[JimSEA]

Just my guess, but from the large number of propane tanks there would be for cooking in a restaurant/nite club area like this, I would believe that there were many secondary fireballs following the explosion.

I will be getting on a plane to Bangkok about this time tomarrow and will stay in Siam Square (Novotel). There is a lot of concrete there but it is a rabbit warren of clubs, shops and restraunts with crowds (60% Thai Chulalonkorn U. students and 40% tourists). Then there are the "sex tourist" places with heavy concentrations of tourists. A lot of cities have these target areas. Puket and Pattaya in Thailand could be a similar target for Muslims. I have a sad feeling that this is far from over. There are a lot of "leaders" with heads burried in the sand worldwide.

[COB1]

I hadn't thought about Pattaya Beach, Jim!
It's about as close to Bali as you can find in SouthEast Asia.
If I were there, I'd leave!

[antivenom]

Thatched roofs...closeness of the buildings...and you are right they use propane...no infrastructure there for natural gas...electrical appliances do not exist as we know them...hell on the way to UBUD...in the evening we saw people had candles as source of evening lights and they cook over coconut hulls. ANY diaster in Bali would be compounded by the lack of civil services we take for granted.

Damn shame...Bali was a beautiful destination and I had the greatest vacation memories there...damn shame.