Univeristy of Texas at Austin has issued evacuation of campus

[joseephuss]

Heard about it on the radio. No details yet. This was on the school newspapers Facebook page:

FROM UT EMERGENCY ALERT: Evacuation Due to threats on campus immediately evacuate all buildings get as far away from the buildings as possible. Further information to come

[joseephuss]

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/a...l-of-ut-campus

AUSTIN (KXAN) - The University of Texas is evacuating all of its buildings due to threats on campus.

"Immediately evacuate ALL buildings and get as far away as possible," read a message posted at 9:53 a.m. on the campus' emergency alert website. "More information to come."

UT Director of Communications Rhonda Weldon said the university got a call around 8:35 a.m. from a male with a middle eastern accent claiming to have placed bombs all over campus.

He said he was with Al Qaeda and that these bombs would go off in 90 minutes.

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

[Sam I Am]

I would bet that someone is going to prison for a hoax.

If Al Qaeda had done this, they definitely would call and tell them prior to. They would just blow them up and kill as many people as possible.

[joseephuss]

Just a few days ago they evacuated some buildings because someone was going around pulling fire alarms.

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/blog...d-false-alarms

[ajk23az]

Probably a kid that had a test that he wasn't prepared for or something of the sorts.

[joseephuss]

North Dakota State University in Fargo was also evacuated this morning due to bomb threats.

[CowboyMcCoy]

I was headed to campus when I got this news.