DCist: Bomb Threat Empties DC USA Complex in Columbia Heights

NotTheRedBaron

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:35:17 -0500

There was a bomb threat last night at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception over in Brookland. Crazy times.

indiecognition

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:18:46 -0500

I guess it's easy to mistake an in-store Taco Bell for an explosives factory.

freshyill

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:49:59 -0500

@Politburo That's sort of like claiming responsibility in advance. They had a cause and a track record. I'm willing to bet they didn't do it anonymously. This is clearly just some asshole kid playing a joke. Several times in college I would show up for class and the building would be sealed off for a bomb threat. It was always probably some jackass who forgot to study for an exam.

Politburo

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:18:10 -0500

"In real life, people who want to blow stuff up generally don't announce it in advance." The IRA did this for several of their large attacks.

adamsmorgan

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:08:50 -0500

There was a fire this morning at the JW Marriot on 14th...no idea what time you were traveling to work, but maybe this was it?

whatlizsaid

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:05:02 -0500

Does anyone know what happened on 14th near Constitution? On the way to work I got caught in some serious traffic and we could all see just a sea of flashing lights ahead on 14th above Constitution. I've heard a ton about the CH evacuation and the Penn & Independence Ave SE incident, but nothing about this... only rumors that some buildings were evacuated?

teddy

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:56:23 -0500

Oh noes!!!! How am I going to get my Hurricanehannapocolypse toilet paper/Chef-Boy-R-Dee/flashlight batteries/Blue-Ray disc player/Issac Mizrahi poncho if the Target is closed???

freshyill

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:51:32 -0500

Are bomb threats ever real? It seems like they only exist in movies. In real life, people who want to blow stuff up generally don't announce it in advance.

c8te

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:50:43 -0500

Maybe they took the giant red target a little too seriously...

KrazyKat

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:49:40 -0500

Is Nicholas Cage in town trying to solve the mystery of where is Bush's brain? It certainly isn't in DC. I bet it is up the nose of the Statue of Liberty.

IMGoph

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:41:18 -0500

how many of those email you think he actually writes, and how many are written by an aide?

monkeyrotica

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:40:05 -0500

Well, kudos to Columbia Heights. A few years ago, people wouldn't even think of blowing parts of it up. Now this. Before you know it, Alan Rickman will start taking hostages in the top floor bungalows, and Bruce Willis will have to pitch snappy one-liners before blowing it all to hell. That road to gentrification just keeps getting sweeter.

adamsmorgan

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:31:09 -0500

Doesn't CM Graham realize how completely idiotic it is to sign off on ALL of his emails with Bests... I mean how glib of a sign off can you get on a bomb threat email....

volcano

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:23:05 -0500

Staff at the Library of Congress have been under a "precautionary relocation" away from windows in certain segments of all 3 buildings for a few hours now, and aren't allowed to move through certain hallways, nor leave through any exits near Independence or 2nd.

ishmael

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:20:15 -0500

Capitol Hill Police are calling that Independence Ave at 2nd Street. They're asking vehicular traffic to avoid the area for 2 blocks.