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Tennessee Gal

(6,160 posts)
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:16 AM Sep 2012

University of Texas Campus Evacuated


University of Texas campus evacuated: 'Get as far away as possible' .

AUSTIN, Texas -- The University of Texas campus was evacuated on Friday morning after an apparent threat.

An emergency message was posted on the university's website at 9:55 a.m.:

"Evacuation due to threats on campus. Immediately evacuate ALL buildings and get as far away as possible. More information to come"

http://www.kens5.com/news/local/AUSTIN-Texas----The-University-of-Texas-campus-was-evacuated-on-Friday-morning-after-an-apparent-threat--169770446.html
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University of Texas Campus Evacuated (Original Post) Tennessee Gal Sep 2012 OP
Okay... I'll say it... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #1
Crossed my mind. nt Imalittleteapot Sep 2012 #12
Without question. Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 #18
Without Question? el_bryanto Sep 2012 #20
Just my opinion. Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 #24
Sorry - your opinion papers are not in order. You are not allowed one. el_bryanto Sep 2012 #29
How good of you to take me so seriously. Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 #33
That's good to know. Thanks. N/t el_bryanto Sep 2012 #35
Rove has done this in every election Taverner Sep 2012 #48
I'm not saying he's not capable of it, I'm just saying there are plenty of explanations el_bryanto Sep 2012 #52
Smells like a duck, quacks like a duck....etc Taverner Sep 2012 #53
And there it is - we are all Ann Coulter just on different sides of the fence n/t el_bryanto Sep 2012 #55
I don't speak for DU Taverner Sep 2012 #61
How about previous record of the GOP? nt nanabugg Sep 2012 #27
I'm not saying it's not possible, I'm just saying it's not the only explanation el_bryanto Sep 2012 #31
Darth Cheney and Bibi are out in force too. BlueToTheBone Sep 2012 #51
Not necessarily just Rove Floyd_Gondolli Sep 2012 #26
THis kind of stuff makes me tired... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #28
Not to mention that TX was profiled alot at the Dem convention rainbow4321 Sep 2012 #57
If the GOP loses texas a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #59
I'm hearing the same thing on WCCO radio in the Twin Cities about NDSU. MineralMan Sep 2012 #2
yikes! that's a big campus to evacuate! unblock Sep 2012 #3
Heard through a friend of a friend that there are bomb threats. Tennessee Gal Sep 2012 #4
2001 get the red out Sep 2012 #9
Oh, yeah, Bush kept us safe. NOT!! Tennessee Gal Sep 2012 #15
It's not just fame: Bin Laden and Bush families made money together. Octafish Sep 2012 #23
Thank you for the reminder. SalviaBlue Sep 2012 #50
It's someone claiming to be with al Qaeda, apparently. Most likely, LeftinOH Sep 2012 #5
I heard that the voice on the call sounded like Paul Ryan Matt_in_STL Sep 2012 #10
Well then I assume it's a RW Rmoney supporter doing the pranking. kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #32
Please, please let it just be a hoax. 1GirlieGirl Sep 2012 #6
It's been more than the 90 minutes the caller said before the "bombs" went off now. Lone_Star_Dem Sep 2012 #11
Thank goodness..since students are reporting it took the univ *80 minutes* rainbow4321 Sep 2012 #60
It's very likely a hoax - Al Qaeda does not warn that a bomb is coming in 90 minutes Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 #14
thank you for the correct and logical first reaction! pnwest Sep 2012 #22
It's like the "chatter" during Dubya. betsty bangs boston Sep 2012 #39
Oh STRANGE get the red out Sep 2012 #7
It's totally true. Lone_Star_Dem Sep 2012 #8
Multiple bomb threats to multiple buildings. ananda Sep 2012 #19
Yes, but the time they were supposed to go off has past by close to 30 minutes. Lone_Star_Dem Sep 2012 #21
The whole thing with UT and NDSU is very bizarre! ananda Sep 2012 #25
I'm hoping, and it's starting to look like, it's just a wack-a-doodle. Lone_Star_Dem Sep 2012 #40
I smell Republican Ratfuckers C_U_L8R Sep 2012 #13
Me too, and I think it will backfire Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 #16
I'll put it on the table... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #17
My fear is it's getting damn close to that. Just the fact that Romney/Ryan present a RKP5637 Sep 2012 #34
It'lkl take me a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #43
Yet the current president is in Africa right now betsty bangs boston Sep 2012 #37
bestsy... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #41
This message was self-deleted by its author fugop Sep 2012 #30
Post removed Post removed Sep 2012 #36
hopefully d_r Sep 2012 #38
or a frat prank in *very* poor taste... Blue_Tires Sep 2012 #46
50,000+ students and faculty and 150 buildigns evacuated ceile Sep 2012 #42
As if Austin traffic isn't bad enough already! ananda Sep 2012 #44
exactly! ceile Sep 2012 #45
I'm close to campus Texasgal Sep 2012 #47
Oh, and it's raining. Everyone is out in the freaking rain. Lone_Star_Dem Sep 2012 #49
Well fuck... rainbow4321 Sep 2012 #54
update via local news ceile Sep 2012 #56
Some news bimbo asking a student (paraphrasing) Glad to get out of class? rainbow4321 Sep 2012 #58

