Western Railroad Discussion > Bomb threats to UP Omaha headquarters

Upset shippers?

https://omaha.com/news/local/police-threats-called-in-to-spots-around-omaha-came-from-outside-state-arent-credible/article_7bcbd840-a445-11eb-82b7-e3b34c3f8aa8.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/24/21 08:34 by brc600.

Lucky for everyone bomb threat calls are usually phony.  No one who really planted a bomb is going to call and let you know about it. 

guy in nashville did, welll he had a tape on loudspeakers warning people

dan Wrote:
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> guy in nashville did, welll he had a tape on
> loudspeakers warning people

Except,,,,,,,,,,,,,,he killed himself in the process.

he never left the RV

ExStarlightHog Wrote:
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> No one who really planted a bomb is going
> to call and let you know about it. 

And you are completely off your rocker and DEADLY wrong about that.

jst3751 Wrote:
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> ExStarlightHog Wrote:
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> > No one who really planted a bomb is going
> > to call and let you know about it. 
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> And you are completely off your rocker and DEADLY
> wrong about that.

I would not say he is off his rocker. There are about 1500 reported bomb threats made a year in the US, and near zero turn out to be anything. 

Todd Clark
Canyon Country, CA
Trainorders.com

Back when I worked at Reno newspapers there was a period of bomb threats at Reno High School.  We stopped making a big deal out of each one and they faded away.

JB - Omaha

Good way to delay tests are get a break from school, these are the most common.

           What he probably meant was: If someone who IS off his rocker really wants to do building damage and hurt people, he isn't going to call and have the authorities know, go find it AND undo his fiendish plans.

webmaster Wrote:
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> > > No one who really planted a bomb is going
> > > to call and let you know about it. 
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> > And you are completely off your rocker and
> DEADLY
> > wrong about that.
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> I would not say he is off his rocker. There are
> about 1500 reported bomb threats made a year in
> the US, and near zero turn out to be anything. 

NEAR ZERO is not ZERO! That is my point. ExStarlightHog said "NO ONE" which is not true.

Complacency breads disaster. It has happened in the past, and it will happen in the future.

What percentage? Extremely small, but NOT ZERO.

jst3751 Wrote:
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> > > > No one who really planted a bomb is going
> > > > to call and let you know about it. 
> > >
> > > And you are completely off your rocker and
> > DEADLY
> > > wrong about that.
> >
> > I would not say he is off his rocker. There are
> > about 1500 reported bomb threats made a year in
> > the US, and near zero turn out to be
> anything. 
>
> NEAR ZERO is not ZERO! That is my point.
> ExStarlightHog said "NO ONE" which is not true.
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> Complacency breads disaster. It has happened in
> the past, and it will happen in the future.
>
> What percentage? Extremely small, but NOT ZERO.


Webmaster,

Isn't it about time to put a cork in "jst3751"????????

In my nephew's school, bomb threats stopped when the make up time became Saturday morning.

Amazing how quickly they give up the perp...

Posted from Android

With comments like these: "While you are certainly entitled to your opinion, unless you have put in the actual real effort to make what you want a reality, shut up."

I agree jst3751 doesn't seem to know how to participate in a group discussion.

B&OBill

brc600 Wrote:
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> Upset shippers?

Since the threats weren't credible according the article (which I hope people read), I guess we can be a bit light-hearted. Seems schools and other businesses were targeted, too, but the article decided to focus on the UP employees that were evacuated.

HotWater Wrote:

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> Isn't it about time to put a cork in
> "jst3751"????????

To be fair, Todd's argument was a straw man and not worth noting.

There's no way that it was a disgruntled UP employee. I'm actually surprised stuff like this doesn't happen more often on the class ones from pissed off emplyees. 

portlander Wrote:
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> To be fair, Todd's argument was a straw man and
> not worth noting.

Funny, saying this and then you go noting Todd's argument...

Uhhh, to be fair, Todd just debunked the other guy's ridiculous opinion and that's what I noted.

JG

ExStarlightHog Wrote:
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> Lucky for everyone bomb threat calls are usually
> phony.  No one who really planted a bomb is going
> to call and let you know about it. 

During three decades of 'the troubles' in Northern Ireland, the various protagonists almost always issued phone warnings to the police prior to detonating planted bombs. The bomb makes a very strong point, but killing large numbers of civilians does not tend to win people's opinions regarding your cause.

I AGREE  xxx3751 has always been out of bounds with worthless posts.

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> > > > > No one who really planted a bomb is going
> > > > > to call and let you know about it. 
> > > >
> > > > And you are completely off your rocker and
> > > DEADLY
> > > > wrong about that.
> > >
> > > I would not say he is off his rocker. There
> are
> > > about 1500 reported bomb threats made a year
> in
> > > the US, and near zero turn out to be
> > anything. 
> >
> > NEAR ZERO is not ZERO! That is my point.
> > ExStarlightHog said "NO ONE" which is not true.
> >
> > Complacency breads disaster. It has happened in
> > the past, and it will happen in the future.
> >
> > What percentage? Extremely small, but NOT ZERO.
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> Webmaster,
>
> Isn't it about time to put a cork in
> "jst3751"????????