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 Post subject: Lame whistle is lame
PostPosted: Thu 09-03-2009 11:19AM 
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Better than the first six tries, but still.

That thing's not going to incite the fear of God into anyone. Unless they happen to be inside the power plant.

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 Post subject: Re: Lame whistle is lame
PostPosted: Thu 09-03-2009 11:49AM 
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I was walking by the plant when that whistle went off...

If I was an out-of-towner... I would honestly think something is wrong with the power plant itself, rather than some even happening on campus.

That thing was freaking LOUD!


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 Post subject: Re: Lame whistle is lame
PostPosted: Thu 09-03-2009 11:57AM 
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What was it supposed to be for?

I thought a steam locomotive was trying to deliver Christmas presents or something.

Then I got a call from the campus emergency notification and about pissed myself. Didn't they used to send emails before they did the emergency notification tests?

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 Post subject: Re: Lame whistle is lame
PostPosted: Thu 09-03-2009 12:21PM 
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I got SIX calls from the notification system, plus texts. And I had removed myself from the notification system.

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 Post subject: Re: Lame whistle is lame
PostPosted: Thu 09-03-2009 2:43PM 
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The test was announced in the econnection email. And Yes, they will call you until you answer the phone.


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 Post subject: Re: Lame whistle is lame
PostPosted: Thu 09-03-2009 4:16PM 
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This whole experience left me with visions of a Virginia Tech copy-cat killer running around campus on a shooting spree while the entire student body drops what they're doing to respond to dozens of text messages and phone calls. Or better yet, students trying to hide from said killer giving themselves away with phones that won't stop going off.

Don't get me wrong, it's a nice idea. And yeah those are both pretty unlikely examples. The system is just a little too persistent. If you're in a situation where you can't answer the phone for five minutes it would be okay if the system left a message or sent ONE text message and waited for you to respond to it. Email notification is pretty pointless since you're probably sitting at home contemplating returning to campus to get front row seats to the chaos. I've got an internet plan through T-Mobile so my phone was exploding with notifications from all three services until I responded to one of them. Driving while this system goes off, especially if you're already on the phone, is pretty annoying.


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 Post subject: Re: Lame whistle is lame
PostPosted: Thu 09-03-2009 4:56PM 
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I was in my 11-12:40 E-mag class and got 3 voicemails, 4 calls, and 6 texts until the teacher was wondering why everyones phone was buzzing and told everyone to answer it.

The only thing that really bothered me was the voicemails.


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 Post subject: Re: Lame whistle is lame
PostPosted: Thu 09-03-2009 7:43PM 
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I got 3, 2 part txt's about it. It was stupid though, because I got the 1st part 3 times in a row, and then I got the 2nd part like 5 minutes later.

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 Post subject: Re: Lame whistle is lame
PostPosted: Thu 09-03-2009 8:03PM 
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dar9q7 wrote:
I was in my 11-12:40 E-mag class and got 3 voicemails, 4 calls, and 6 texts until the teacher was wondering why everyones phone was buzzing and told everyone to answer it.


I was in that class, haha.

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 Post subject: Re: Lame whistle is lame
PostPosted: Thu 09-03-2009 10:09PM 
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blitzvergnugen wrote:
I got 3, 2 part txt's about it. It was stupid though, because I got the 1st part 3 times in a row, and then I got the 2nd part like 5 minutes later.


Ya, this happened to me too...

I suppose that's why they have these tests...

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 Post subject: Re: Lame whistle is lame
PostPosted: Fri 09-04-2009 1:31AM 
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I only entered my texting number, and responded easily. But i agree that they should only send one message and not the persistent mess that the system is right now.

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 Post subject: Re: Lame whistle is lame
PostPosted: Tue 09-08-2009 5:06PM 
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el_lorenzo wrote:
I suppose that's why they have these tests...


Except it's done this every time and never changed.


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