[DDN] Virginia Tech and emergency preparedness

[William L. Anderson]

Andy, thanks for the note.

In addition to all the good reasons for establishing these systems, and
being prepared for emergencies, it is important to understand what it
will take to build and maintain these systems.

Lauren Weinstein posted the following short warning about how easily our
current low-capacity SMS infrastructure could be overwhelmed during
emergencies.

http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000225.html

As has been mentioned many times recently, we need serious investment in
infrastructure.

-Bill Anderson
praxis101.com./blog

Andy Carvin wrote:
> 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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