It's just not funny

Today there was a general threat made against every high school in the county.  I learned about it by a one call our school made just before 8:00 this morning.  Even though it was a call letting us know that everything seemed to be fine, it made me absolutely sick to my stomach.  Not only is my oldest at the high school, but so is my husband.  Later I had some errands to run and was passing the high school in the next community over.  My cousin has a child at this high school, and seemed apparent to me that the complex had been evacuated.  I couldn't wait to get home and sure enough, the news confirmed my suspicions.  What is wrong with these people???  There is absolutely NOTHING funny or amusing about this.  We are dealing with people's lives here.  There has been a rash of these recently and I just don't understand.  I hope these people are caught, although frankly I can't even think of a suitable punishment for them.