Univ. of Texas evacuated

[Bayz101]

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The University of Texas at Austin ordered an emergency evacuation of all buildings on Friday due to threats.

"Evacuation due to threats on campus," said an alert posted on the university website just before 10 a.m.. "Immediately evacuate ALL buildings and get as far away as possible. More information to come."

(Reporting By Corrie MacLaggan; Editing by Bill Trott)

http://news.yahoo.com/university-tex...150824822.html

[Bayz101]

Update at 11:14 a.m. ET: KXAN-TV reports that the university's Director of Communications, Rhonda Weldon, says the university got a call around 8:35 a.m. local time from a male with a middle eastern accent claiming to have placed bombs all over campus.

The caller claimed to be from the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization and that the bombs would go off in 90 minutes, KXAN reports..

President Williams Powers has been notified, and officials arenow evacuating all of the buildings out of an abundance of caution.

Update at 11:12 a.m. ET:A UT official tells the American-Statesman that the university had received multiple bomb threats to multiple buildings.

[Bayz101]

Reports that a man claiming to be with Al Qaeda called saying that bombs would go off in 90 minutes.

[Killer]

I blame the Amish

[Bayz101]

I blame the flying pigs.

[Bayz101]

Oh shit:

Update at 11:31 a.m. ET: North Dakota State U. orders all employees, students off campus after receiving bomb threat, the Associated Press reports.

The University of Texas at Austin and North Dakota State University have ordered campus buildings evacuated because of bomb threats.
http://content.usatoday.com/communit...1#.UFNQRI2PXSi

[Bayz101]

First of all, terrorists rarely give a heads up. Seems like some students didn't study for Friday's exams.

[Atlanta Dan]

Originally Posted by Bayz101

First of all, terrorists rarely give a heads up. Seems like some students didn't study for Friday's exams.

Agree you usually have someone claiming credit after the bomb goes off

More likely someone like the nutjob who kept calling in bomb threats to Pitt last spring combined with copycat nutjobs

[Vis]

Originally Posted by Atlanta Dan

Agree you usually have someone claiming credit after the bomb goes off

More likely someone like the nutjob who kept calling in bomb threats to Pitt last spring combined with copycat nutjobs

Where's Vincent?

[MACH1]

Originally Posted by Bayz101

First of all, terrorists rarely give a heads up. Seems like some students didn't study for Friday's exams.

Ding ding, ding we have a winner.

These animals want body counts why would they want to warn anyone.