All LA schools are Closed Right Now Due to Possibe Terrorist Threats

[norseamd]

Bomb threats were made to a school board member. If this was a joke, prank, or fake alarm then I am wondering if those who made it actually think it is going to be taken lightly at all.

http://www.businessinsider.com/los-angeles-schools-closed-due-to-terror-threat-2015-12

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Bomb threats were made to a school board member. If this was a joke, prank, or fake alarm then I am wondering if those who made it actually think it is going to be taken lightly at all.

http://www.businessinsider.com/los-angeles-schools-closed-due-to-terror-threat-2015-12

. . . and it's 8 hours and counting down to the chucklehead debate.

I've got all sorts of scenarios with causes, perpetrators and the skittish public in mind, and I don't know which one to elaborate as an example.

But watch the chuckleheads climb all over this one tonight.

I suspect this is coming from some other cause than loose, self-radicalizing Islam/Jihad extremists. They don't announce themselves before an attack.

Somebody is stirring the pot of fear, though.

 

[Hugo Drax]

Word is rumors of a .25 kiloton nuclear bomb threat. FEMA scanning schools with aircraft carrying a neutron detector and gamma scintillation detector as well.


Most likely, student wanted to stay home today and called an outrageous threat to insure no school today.

 

[rpanic]

Its just LA unified.

 

[Homerboy]

Word is rumors of a .25 kiloton nuclear bomb threat. FEMA scanning schools with aircraft carrying a neutron detector and gamma scintillation detector as well.


Most likely, student wanted to stay home today and called an outrageous threat to insure no school today.

If it was a nuclear threat, why just close schools? That makes no sense.

 

[Genx87]

The nuclear threat seems far fetched right now. I would think the entire city would be on lock down or exodus if that were the case.

 

[norseamd]

Very much doubt that terrorists have a nuclear bomb to blow up LA with. They might have some type of radiological bomb, but even then only the most high level terrorists could pull that one off. ISIS would possibly be capable of procuring radioactive material, and developing and operating radiological weapons from any material they get.

 

[dank69]

Word is rumors of a .25 kiloton nuclear bomb threat. FEMA scanning schools with aircraft carrying a neutron detector and gamma scintillation detector as well.


Most likely, student wanted to stay home today and called an outrageous threat to insure no school today.

Word is Jeb Bush will win the GOP nomination.

 

[rpanic]

Word is Jeb Bush will win the GOP nomination.

I'd believe more that there is a nuke about to go off.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Word is rumors of a .25 kiloton nuclear bomb threat. FEMA scanning schools with aircraft carrying a neutron detector and gamma scintillation detector as well.


Most likely, student wanted to stay home today and called an outrageous threat to insure no school today.

And again . . . The Sum of All Fears wouldn't announce such a thing.

With MAD and NORAD early-warning through the Cold War, one wonders about the casualty profile if MAD didn't work. Terrorists smuggling nuclear devices -- you could be well outside the blast zone and facing the wrong direction -- survivors all walking around blind.

I almost long for the Cold War days, with terrorists of the Yassar Arafat caliber. This hysteria has cost us one needless war, and all these other mounting public costs. According to one author and his book this year, we're falling into a trap of "Chasing Ghosts."

Baghdadi and friends must love it.

 

[Hugo Drax]

The nuclear threat seems far fetched right now. I would think the entire city would be on lock down or exodus if that were the case.

Because the blast radius of a .25 yield fission bomb is limited, and if the caller specifically said they targeted a random school with one it would not make sense to shut down the city. Actually announcing this and closing down a city would cause mass panic.

I find it far fetched since #1 no terrorists calls ahead to warn the public about what they are going to do.

#2 they are not capable of building even a simple gun type fission bomb.

You are better off flying aircraft with HE3 Neutron and Gamma scintillation detectors, pinpoint the source and then evacuate around the threat radius once they find the source.

 

[Jaepheth]

Very much doubt that terrorists have a nuclear bomb to blow up LA with. They might have some type of radiological bomb, but even then only the most high level terrorists could pull that one off. ISIS would possibly be capable of procuring radioactive material, and developing and operating radiological weapons from any material they get.

