I vvvaaannt to suck your inbox

Every so often, UT sends us these neat warning e-mails about certain dangerous events on campus. Usually its related to a mugging, bomb threat, or a drunk hobo who ended up going the wrong way down 21st and can't find the drag. Well, now it's BATS!

Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and the Office of the Vice President for Employee and Campus Services (ECS) want to remind you that Austin has a significant bat population, and though they're really cute--they are considered a high-rabies risk species and should NEVER be touched.

If you find a live or dead bat in a building or a live bat that can not fly outside, please call Environmental Health & Safety's Animal Make Safe program at 471-BATS (2287).

Please remember to shut all windows and doors especially in the evening to help keep bats and other animals from getting into buildings.

For more information about bats on campus, please visit http://www.utexas.edu/safety/ehs/bulletin/batsrabies.html

The funny thing is I doubt they send these e-mails unless something actually happened to a student or staff member. If they were into preemptive e-mail safety, we'd get five warnings a day. I really, really want to meet the kid who was bitten by a bat.