[Magdalen] School district threat shutdown.

[Sibyl Smirl]

A few years ago, there was a kind of fad in my county, a rash of bomb 
threats, mostly phoned in, mostly to the courthouse, but occasionally to 
one or more schools.  Since buildings were evacuated and searched every 
time (couldn't take chances), this was getting expensive, and in more 
than money, for a small county.  Among other things, they had an armed 
deputy in the courthouse entryway at all times that the building was 
unlocked, and a notice on the door that anyone who came in was liable to 
be searched.  The list of things that were prohibited for bringing in 
was ridiculous, including, among many other things, nail clippers. 
Nothing ever really happened, just the disruption and expense.

At least one (I don't get all the news all the time: maybe not even half 
the time) of the callers was caught: a young woman who wanted the 
courthouse evacuated and closed so that her boyfriend would get out of 
his appointment with his Probation Officer.

But there have been enough horrible and bloody things that did happen, 
nationwide, and of course we aren't immune, that how can you take the 
chance of ignoring such things?  In the current one, California went one 
direction, New York went the other (One would think that New York would 
be more nervous?).

The BBC said that the e-mails traced back to Germany.

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Sibyl Smirl
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