I agree, a nuke/dirty bomb threat makes little sense.

1. If you take the time to acquire it and smuggle it in you're not going to risk your plan by calling in a warning.

2. Terrorist organizations don't call before the attack (that I know of), they claim credit after the fact.

Although the logistics of a radiological threat would probably necessitate quite a few people being involved; increasing the likelihood of someone calling in a tip after they realize being a complete asshole isn't cool.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Because the blast radius of a .25 yield fission bomb is limited, and if the caller specifically said they targeted a random school with one it would not make sense to shut down the city. Actually announcing this and closing down a city would cause mass panic.

I find it far fetched since #1 no terrorists calls ahead to warn the public about what they are going to do.

#2 they are not capable of building even a simple gun type fission bomb.

You are better off flying aircraft with HE3 Neutron and Gamma scintillation detectors, pinpoint the source and then evacuate around the threat radius once they find the source.

Yup. And think about it. Why choose a day like today? I'll be very interested to see if just one of the chuckleheads puts this into a calm perspective tonight.

 

[blankslate]

Word is rumors of a .25 kiloton nuclear bomb threat. FEMA scanning schools with aircraft carrying a neutron detector and gamma scintillation detector as well.


Most likely, student wanted to stay home today and called an outrageous threat to insure no school today.

That was one of the first thoughts I had when I read the OP.

Wonder if the kid was smart enough to find a payphone(miraculously they still exist) to do it from while not smiling directly at the security camera if that is the case.



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[Hugo Drax]

That was one of the first thoughts I had when I read the OP.

Wonder if the kid was smart enough to find a payphone(miraculously they still exist) to do it from while not smiling directly at the security camera if that is the case.



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They probably bought a burner with cash and called it in or txted it and then tossed the phone.

 

[rpanic]

Final exams this week?

 

[BonzaiDuck]

That was one of the first thoughts I had when I read the OP.

Wonder if the kid was smart enough to find a payphone(miraculously they still exist) to do it from while not smiling directly at the security camera if that is the case.



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They said the threats were multiply electronic.

A school-kid? Maybe. My theory: somebody wants to pluck the strings on the debate violin.

LA county is a blue island in a sea of pink counties.

I really hope it was some juvenile delinquent, but the effect will be the same.

 

[DrPizza]

Wait...

Christmas season...
School that's still in session...
Bomb threat...

Call in John McClane. It's all a ruse though - they're going to blow up a ship full of scrap metal, while stealing billions in gold.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Sure is a fine day for a hoax threat.

Couldn't wait until the 16th, could it?

 

[Hugo Drax]

NYC got the same nuclear bomb threat but they immediately concluded it was a hoax. LOL they feel LA overreacted.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

NYC got the same nuclear bomb threat but they immediately concluded it was a hoax. LOL they feel LA overreacted.

Wait . . . do you mean they had a threat -- To-DAY?!

 

[CPA]

Sure is a fine day for a hoax threat.

Couldn't wait until the 16th, could it?

Take your tinfoil hat off.

 

[Drako]

Its just LA unified.

Yeah, it's only 900+ schools and 600,000+ students.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Take your tinfoil hat off.

I don't need a tinfoil hat. Nor do I think any candidates or their campaigns would've done such a thing. Or they'd be fools to do so, with a risk that FBI would connect the dots.

But it's been done before. And there's always some nutcase trying to get a rise out of the existing frenzy.

It's a hole in the sieve of possibilities. So is the scenario of some student hoping for a longer holiday.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I don't need a tinfoil hat. Nor do I think any candidates or their campaigns would've done such a thing. Or they'd be fools to do so, with a risk that FBI would connect the dots.

But it's been done before. And there's always some nutcase trying to get a rise out of the existing frenzy.

It's a hole in the sieve of possibilities. So is the scenario of some student hoping for a longer holiday.

Now the news is coming in from DeBlasio's New York.

Tin foil hat, my ass. . . .