University of Texas being evacuated

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[thestob]

September 14, 2012 9:53 am by clatham

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

Every building on campus???

http://www.utexas.edu/emergency/

[EBH]

exactly...

[Arrowhead1952]

Listen live to KLBJ here.

http://www.newsradioklbj.com/Other/Stream.html

[no-to-illegals]

Check the middle eastern students first to rule them in or out.

[Mac94]

They did a siren ... kinda like an air raid siren but a bit different ... could hear it down here at the Capitol. Eerie sound

[SE Mom]

Praying this is a hoax.

[dfwgator]

Tough spot, you probably think that 99% chance it’s a hoax, but still, you can’t take that chance.

[Pining_4_TX]

Wait, I predict they will eventually say that some mean Republican guy did this deliberately to foster animosity towards those peace-loving Muslim folks. This is UTA, after all.

[GnL]

Someone didn’t want to take a test?

[bgill]

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/austin/threat-evacuates-all-of-ut-campus

Man with middle eastern accent called to say he’d planted bombs around the campus.

[AppyPappy]

It’s the sound of lawyers.

[dfwgator]

If it is somebody’s idea of a practical joke, that person needs to go away for a long, long time.

[commish]

1. AQ does not give warnings, which immediately makes this scream hoax.

2. Is it Mid-Term or Finals week?

[5thGenTexan]

From the Austin Statesman Blog:

UPDATE, 10 a.m.: UT officials said in a statement:

At 8:35 a.m. the university received a call from a male with a middle eastern accent claiming to have placed bombs all over campus. He said he was with Al Qaeda and these bombs would go off in 90 minutes. President Powers was notified and it was decided to evacuate all of the buildings out of an abundance of caution.

At least they had the courage to say "middle eastern accent" and "Al Qaeda".

[dfwgator]

Too early in the year.

[MestaMachine]

Praying right with you.

[william clark]

Aside from the fact that genuine terrorists wouldn’t give any warning, it’s pretty likely that some local wannabe thought, “Hey, with all the stuff going on around the world, maybe I can stir up some crap here.”

[ConservativeStatement]

Just saw that this weekend will be the first meeting between Ole Miss and Texas since 1966.

[TEXOKIE]

marking for later follow up

[Psalm 144]

UT Austin.

They have been twitchy ever since the tower incident. Sudden evacuation of the Austin campus is going to be a traffic nightmare. People should just walk out; the roads will jam.

[Psalm 144]

“As far away as possible...sounds like a bomb threat.”

Or chemical.