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BREAKING: Bomb Threats Spur Evacuations at MGM Tower
Posted by STV at 3:59 AM on August 6, 2008
And we don't mean Valkyrie: Word into Defamer HQ reveals that a bomb threat has been received by multiple tenants at MGM Tower, indicating that "the device would be activated at noon." The LAPD has been notified, evidently, but with the threat having yet to be verified, the building superintendents are reportedly evacuating the building from 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. We hear ICM is out already.
Follow the jump for the full memo, and best wishes to those affected in Century City. Developing...
—-—- Forwarded Message
From: xxxx
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:30:25 -0700
To: xxxx
Conversation: Building Evacuation
Subject: Building EvacuationPlease be advised that another tenant in the MGM Tower has received a bomb threat. The Los Angeles Police Department has been notified and is on site. Although the threat indicated that the device would be activated at noon, nothing has been verified at this time, as a precaution we have decided to evacuate the building between 11am and 2pm. You will be evacuated by the Floor Warden's two floors at a time.
Please call the MGM Hotline for an all-clear prior to returning to the MGM Tower at 2:00 pm, the number is [redacted].
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TheQuestion
Posted 4:55 AM 6/8/08
OOPS. My watch is off.
TheQuestion
TheQuestion
Posted 4:55 AM 6/8/08
8 minutes and counting....
TheQuestion
ineffable.me
Posted 4:54 AM 6/8/08
@quinticire: BAZAM!
ineffable.me
el smrtmnky
Posted 4:45 AM 6/8/08
this is all easily remedied with a quick one/two punch in the reactor port over at 2000 Avenue of the Stars, you know.
el smrtmnky
Losin_it
Posted 4:41 AM 6/8/08
Hollywood! This is your last chance! Wrap up all of your women in burquas or face the ultimate penalty for your disresepect of Allah!
Signed,
Your Friends at 7-11
Losin_it
RocketRockit
Posted 4:38 AM 6/8/08
No worries, everyone is next door shopping at Century City Westfield.
Bastards.
RocketRockit
sharpeiboy
Posted 4:35 AM 6/8/08
Aren't you NOT supposed to publicly report bomb threats because in most cases that is all the offender wants?
sharpeiboy
WGARefugee
Posted 4:30 AM 6/8/08
This is about internet residuals isn't it.
WGARefugee
juniperjenny
Posted 4:30 AM 6/8/08
I wonder what constituted a big enough threat for them to evacuate the whole building.
juniperjenny
quinticire
Posted 4:28 AM 6/8/08
@ineffable.me: Mike Myers ain't no actor :)
quinticire
MsMuffinMcGuffin
Posted 4:27 AM 6/8/08
I don't think I would enjoy being the floor warden that has to reenter the building at exactly 2:01 p.m..
MsMuffinMcGuffin
ineffable.me
Posted 4:25 AM 6/8/08
@quinticire: haha, like Eddie Murphy collaborates with other actors...
ineffable.me
britneyspearstears
Posted 4:24 AM 6/8/08
Is that pacific or eastern standard time?
britneyspearstears
NoWireHangers
Posted 4:23 AM 6/8/08
@Oxycontinmoron:
@juniperjenny: Wait, what? Yeah I was confused. Maybe I still am.
NoWireHangers
Truculent
Posted 4:22 AM 6/8/08
So I guess my calls got through after all
Truculent
fellowes
Posted 4:22 AM 6/8/08
So, at 2pm they're free and clear to return to the smoking crater where their office building used to be?
fellowes
quinticire
Posted 4:22 AM 6/8/08
A bomb threat? That means that Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy are collaborating on a new movie.
quinticire
Breadbowl
Posted 4:19 AM 6/8/08
If I comment on this will I get a visit from Homeland Security? Oh shit...
Breadbowl
RonMwangaguhunga
Posted 4:18 AM 6/8/08
See, I thought the bomb would go on when the film is released ..
RonMwangaguhunga
juniperjenny
Posted 4:18 AM 6/8/08
@NoWireHangers: It's not a three-hour long process. They're kicking everybody out between those hours.
juniperjenny
Sproing
Posted 4:18 AM 6/8/08
That fucking lion means business.
Sproing
Oxycontinmoron
Posted 4:15 AM 6/8/08
@NoWireHangers: Math isn't your strong-suit is it?
Oxycontinmoron
NoWireHangers
Posted 4:13 AM 6/8/08
Wait, the bomb is supposed to go off at noon, but they're evacuating between 11AM and 2PM? So between 12:15PM and 2PM I'm assuming they'll be wheeling out the corpses?
NoWireHangers
Losin_it
Posted 5:10 AM 6/8/08
@Oxycontinmoron: :) I love that song.
Losin_it
Oxycontinmoron
Posted 5:04 AM 6/8/08
@Losin_it: Did your face turn a deep shade of purple when you typed that?!
Oxycontinmoron
miss_msry
Posted 5:04 AM 6/8/08
It's now noon o'three. Where are the pictures or do we need to wait for the 5 o'clock news?
miss_msry
shutupitsmine
Posted 5:02 AM 6/8/08
All the ICM agents are at the Coffee Bean in the CAA courtyard eyeballing the merchandise. I expect a full Jets and Sharks showdown in minutes.
shutupitsmine
Losin_it
Posted 5:01 AM 6/8/08
@LLH: No, there is smoke on the water. The fire is in the sky.
Losin_it
LLH
Posted 5:00 AM 6/8/08
so...is there smoke in the sky or what?
LLH
Losin_it
Posted 4:59 AM 6/8/08
In the old days, the Impossible Missions Force would have had this bomb defused and the entire organization destroyed before Martin Landau had the time to change out of his tuxedo.
When Tom Cruise took over, things got very slipshod.
Losin_it
juniperjenny
Posted 4:58 AM 6/8/08
@TheQuestion: Some criminal mastermind you are.
I just realized I'm refreshing this page, as if the bomb is going to go off here. I think I'll go off in search of a life now.
juniperjenny
RocketRockit
Posted 5:23 AM 6/8/08
@shutupitsmine: Take pictures.
RocketRockit
pixelwax
Posted 6:33 AM 6/8/08
...the device would be activated at noon.
Typical rookie mistake. When I have a report due in the afternoon and my job is on the line, I do a double bluff. If the first bomb fails to activate, there is a backup bomb that I will activate when the "all clear" is given later that day.
pixelwax
TryThisAtHome
Posted 6:16 AM 6/8/08
Isn't 11AM - 2PM multiple lunches at various locations anyway? I mean, how convenient of the bomb-threat-person.
TryThisAtHome
raincoaster
Posted 8:49 AM 6/8/08
Who but the proles wouldn't be at lunch then anyway? It's somebody trying to get back at his assistant without firing her, that's all.
Also: does Giancarlo Paretti have an alibi?
raincoaster
Pomalina
Posted 9:04 PM 6/8/08
@Losin_it: Has that been used in an action movie? Because it would make for an awesome soundtrack.
(My best friend's brother's high school basement band used to cover that song. It was the only one they covered, actually. And we thought they were supah-cool. I was 10, and apparently my taste has not evolved much.)
Pomalina
StormTrooper
Posted 6:50 AM 6/8/08
It's not the agents going all west side story on each other...its the mailroom guys. Poor ICM kids....They don't stand a chance...There numbers are to small.
StormTrooper
Losin_it
Posted 5:09 AM 7/8/08
@Pomalina: ha ha, no your taste is just fine. They don't make 'em like that anymore...!
Losin_it
kylo4
Posted 3:16 PM 9/8/08
First anthrax and now this? (or reverse order, whatever). Someone must really hate MGM.
kylo4