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Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)
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Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)
#22Don't wish to make light of this at all, but I do wonder- how often does this happen? After all, "shots fired" is not an uncommon thing in many cities in the US. I just wonder whether we will look back in 12 months time at the "week of hell" and realise that it was actually just a week in which we found all the things that usually go on every week that we don't hear about.
Some crime happens on a college campus probably every day. Most likely hundreds of violent crimes a year. But the reason this is on HN is MIT, nothing more.
I don't think there's a report of an officer down on a campus every day.
Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)
#23I find it very interesting, that there are such websites. I wonder whether it works, but I guess that if only one life is saved by a notice on a website, that is enough
My last job was doing websites for higher education, and I can tell you that it's very much a thing. It's a part of many universities' emergency protocols, sometimes paired with an alert banner on the homepage. (And that banner may or may not link to a further page of information.) While things like a gunman on campus is most certainly an emergency, these systems also serve other messages. Things like other emergenci…
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Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)
#24Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)
#25Boston is not having a good week.
Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)
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NO. Unsure why that is saying edited 4 minutes ago but they are linking to the AP article from Feb 23rd which did turn out to be a hoax.
This is the article they link to: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/mit-lockdown-after-reports-ar...
Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)
#27I see from the report that they are urging people to stay away from 32 specifically. Can anyone clarify if they have someone trapped inside the building, or are they just trying to keep people away from the police net?
Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)
#28Don't wish to make light of this at all, but I do wonder- how often does this happen? After all, "shots fired" is not an uncommon thing in many cities in the US. I just wonder whether we will look back in 12 months time at the "week of hell" and realise that it was actually just a week in which we found all the things that usually go on every week that we don't hear about.
I'm hearing a cop was shot. So this is a bit meatier a problem.
weisser posted this below http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/theres-shoot...
lots more details
Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)
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This seems to be confusing what is happening right now with what happened a few months ago: http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N7/hoax.html
MIT has NOT called off the lock down yet: http://emergency.mit.net/
Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)
#30I find it very interesting, that there are such websites. I wonder whether it works, but I guess that if only one life is saved by a notice on a website, that is enough
At my old uni, you could submit a cell number to an emergency alert system and you would get texts if something like this went down. I'm guessing MIT has something similar although not sure if this system is part of it. I'm sure someone will clarify soon.
I wrote a system that did that for students. It was a ton of fun to work on. And then it didn't work because the cell phone towers couldn't handle it. So of course they scrapped my code, went with a third-party system, and had the same problem.
Text messages during emergencies? Not a chance. Not when they don't even work for a simple test (hour delays!)