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)
20. Without Question?
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:29 AM
Sep 2012

What evidence of Rove's involvement do you have that you aren't sharing with us?

Bryant

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)
29. Sorry - your opinion papers are not in order. You are not allowed one.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:39 AM
Sep 2012

Please refer to guidebook #36J "How to have an Opinion" for further information.

Seriously though - when you say Without Question that's a pretty strong statement, and without evidence it is a pretty tenuous. While it is possible that this is a Rovian dirty trick, there are plenty of other explanations as well.

Bryant

 

Taverner

(55,476 posts)
48. Rove has done this in every election
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:03 PM
Sep 2012

Broke into his own office right before the election to make it look like the Democrats did it, for example

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)
52. I'm not saying he's not capable of it, I'm just saying there are plenty of explanations
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:26 PM
Sep 2012

and to suppose it is Rove or any other RW Hack, without evidence is not the wisest course of action.

Bryant

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)
31. I'm not saying it's not possible, I'm just saying it's not the only explanation
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:40 AM
Sep 2012

At least with the limited information that we have.

 

Floyd_Gondolli

(1,277 posts)
26. Not necessarily just Rove
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:37 AM
Sep 2012

Could be Mossad operatives in the US. Obviously the current Israeli govt. does not like Obama and would love nothing more than to see him defeated and some whackadoodle PNACer come back into power.

Could also be nothing.

rainbow4321

(9,974 posts)
57. Not to mention that TX was profiled alot at the Dem convention
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:48 PM
Sep 2012

Thought about it at the time..living in TX, it was nice to see us mentioned at the DEM convention and NOT JUST the repukes staking claim to us.

Rmoney camp may be a little worried about TX? Just say that because both he and his wife are spending time here this week (her at a fund raiser at W's place and him at some other gathering).

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
2. I'm hearing the same thing on WCCO radio in the Twin Cities about NDSU.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:20 AM
Sep 2012

They're evacuating the entire campus of North Dakota State University. No link yet.

Tennessee Gal

(6,160 posts)
4. Heard through a friend of a friend that there are bomb threats.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:20 AM
Sep 2012

My friend said to me: "It's Al Queda because we don't have a President anyone is afraid of.

I said: "Really, where is Osama Bin Laden?"

My friend said: "Dead thanks to Bush."

I said: "Bush said he didn't care where Bin Laden was, the jackass."

This is how right wing idiots like to push our buttons.

LeftinOH

(5,354 posts)
5. It's someone claiming to be with al Qaeda, apparently. Most likely,
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:20 AM
Sep 2012

a prank. And a pretty awful prank. Hopefully, whoever is causing this evacuation can be found.

 

Matt_in_STL

(1,446 posts)
10. I heard that the voice on the call sounded like Paul Ryan
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:23 AM
Sep 2012

and that you could hear someone sounding like Mitt Romney snickering in the background. I'd hate to jump to conclusions before the facts are in though, but I bet that was the case.

