In other news: two major earthquakes in a week, on the Iran/Pakistan border. 50 people dead and 870 wounded.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/16/…

Not a good week for news so far.

I hope everyone's day goes well. I'm staring at a breakfast burrito, so things are looking up.

Incidentally, I saw Sarah Mirk a couple weekends ago at the Rebuilding Center and 1) she was looking for bike parts, and 2) gurl is so tall, wow. I bet the Bitch blogtown is a lot more fun/difficult to moderate.

I believe the second bomb sweep was an hour before the first _finishers_, or ~4 hours before the bombs went off. That's what all the other news said yesterday:
"Bomb-detecting cops had wept the finish-line area twice yesterday morning, once early in the morning and again an hour before the first runners crossed, Boston police commissioner Ed Davis said." I know the goal here was to point out inept police or whatever, but just to keep facts straight.

From http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/obam…

Little Martin's dad was not running the race, they were just there watching.

eprophet: Right you are. There were conflicting reports on this, which are now resolved.

Geez: No I wasn't calling the police inept. It raises a question about the efficacy of bomb sweeps, is all. I was citing the NYT on that bit about the timing. It reported this morning: "Commissioner Edward Davis of the Boston Police Department said two sweeps for bombs had been conducted in the area before the explosions, including one an hour before the attack. However, he said, people were allowed to 'come and go and bring items in and out.'"