2nd Friday in a row - bomb threats called in to WalMart stores

[proud2BlibKansan]

Bomb threats have been called in to several area Walmart stores this afternoon, prompting precautionary evacuations.

The store in western Kansas City, Kan., at 108th Street and Parallel Parkway received a call about 1:40 p.m. and was evacuated while police prepared to conduct a search.

In Kansas City, North, police said a similar threat was phoned into the store at Missouri 152 and N. Church Avenue at approximately 2 p.m. Store managers evacuated the building as well.

The threats are similar to numerous others, including some in the Kansas City area, that have been phoned into stores in recent weeks.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/03/3741401/more-bomb-threats-reported-at.html#storylink=cpy

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. There was one in New York yesterday

I think this is spreading.

[loli phabay]

2. hope they catch who is doing it, these things are no laughing matter, someone will get hurt.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. They are not a laughing matter

but some folks are indeed laughing as a way to relieve stress... after each and every one of these.

[loli phabay]

4. no idea what the heck you mean by that or if its what i think the relevance, sorry

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Fire and police crews

that are responding to these. After the all clear some people are telling rather nervous jokes. As i said, relieve stress. Has nothing more or less to do with it.

[loli phabay]

6. still seems to be an obvious point with no relevance to people calling in bomb threats

whether they are telling dark jokes or not, pretty much would be pissed off if i was responding, working at walmart or simply there to buy some milk. probuably getting to the point were the responders are assuming its a fake threat only hope they are not being set up, but its human nature to switch off if you keep getting deployed on false wolves.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Did I say it was relevant to people calling in the bomb threats?

No.

Though to make it relevant to you, whoever is calling them in, IS PROBABLY having a good laugh, watching the massive response.

I just noted that to some folks this is the source of a lot of very dark jokes.

[loli phabay]

9. probuably less jokes and more being pissed off if you ask me. having to respond continually to thes

would chafe your loins no end. Lets just hope that its not some elaborate crazy plan by some nutjob.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. As a former EMS worker, no, not really

after a while you just start laughing them off, because your other response is NOT healthy.

And duds are actually very much so part of the job.

[loli phabay]

14. i disagree with you, you start to get pissed off, they are not funny

as they elicit not only a large response but you then have the evac to deal with. I can see you laughing it off if you are only a periphial asset as then its just a jolly but when you have real bombs mixed with scares its not funny at all.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. When you have real bombs, which has not happened yet,

And I have to ask, since I did this for ten years in pretty serious conditions, involving among other things real bullets whizzing by... your opinion is based exactly on what? Mine is based on actually having done the job for ten years, and having a few rashes of false alarms, where yes, we laughed it off, where people like you could not see us. We also used to really laugh it off after a major Multi Casualty Incident, fire, HAZMAT incident or shooting\ shootout. But hey, what would I know?

But seriously, when they finally find a real bomb, the mood will quickly shift. So far, they have not. Which is a good thing, and a bad thing. It is a good thing they have not, and a lot of folks are going for the really dark humor, you might not get it, but I can count on it. It is a bad thing because yes, even EMS and Bomb Squads and cops can get complacent with the boy who cried wolf too many times. That is the down side of this.

The other down side, is that on a very serious matter, somebody MIGHT be testing the response to find holes. That is the OTHER down side.

But if you think a lot of these folks are not doing what they are doing to decompress, I gotta a wonderful piece of beach front property in AZ... I speak, on this one, from real life experience.

[loli phabay]

16. dude your EMS not IED certified, unless EMS's have morphed into some sort of special forces thing

obviously you dont have experience of real bombs and false alarms if you think its something that gets laughed of, yes there is humour but thats mixed with a lot of being pissed off. Im not sure what kind of EMS they have were you live but between this and the FBI offering you a gun im thinking that the EMS i think off is not the same thing as you belonged to.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. You are right, it wasn't in the US

That would be your first clue.

Your second clue, is that you are arguing on things you have no clue. Why, I have no fracking idea.

Your third clue is that yes, EMS, police and fire, around the world does decompress... and you are having a serious problem accepting that, for I do not know what reason. You think EMS does not decompress or laugh these things off? What you are suggesting, getting angry, makes your career really short and your mental stability is put at risk.

