LSU orders evacuation over bomb threat

[BananaTom]

Louisiana State University is urging all staff and students to evacuate its campus Monday after a bomb threat was reported.

"Please evacuate as calmly and quickly as possible," a statement read on the school's website.

Bomb threats were also made last week at the University of Texas at Austin, North Dakota State University at Fargo, and Hiram College in Ohio.
Capt. Doug Cain of the Louisiana State Police told the Associated Press that bomb technicians are on the scene and police are working with departments in other states to determine whether the bomb threats are related.

No specific location for the LSU has been identified and parish 911 had been called, the school said in a press release.

Classes at the school have been canceled, the Houston Chronicle reports.
“I was in the middle of taking a test and they walked in and told us we had to leave campus,” Andrew Arceneaux, an LSU student, told The Advocate.

Around 30,000 students and faculty attend LSU.

Traffic getting out of the campus is in a gridlock, as students are sitting in buses at a standstill, The Advocate reports.

LSU System President William Jenkins told the newspaper that he readied the school's emergency response systems after learning about the bomb threat.

“We hope it’s a hoax, but we can’t take that chance," he said.

[swamp snorkler]

Bomb threats are stupid, I hope whoever is doing this pays dearly.

[cmcnabb]

Originally Posted by swamp snorkler

Bomb threats are stupid, I hope whoever is doing this pays dearly.

Agreed. Whoever calls in a bomb threat should be punished as severly as if they actually placed a bomb there and it exploded. Those empty threats are such a waste of peoples time

[SpeckWrangler]

im sure someone was late for a test or something

[swamp snorkler]

It'sa ll copycat crimes.....Texas A&M, one in North Dakota........ how many times in history has someone actually called in a bomb threat and it went off??????


I'd be will ing to bet never without googling it.

[calcutta37]

That's the thing how long before some crazy person goes through with it.

[Lake Chuck Duck]

If someone actually wants to set off a bomb, i can assure they wont be calling to let people know it is there. Not saying anyone should disregard a bomb threat.

[eman]

Originally Posted by calcutta37

That's the thing how long before some crazy person goes through with it.

The problem is, if enough fake calls are made ,the authoritys will start to ignore them. That's when a real bomb will happen.

[calcutta37]

Originally Posted by eman

The problem is, if enough fake calls are made ,the authoritys will start to ignore them. That's when a real bomb will happen.

That's what I was thinking.

[Smalls]

Originally Posted by eman

The problem is, if enough fake calls are made ,the authoritys will start to ignore them. That's when a real bomb will happen.

You would think that, but we had 3 or 4 bomb threats in one year when I was a sophomore at Barbe. Think it was 2004-2005 school year. Ridiculous how many we had. Never once did they disregard one. That's just something that if you disregard, you're taking a BIG gamble. No one should EVER want to make that bet.

[SULPHITE]

No cause they gonna have a lawsuit the size of w's head

[BigChaf]

Believe me, School officials take these threats very seriously, we tested our emergency notification system yesterday at McNeese, just in case.

[jchief]

Originally Posted by BigChaf

Believe me, School officials take these threats very seriously, we tested our emergency notification system yesterday at McNeese, just in case.

And so do the authorities. Can't afford to be wrong on this.

[Big Flounder]

Probably an Alabama fan!