Comments on: Bomb Threat at UMN

By: wayne

wayne — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:09:08 +0000

thanks for posting about exposed breasts AFTER working hours when I won’t see it, guys.

By: Lulu

Lulu — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:14:31 +0000

Yes, Vlad. Not that I want to promote it, but GGW will be at Sgt. Preston’s. The flyer guys were very enthusiastic.

By: gophermale

gophermale — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:46:13 +0000

armorer, fair enough and sorry for being snide. Just seemed odd that you were so concerned about the notification time to such a far-away location… and having spent plenty of time being a student and being on campus, I jumped to the standard conclusion. I’ll take the ‘fuck you’ graciously.

By: yepnope

yepnope — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:30:05 +0000

Vlad- GGW is slated for an appearance at Preston’s on the West Bank tonight.

Go get ‘em, tiger!

By: jderusha

jderusha — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:24:26 +0000

I just read the article. Good stuff!

By: jderusha

jderusha — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:21:47 +0000

Daily editor: We also have that… did you confirm that it’s real?

By: jderusha

jderusha — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:00:42 +0000

Gophermale– thanks for all the extra insight. I explained the tone alert system to our dayside reporter, so I’m glad she talked about that in her story. The evacuation seemed to be very quick to me, considering we’re talking about thousands of students.

By: Daily editor

Daily editor — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:58:36 +0000

The Daily got a hold of the bomb threat. The kid that found the letter took a pic in the bathroom with his camera phone.

http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2007/04/18/71608

/plug

By: gophermale

gophermale — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:53:16 +0000

Champs, very true. I know that’s been suggested to the powers that be in the past, and as usual, things that are only a consideration in an emergency only get attention…. immediately after an emergency, and then is forgotten again once the daily business of running a University presses back in.

I have a feeling something SMS-y may happen this time, though, since this “delay” (blah blah) has made the evening news.

By: armorer

armorer — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:51:26 +0000

Forgive me for not knowing the specifics of the campus alert system. I did know that there were loudspeakers outside, but I've never seen one in an individual classroom, like there is in high schools (which would seem like it might have helped at Vtech, but maybe not). I didn't talk to anyone else outside of my class after I left, I came home and this site was one of the first I went to. I just wanted to know from other students when they were notified. I'm aware that people in the targeted buildings would have been notified quicker than those of us on the West Bank, but until I got home, I didn't know, so I thought I'd ask on here.

they were still checking the named buildings for bombs while you were sitting in class getting your undies in a bunch cause you couldn't leave an hour earlier.

Did I ever say I wanted a reason to get out of class? Fuck you for assuming that.