No suspicious package or device found after scare at Facebook in Menlo Park
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Re: No suspicious package or device found after scare at Facebook in Menlo Park
#2how many times has a "bomb threat" that's been called in, actually resolved into finding a bomb?
It seems odd to me that one would go to the trouble of making a bomb, placing it, then calling it in...
Re: No suspicious package or device found after scare at Facebook in Menlo Park
#3how many times has a "bomb threat" that's been called in, actually resolved into finding a bomb? It seems odd to me that one would go to the trouble of making a bomb, placing it, then calling it in...
Enough that nobody wants to take that chance.
Re: No suspicious package or device found after scare at Facebook in Menlo Park
#4how many times has a "bomb threat" that's been called in, actually resolved into finding a bomb? It seems odd to me that one would go to the trouble of making a bomb, placing it, then calling it in...
Re: No suspicious package or device found after scare at Facebook in Menlo Park
#5how many times has a "bomb threat" that's been called in, actually resolved into finding a bomb? It seems odd to me that one would go to the trouble of making a bomb, placing it, then calling it in...
Enough that nobody wants to take that chance.
oh yeah, I wouldn't suggest that they ignore the threat. It just seems puzzling behaviour to me.
Re: No suspicious package or device found after scare at Facebook in Menlo Park
#6how many times has a "bomb threat" that's been called in, actually resolved into finding a bomb? It seems odd to me that one would go to the trouble of making a bomb, placing it, then calling it in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%27s_Resort_Hotel_bombin...
right. fair enough, good example.
Re: No suspicious package or device found after scare at Facebook in Menlo Park
#7At the same time, somebody blocked off the main road with a truck. https://i.imgur.com/IvmuPl3.jpg
Re: No suspicious package or device found after scare at Facebook in Menlo Park
#8how many times has a "bomb threat" that's been called in, actually resolved into finding a bomb? It seems odd to me that one would go to the trouble of making a bomb, placing it, then calling it in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%27s_Resort_Hotel_bombin...
I consider myself quite well versed in crazy bombings and shootings in American history. I have watched probably hundreds of hours of footage from 9/11, Waco, Ruby Ridge, Columbine etc.
But never once have I heard about this bombing, and never once in my 26 years on this earth have I ever imagined that a state fire marshall would be willing to stand next to a live bomb to examine it.
1980 must have been a different time!
Re: No suspicious package or device found after scare at Facebook in Menlo Park
#9how many times has a "bomb threat" that's been called in, actually resolved into finding a bomb? It seems odd to me that one would go to the trouble of making a bomb, placing it, then calling it in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%27s_Resort_Hotel_bombin...
Any that don't involve something along the lines of "give me money and it won't go off"?
Re: No suspicious package or device found after scare at Facebook in Menlo Park
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%27s_Resort_Hotel_bombin...
Any that don't involve something along the lines of "give me money and it won't go off"?
The IRA usually (plenty of exceptions and changes over time) phoned ahead, they wanted the impact of terrorism without the bad press of civilian killings. Not a particular relevant example in modern times though.
I wonder if it's more about phsycology, someone making a bomb threat is seeking attention for some reason and ignoring it might make their behavior escalate.