Posted on 10/01/2005 7:05:29 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
Edited on 10/01/2005 7:21:56 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The explosion happened at the courtyard near the George Lynn Cross Hall, Botany-Microbiology Building on OU's campus, which is west of the stadium, according to Sgt. Gary Robinson of the University police department. The explosion happened during the second quarter of Oklahoma's game against Kansas State. After the explosion, police set up a perimeter of several blocks and made fans exit the stadium to the east.
NORMAN -- An explosion near the University of Oklahoma's Gaylord Family-Memorial Stadium killed one person Saturday, OU officials said.
Thanks! I never saw her before tonight and when my son stopped by to pick up his car, he doesn't remember ever seeing her in his house but he doesn't live in the house since he is a GA. Think I will ask him tomorrow who she is!
My first thought. These scientists are microbiologists and these deaths fall waaaay outside what is expected. We had our own murder of a scientist (Yes, microbio) in the parking garage at MO University this year.
Our dry run could involve exterminating every muslim within farting distance.
Ummm maybe someone should change the title. It was a suicide. Far from a suicide bomber = terrorist. The title is misleading at best.
Thanks......I'll keep watching the taglines on FOX. I can't figure why they removed the story either. Regardless of whether this was a nutty student, or a terrorist type thing, either way it should be breaking news.
What do you bet we all go to work on Monday and never hear another word about this?
"One person who responded to the scene said she heard the blast from four miles away."
That sounds like a bigger blast than a pipe bomb, doesn't it?
So one bombing at OU isn't going to affect the economy in the slightest even if it is an attempted terror attack. If a wave of deadly bombings were to happen (God forbid), that would hurt consumer spending to some extent but we still would not "collapse" economically. Israel has not collapsed and neither would the US.
you know what's funny?
I'm a grad student at KSU at we have had an very odd increase in security around campus, esp. for home football game days.
much more than normal.
They even had the plainclothes guys, in their "I am not a law enforcement officer" getup, blue suits and dark shades and white Buicks..I figured KBI guys trying to be cool.
They paper said they are really there for cracking down on "ticket scalpers" loiterers, people around the stadium around game time, people selling stuff, etc.
but given todays events, it just seems wierd.
anyhow, the grad student apartments here are 60% muslim families, and the main mosque here in Manhattan is on Claflin just down the road from west campus -so if there are some alquaeda around, I probably walk past them every day.
still its wierd, i can see into the stadium from my bathroom, so i noticed this stuff after the article in the paper.
Nah, they're checking out the overtime budget and deciding that incurring an 8 hour doubletime call to cover one death isn't worth it. If it had happened at two in the afternoon on a slow news day they'd have been on it like... uh... a missing blonde.
But, and again just asking questions, why would it still be supressed a 2AM EDT? Everybody is home now, right? It seems odd that there is NOTHING on the news about this.
I guess we'll know more tomorrow, unless the supression theories are correct, in which case someone will have deleted this thread.......
It was on the news here when I left the stadium and in my car and then I didn't hear much more. News has been really sketchy.
Their little robot found the device and blew it up is what I heard.
However, if you remember the London bombings, it took alomost an entire month for Al Queda to take formal responsibility.
University of Oklahoma is in Norman, somewhat south of Oklahoma City. Until recently they were definitely separate metro areas, but they've sort of grown together Although the city of Moore lies between them, at least in some places.
Back at ya. FReeperville is a big town these days.
What's your gut say about all of this?
Can people in the stadium see into your bathroom?
Didn't you say your son's friend left and came back?
Thanks and the same to you.
Your post was not at all confusing.
"Of course, I am doing that so that if someone tries to translate my posts into Persian or Arabic, it might really get fouled up (FUBR) in the translation. "
I like the way you think.
I like your style....
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