By the way, here is your fourth clue, most BOMBS in the US are nothing more complex than pipe bombs. Yes, they are serious bidness, yes the local EOD techs treat them with the proper respect any bomb deserves, but if you think they are Improvised devices like you find in warzones, you'd be a tad off. As in seriously a tad off.

So far, we haven't had anything even close to that serious... except for OKC... that my friend would be properly called a shaped charge by the way, given how it worked. Oh and yes, I do know folks who worked that by the way.

Your fifth clue, I am done wasting my time, goodbye

[loli phabay]

18. rofl i think im the one wasting my time, as im not sure if you are actually serious

or not, as i said if you are EMS and have actually never been onsite for a bomb, and yes they are IED's regardless of the size its in the name you know, then im afraid you are the one without a clue. once again i tell you there is humour but that is no were near the anger and frustration you get when you get called to false alarms, especially if you are dealing with real bombs and the callers are using legitimate codewords then thats worse as you have to respond full on. Then to find its a false alarm you have the concern about it being a set up. As i said maybe EMS means something different to you than what i have learned it means in the US but i got a feeling it dosent.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. So you o have been... why you do not understand why people decompress

Damn it, you are clueless.

You are really clueless, as in very much clueless if you think your fantasy, crews getting angry and all that, is what happens.

And yes, I DID adress the set up, here, so you can re-read, and perhaps try to comprehend it at your leisure.

It is a bad thing because yes, even EMS and Bomb Squads and cops can get complacent with the boy who cried wolf too many times. That is the down side of this.

The other down side, is that on a very serious matter, somebody MIGHT be testing the response to find holes. That is the OTHER down side.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1071139

Try reading comprehension next time.

One last thing, I will not play the game of upmanship with you, suffice it to say, unlike you, I have done the job, and GET IT. I know that yes, while they are serious, in order not to lose it, yes, OFF where YOU CANNOT SEE THEM, off color jokes ARE flowing. It is just the way it is... surprise, surprise, and shocking I know, AROUND THE WORLD, and American EMS is NOT exceptional in that sense either. We are human, and the make up IS very similar.

But seriously, try reading comprehension, the issue of what this MIGHT be... WAS ADRESSED.

Now SKINNER, can you fix the ignore here? Will try again.

[loli phabay]

20. I just dont think you have been there, this along with your other claim about the FBI just dont wash

and once again i say there is humour but the anger is much more palpable in these situations escpecially if you are dealing with real incidents as well. Yes you may have been an EMS but as i said unless its something different from the american EMS then i dont think you are being honest about your role in dealing with IED's. Yes i think you should put me on ignore as its probuably best for you not to have to deal with someone who actually has experience with bombscares and real bomb incidents.

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. You can think whatever you want to think

You are an ignorant on this matter in ways that are just damn impressive. And cannot accept somebody else can or has been there done that. For that you are a poorer person.

And yes, it was very different from American EMS. American EMS will NOT allow crews into places we were asked to go to.

And damn it SKINNER, this guy cannot go to the FRACKING IGNORE LIST.

[loli phabay]

24. sorry maybe its the universe telling you that you are wrong, its karma.

[Luminous Animal]

8. When I was a in high school (particularly the years 1974- 1975) bomb threats were all the rage...

Our school had about one a week. Streaking was popular, too but I don't think the two were connected.

[loli phabay]

10. lol i would like to think they were, kinda make it more wierd.

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. Same here

Happened all the time. We had to evacuate our school way too many times. One time the police questioned almost every student in our school. I don't remember that they ever found out who was calling in the bomb threats.

[progressivebydesign]

11. One of the threats in California was by a guy my ex used to work with...

And he was arrested. they set his bail WAY too low at 10,000 (though I'm hoping the newspaper confused bond with bail, and it was actually higher.) If he was Middle Eastern, he would have been held no-bail.

Anyway.. people were commenting, that didn't know him, like he was some OWS left winger who hated Walmart.

No.. actually he's a hard core right wing, religious christian, who was apparently angry that Walmart will be selling birth control, now that the health care law kicked in. I have a feeling that this is the M.O. for these guys.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. And you might be onto something there

[slackmaster]

22. False-flag operation

Not terrorism, isolated incident, Bush's fault.