Unknown Explosions at Boston Marathon

[Pylon]

CNN and Fox News not saying it's related. That's a whole lot of firepower on the streets though...  Could be a long night...

It's related.  I live a few miles from this mess happening.  The shootout in Watertown was about a football field from my office.  The two suspects the FBI had from Monday's bombing are the one's involved in tonight's 7-Eleven armed robbery, shooting and killing of the MIT officer, car jacking of the Mercedes, pursuit, detonation of bombs or grenades and massive shootout (in which a second officer was seriously wounded and hundreds of rounds were exchanged), and now subsequent cordon and search for the one remaining suspect (one was killed by police in the shootout).

[a2capt]

They got the 19 year old, was hiding in a back yard on a boat, in Watertown, where Franklin St. bends in an L shape.

[Pylon]

They got the 19 year old, was hiding in a back yard on a boat, in Watertown, where Franklin St. bends in an L shape.

Yeah. A block and a half from my office.  Hah.


There's so much cheering in Boston I can hear all sorts of yelling and revelry from my apartment.  The whole city is literally cheering.

[a2capt]

Was I-90 closed during this mess, too?

Looking at the photos of streets I know, have been on, -deserted- on a Friday mid-day was just unnervingly creepy.

[Pylon]

Was I-90 closed during this mess, too?

Didn't appear so.  Very limited traffic there just like the rest of the city.  There was no travel ban; just a strong request by police and governor to remain indoors.

Looking at the photos of streets I know, have been on, -deserted- on a Friday mid-day was just unnervingly creepy.

No kidding.  The city was incredibly creepy and eerily quiet today.  I was waiting for a tumbleweed to drift across the streets.