ANY Bomb sniffing Doggies would NOT alert on such compounds, as the above,
as they have NO NitroOrganics involved. These Dogs are trained to alert on NitroOrganics, which ALL have a distinctive scent, that is easy for them to identify...
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I have to wonder how diligent the pre-race and during the race scanning was. Looks to me as tho' there's some complacency in the DHS. One of the talking heads, just this minute, said that no one expected it. Well, no s**t, sherlock. That's what diligence is all about.