As a non-aviator I was interested in the many posts referring to Buffet. So I did a little research on my own with the hope of understanding this phenomena. I think I have a basic idea of what Buffet is. (Both over speed and under.)
So, the question I pose is this: could both the PF and PNF, distracted as they were by so many issues going on at the time, have thought that buffet was, instead, a result of turbulence? (The same turbulence which PF was obviously so focused on prior to AP disconnect.)