UT president says evacuation order was timely

The University of Texas at Austin president says evacuating campus buildings 15 minutes before a bomb threat was to be executed left enough time for students and staff to get to safety.

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Javelina - 9/15/2012 10:11 AM
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Speaking of the topic of terrorism and those closely affiliated with it. Know what the most common name for male infants is in Great Britain? Answer: Mohommed Second most common name: Harry............so, what this tells me is that this swarm of "locusts" is encompassing all of Europe. They are the source of most terrorism today. Period. I am not pulling punches for the sake of being P.C. Don't like this statement......move on to your beloved Muslim world! I am really fed up with all of the B.S. we are having to put up with along these lines.

FreeHole - 9/14/2012 3:04 PM
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Since there were at least two other universities in the US with the same phone threat, seems to me it's part of the backlash generated by the 4th rate movie Innocence of Muslims. Go figure.

GoGo1971 - 9/14/2012 2:13 PM
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OK, who didn't want to take their test?

camidawg - 9/14/2012 12:03 PM
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It's a typo. Call came in at 8:35. Bldgs were cleared by 10:04. Big campus. Unfortunatly, it takes that much time when done in a quiet and orderly fashion. No one was hurt. There was no panic of everyone trying to run into the streets at the same time and pushing over each other. From the beginning UT Comm felt there was an essence of it being a hoax because of the nature of the phone call. But, all calls are taken seriously. So, there you go.

TeaAm - 9/14/2012 11:55 AM
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And who do we have to thank for this, the failed Obama foreign policy. Thank god for Texans who always do a great job defending themselves. Obama is cluecless to the danger his allies in the Muslim world pose on Americans. A hoax is not far from the real thing. Stay alert & take care. God bless

Doc Hayworth - 9/14/2012 11:28 AM
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Glad to see evacuations went as planned, but for the call to come in at 8:35am with a 90 minute warning, it seems that they waited over an hour to send out the evacuation order?

camidawg - 9/14/2012 10:49 AM
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This was a hoax. Someone getting their jollies off of making an entire campus go into panic mode. Oh Cami, how would you know? Um, because I work for a State Agency that would be the first responders...We actually do all work in between scanning the news sites for interesting stories.

SpicyLane - 9/14/2012 10:31 AM
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Way to go Longhorn Emergency Communication Office. Lord I hope this is just a hoax.

PeekABoo - 9/14/2012 10:24 AM
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Kudos to UT Austin's Business Continuity/Emergency Management dept for appearing to respond to this quickly and take care of the students, faculty and staff!! STAY SAFE, UTers!!
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