Lone_Star_Dem

(28,158 posts)
11. It's been more than the 90 minutes the caller said before the "bombs" went off now.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:24 AM
Sep 2012

It's been closer to 2 hours. So, hoax? I think so.

rainbow4321

(9,974 posts)
60. Thank goodness..since students are reporting it took the univ *80 minutes*
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 01:10 PM
Sep 2012

after the threatening call came in to send out the campus wide warning. Per the news, they are twittering with students who are saying they didn't get the emergency notice til like 10 minutes before that 90 minute window was over

Lucy Goosey

(2,940 posts)
14. It's very likely a hoax - Al Qaeda does not warn that a bomb is coming in 90 minutes
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:25 AM
Sep 2012

...they just bomb.

Lone_Star_Dem

(28,158 posts)
21. Yes, but the time they were supposed to go off has past by close to 30 minutes.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:29 AM
Sep 2012

We're all thinking hoax now.

ananda

(28,865 posts)
25. The whole thing with UT and NDSU is very bizarre!
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:37 AM
Sep 2012

what!?!

the first October surprise didn't go well enough?

Lone_Star_Dem

(28,158 posts)
40. I'm hoping, and it's starting to look like, it's just a wack-a-doodle.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:51 AM
Sep 2012

Some really sick, angry minds out there.

 

a geek named Bob

(2,715 posts)
17. I'll put it on the table...
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:26 AM
Sep 2012

If the USA is box of rocks dumb enough to elect Romney, I'm leaving.

It'll take about 8 years to get everything together, but I'm figuring any country dumb enough to vote for Romney is broken beyond repair.

RKP5637

(67,109 posts)
34. My fear is it's getting damn close to that. Just the fact that Romney/Ryan present a
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:45 AM
Sep 2012

close race in itself is quite concerning. What also concerns me is some intelligent republican friends (at least at one time I thought they were intelligent) have sent to me RW crap saying only Romney/Ryan can financially save the US. To say the least I was quite shocked they were falling for the Ryan crap that he's some kind of financial wizard and only he can save the US.

I really do think about half of the US is as dumb as a bag of rocks.

 

a geek named Bob

(2,715 posts)
41. bestsy...
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:52 AM
Sep 2012

I'll give our president props for that.

Thank the Gods that it isn't Romney the wonder squirrel...

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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
46. or a frat prank in *very* poor taste...
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:59 AM
Sep 2012

and I'm willing to bet that "middle eastern" accent on the phone was as genuine as a $3 bill...

ceile

(8,692 posts)
42. 50,000+ students and faculty and 150 buildigns evacuated
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:52 AM
Sep 2012

APD directing trafiic, avoid driving near campus. Still no word on afternoon classes. No link- watching the local ABC affiliate.

Texasgal

(17,045 posts)
47. I'm close to campus
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:01 PM
Sep 2012

I can see the buses filled with students and the traffic building up around here. UGH. It's gonna be an in office lunch today!

rainbow4321

(9,974 posts)
54. Well fuck...
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:39 PM
Sep 2012

My daughter graduated from there...I remember when her dorm had to be evacuated a few years back when "powder" was found in her dorm building and it had to be evacuated at midnight. It is frigging scary to be a UT parent and turning on the news to see that, can't imagine having a kid there now.

Hugs/thoughts to the UT Austin community.

And...why am I having to go to the local online news media since there seems to be NO ongoing coverage on cable news?

ceile

(8,692 posts)
56. update via local news
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:43 PM
Sep 2012

Classes officially canceled, can re-enter buildings at noon, activities to resume at 5pm (extra-curricular stuff)

rainbow4321

(9,974 posts)
58. Some news bimbo asking a student (paraphrasing) Glad to get out of class?
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:52 PM
Sep 2012

The guy looked at her like she was an idiot...and responded something like um, I just wanna stay safe and go to class at the same time. Lady this is not middle school, these are adults going to college.

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