bin_tenn
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Many of you may know by now, or you may not. The explosion in Nashville, TN this morning. The chain of events is very odd, IMO, with the eerie audible warning and countdown and all. The fact that the warning was given, the fact that the pandemic and Christmas combined means little to no people will be present - even in downtown Nashville. It occurred outside of an AT&T building, which houses many of their services such as wireless, home internet and TV. The explosion was supposedly felt up to 40 miles away.
I live rather close, about 20 miles, from where the explosion occurred. We were up with the kiddos at 5:15 this morning, and we were opening gifts at the time the explosion occurred (6-something this morning). I don't recall hearing or feeling anything here at home, though I may have simply been enjoying Christmas too much to notice.
Unfortunately, we use AT&T for our cell phone service, home internet and TV - so they're all down at the moment. That Nashville facility wasn't destroyed, but the damage caused by the blast means no power, thus AT&T is scrambling to restore services as soon as possible. I'm not upset at all with them, I can only imagine the level of hell they're currently traversing in order to restore service.
The worst part, however, is that 9-1-1 emergency service phone lines are down all over the place (they use AT&T). That's very scary, because medical emergencies are sure to arise somewhere in the affected areas. There are lists of local emergency numbers to call, but that's not usually something we have saved, nor is it quite as efficient as dialing "911".
The world can be quite sad at times. I won't let myself get down about it, but it's still disgusting to think that people do these things. I pass no judgement, because I have no idea what's going on in their lives. I don't even want to know. I just wish the world were a bit less chaotic at times, primarily because my children have to witness these things. But hey, that's just a fact of life, huh?
What a day! That part is disheartening, but the flip side is that we had a wonderful Christmas. The kids are very happy; spoiled, even.
We absolutely enjoyed the time together today. The lady and I are both off work for the rest of the year, returning one day the week after the new year begins. 
Hope you all are doing well. Are you also affected by the AT&T outage? Fiancee's mum gave us a backup phone with her plan (different provider). I'm currently using it as a wifi hotspot from my own phone so I can keep up with the latest news.
I live rather close, about 20 miles, from where the explosion occurred. We were up with the kiddos at 5:15 this morning, and we were opening gifts at the time the explosion occurred (6-something this morning). I don't recall hearing or feeling anything here at home, though I may have simply been enjoying Christmas too much to notice.
Unfortunately, we use AT&T for our cell phone service, home internet and TV - so they're all down at the moment. That Nashville facility wasn't destroyed, but the damage caused by the blast means no power, thus AT&T is scrambling to restore services as soon as possible. I'm not upset at all with them, I can only imagine the level of hell they're currently traversing in order to restore service.
The worst part, however, is that 9-1-1 emergency service phone lines are down all over the place (they use AT&T). That's very scary, because medical emergencies are sure to arise somewhere in the affected areas. There are lists of local emergency numbers to call, but that's not usually something we have saved, nor is it quite as efficient as dialing "911".
The world can be quite sad at times. I won't let myself get down about it, but it's still disgusting to think that people do these things. I pass no judgement, because I have no idea what's going on in their lives. I don't even want to know. I just wish the world were a bit less chaotic at times, primarily because my children have to witness these things. But hey, that's just a fact of life, huh?
What a day! That part is disheartening, but the flip side is that we had a wonderful Christmas. The kids are very happy; spoiled, even.
Hope you all are doing well. Are you also affected by the AT&T outage? Fiancee's mum gave us a backup phone with her plan (different provider). I'm currently using it as a wifi hotspot from my own phone so I can keep up with the latest news.