Or get your test punted to the next day. I recall a couple of bomb threats

just about every year through high school. Never did amount to anything.

To be blunt, when you grow up in the Cold War and the looming threat of a nuclear missile strike, the idea of a bomb in school wasn't something that really scared us. Any bomb you could hide in a school wouldn't be big enough to hurt anyone who wasn't in the room with it.

Never was much more than an excuse to go stand around outside for an hour. I don't recall any of the students taking it more seriously than just a fire drill. But we didn't grow up in era of bombs going off in schools being on the news regularly.

In response to this post by bigbadbird

Posted: 10/06/2021 at 10:46AM

Washington Liberty High School in Arlington on lockdown- police on the... -- Hungry Joe 10/06/2021 08:40AM

Wonder if it was somehow confusion related to the HS in Arlington TX ** -- Vienna_Hokie 10/06/2021 3:10PM

Seems unlikely, but also a very weird coincidence if not. ** -- Hungry Joe 10/06/2021 4:10PM

Appears to be a hoax. Message from APS/WL principal... -- Hungry Joe 10/06/2021 09:06AM

Hoaxes were alot funnier back when there was no thought of it being real -- bigbadbird 10/06/2021 09:22AM

We even had a guy they called the 'Mad Bomber". He would call from a -> -- HOKIERIT 10/06/2021 11:39AM

There was fake active shooter event at Wakefield last year -- Happy Dog 10/06/2021 09:47AM

Wait till they find out it wasn't even someone local... -- vthokieq 10/06/2021 09:46AM

I can't think of a time they were ever laughed off -- typed by ben 10/06/2021 09:35AM

I think it the 80's it was just a way to go outside ** -- bigbadbird 10/06/2021 09:38AM

Or get your test punted to the next day. I recall a couple of bomb threats -- Tafkam Hokie 10/06/2021 10:46AM

We had like 3/4 bomb threats the spring of my senior year. ** -- mancunian 10/06/2021 09:44AM

How do you have 75% of a bomb threat? ** -- JoesterVT 10/06/2021 09:52AM

Overzealous FBI agents shot the kid in the phone booth -- mancunian 10/06/2021 11:03AM

Bom threat ** -- vt90 10/06/2021 10:09AM

Quality response. ** -- HokieSignGuy 10/06/2021 10:22AM

It was a fax - those old machines sucked ** -- bigbadbird 10/06/2021 09:58AM

Yep. Got the same message from Swanson's principal. ** -- Hokie Harv 10/06/2021 09:07AM

Arlington Now reporting threats, no real follow on (link inside) -- Happy Dog 10/06/2021 09:04AM

No but distinctly heard several shots fired in the Big A last night -- Happy Dog 10/06/2021 09:02AM

Did you pull a rifle out of your gun safe? -- EDGEMAN 10/06/2021 10:52AM

I should answer that measuredly....... -- Happy Dog 10/06/2021 12:08PM

So you did pull our a rifle...lol ** -- EDGEMAN 10/06/2021 12:10PM

I put on black PJs and crawled into the fray with kbar between my teeth.... ** -- Happy Dog 10/06/2021 12:16PM

We heard what we thought were fireworks around that time... -- Hungry Joe 10/06/2021 09:13AM

Did not sound like fireworks -- Happy Dog 10/06/2021 09:30AM

Been some shootings recently in Green Valley. I know a couple of folks -- Hokie Harv 10/06/2021 09:10AM

My old high school (Washington-Lee). Hope it is nothing serious. ** -- Hokie Harv 10/06/2021 09:01AM

I recall being evacuated cause of a bomb threat my senior year. They put -- Hurley09 10/06/2021 10:07AM

Yeah, took me a second ** -- `lag 10/06/2021 09:02AM

Or get your test punted to the next day. I recall a couple of bomb threats

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