# Phlosphr! ARE YOU OK?!? BOMB AT YALE! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-are-you-ok-bomb-at-yale/176650 "2003-05-21T21:46:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-are-you-ok-bomb-at-yale/176650/1 "2003-05-21T21:46:24Z")
**Phlosphr**!!! Contact us ASAP if you are OK! I know that you’re a prof, and probably at Yale. At least, in the same town. The bomb at Yale–are you OK? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-are-you-ok-bomb-at-yale/176650/2 "2003-05-21T21:58:05Z")
CNN says there were no injuries and the building (library) was empty at time. ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-are-you-ok-bomb-at-yale/176650/3 "2003-05-21T22:00:08Z")
[CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/05/21/yale.explosion/index.html) says there were no injuries. Hope he’s ok. I had figured him to be a Wesleyan prof, myself. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-are-you-ok-bomb-at-yale/176650/4 "2003-05-21T22:53:29Z")
Yale big. Bomb small. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-are-you-ok-bomb-at-yale/176650/5 "2003-05-21T22:57:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SmackFu \* > \*\*Yale big. Bomb small. \*\* But bomb in classroom, & **Phlosphr** professor. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-are-you-ok-bomb-at-yale/176650/6 "2003-05-21T23:00:29Z")
Bomb in mail room, from what I’ve read. ---
**Author:** ![Melandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Melandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melandry)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-are-you-ok-bomb-at-yale/176650/7 "2003-05-21T23:05:30Z")
Bomb in empty classroom in law building, according to CNN. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-are-you-ok-bomb-at-yale/176650/8 "2003-05-21T23:15:14Z")
The bomb went off after students had exited from their final exam. While a wall collapsed and a suspicious vehicle was towed away, no injuries were reported. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-are-you-ok-bomb-at-yale/176650/9 "2003-05-22T00:43:25Z")
Hulk hate bomb. Indiscriminate destruction make Hulk angry. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-are-you-ok-bomb-at-yale/176650/10 "2003-05-22T00:45:54Z")
Og sma… Oh, wait, we aren’t doing that anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-are-you-ok-bomb-at-yale/176650/11 "2003-05-22T01:45:30Z")
Philo, we need details! Give us the inside scoop! \*\*Straight Dope News Network \*\* _Our Dope Is Everywhere, Maaan. ™_ Hope everything is ok and that this hasn’t inhibited your birthday shopping for your wife. ---
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-are-you-ok-bomb-at-yale/176650/12 "2003-05-22T01:45:57Z")
BOMB BAD! [sub]Hope everyone is ok[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-are-you-ok-bomb-at-yale/176650/13 "2003-05-22T01:50:41Z")
:eek: The father of one of my best friends is a prof there, and his mother works in the library. Must email… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-are-you-ok-bomb-at-yale/176650/14 "2003-05-22T02:13:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Terminus Est \* > \*\*Og sma… Oh, wait, we aren’t doing that anymore. \*\* What?! Og no get memo! ---
**Author:** ![auntnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@auntnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntnut)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-are-you-ok-bomb-at-yale/176650/15 "2003-05-22T02:16:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Happy Lendervedder \* > \*\*What?! Og no get memo! \*\* No matter…Og no read. ---
**Author:** ![insomnia4AM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@insomnia4AM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insomnia4AM)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-are-you-ok-bomb-at-yale/176650/16 "2003-05-22T02:28:11Z")
All of our local news channels didn’t seem to cover it like I thought they would. The word as of 7pm-ish was it was contained to those two rooms, and it’s mostly water damage, but I really didn’t watch closely.