[DDN] Virginia Tech and emergency preparedness

[Andy Carvin]

Hi everyone,

I've just posted an essay on my PBS blog about the
role of emergency warning systems in on-campus
emergency preparedness. As many of you know, Virginia
Tech had problems getting the word out to students and
faculty because of a delayed response and server
crashes, so I talk about text messaging solutions and
how they're being used in some school districts and
universities just in case. Ironically, VT had been
considering such a system, according to a Roanoke
Times article from last September, but it hadn't moved
forward in time.

http://tinyurl.com/yrfxcl

andy

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Andy Carvin
andycarvin at yahoo  com
www.andycarvin.com
www.pbs.org/learningnow
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