Hi Bumblebeeez,
I think we have already come to an agreement about this topic together. I respect your hypothesis. The fact that my hypothesis is based on math gives me a bit more confidence to go with vent 3.
One thing I think we can both agree on is that the water tower and the 2nd floor building are out of the question, something that MacD is referring to.
Perhaps I can elucidate on the wisdom of a vent location:
It was 93 degrees outside. Multiple people got heat stroke/heat injury.
An attic area would have been 15-20 degrees hotter, even if well vented. Thatâs 108-113. If itâs not well vented, it can reach temperatures of 150.
I just canât imagine even a well trained sniper hanging out in that space and not in their gear.
If I may elucidate on why shooting from a window is a bad idea for the shooter who wishes to not be found:
maybe you just found out the reason why he missed? 
No, you can check the Stewert video. It was obscured by a curtain prior and the area in front of that window was cleared by the AGR guy.
They shot and immediately left the room. EZPZ. They just went back to their assigned spots.
Crack it, take the shot, close it. Removable frame, replace the frame. Takes mere seconds. There are so many answers that make that a non-issue.
They are quite taller, actually. You can tell when you watch them âclearâ the windows.
Fans and an air filter, meanwhile the shooter supposedly fired from directly above. Non-issue. The whole place was cleared out in like an hour and a half, by the FBI. The same guy who, you know, immediately gave the casings to some random ATF guy. How convenient.
Well reasoned list. You might add how planks between roof trusses would provide for the support of the shooterâs weight other than the drop ceiling that wouldnât.
As for the vents, they are often used for condensation control in metal fabricated buildings, but it seems to me those would likely be fixed vane rather than flaps. The flaps would allow warm air out, but thatâs the role of the roofâs ridge vent. The wall ceiling vents I believe would need to let cool air in, which the vents in question block, if the flaps open outward only, which they appear to do. You mention removing ducts to access them, which would make sense for an exhaust vent. But there are multiple vents along that south wall. What do you think the purpose of those vents is.
Heat stroke sniper fail.
I have researched the vents. They are 12 x 12 powered exhaust vents that open when a large fan is activated. I am fairly certain they look like this:
And our âPeak Prosperity Citizenâ secret undercover investigator @rough_country_gypsy made this video.
If you zoom into Vent 2, you can see it is actively blowing air out of the vent. There seems to be some kind of hair bundle caught in their blowing in the wind.
I saw when you posted that. But what do they service? Given the number of them, Iâm doubtful itâs equipment like test ovens for glass research. If it is for ceiling space condensation and temperature control, with one or more fans in that spade ducted to them, that would make sense. I just donât know if thatâs a method used for that purpose. Anyways, thatâs why I brought it up when you mentioned removing a duct, something I didnât consider before.
I believe everyone has noticed how large the ridge is that Crooks may have laid his gun on. It is conspicuously a vent ridge where it vents the interior of the attic space passively by allowing the hot air to escape at the peak of the roof. That means the attic is passively vented. The vents in the wall are for something else.
Thatâs a hope, not a certainty.
My point was only that if I were planning this, I could not be certain that the ânestâ, or the disturbed panels, dust, etc., would not be discovered.
On the other hand, I count in favor of the vent hypothesis the fact that on Daveâs video the vents seem to have been airbrushed out.
Yes, thatâs why I was surprised to see they are exhaust vents, but there are so many of them. One would likely be a bathroom, a smaller one though, and the others could be for lab areas I suppose. Oh well, back to my current project. Thanks.
Is that an analysis you did or someone else did? link?
I donât know about that, but there is absolute weirdness around the 3rd window. No other windows behave like it does.
I agree, not only window 3 but also window 2, 10 seconds before the 10th shot, a guy looks out the windowâŠ
I donât know what they did in that building, but if it produced smells or gases, that would explain the large vents.
Thatâs what Iâm thinking. Those large stacks might be for test ovens, but who knows.
Yes⊠I bet there are glass making kilns in there. The kind where you blow and shape molten glass.
