[DDN] Virginia Tech and emergency preparedness

2007-04-18 Thread 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

Re: [DDN] Virginia Tech and emergency preparedness

2007-04-18 Thread 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

Re: [DDN] Virginia Tech and emergency preparedness

2007-04-18 Thread Kathryn Hill
On Apr 18, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Andy Carvin wrote: I've just posted an essay on my PBS blog about the role of emergency warning systems Hi, My first post here; I've been reading this list for about a month now. Interestingly, I blogged about this yesterday: an emergency notification service