Word: alarms
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...fire alarm went off and I came downstairs and there was smoke coming out of the tutor’s room,” said Keia D. Cole ’03, a resident of Leverett’s C-entry. “It happened last year. I wasn’t afraid...
...crisis has exposed problems in the system that could be disastrous in a bigger emergency. In that sense, the current, manageable alarm may actually serve as a sort of bureaucratic vaccine, exposing the government to a low dose of what a real bioterror attack is like so that it can fortify itself against a bigger hit later. If so, Thompson's department, which seems so unsure of itself now, will have to gain its footing in a hurry. Says Democratic Congressman Sherrod Brown of Ohio: "This should serve as a call to action...
...first problem with asking the Federal Government to intervene in a crisis of this kind is that too often no one knows just who should answer the alarm. The General Accounting Office concluded that there is a "significant coordination and fragmentation problem" in the government's ability to handle terrorism. "If I was going to rebuild the system," Thompson himself told TIME, "I'd probably make some changes...
...Early. Very early. Is the sun even up at 4:45? Porter could tell you because he wakes up this early every morning. “I rarely if ever use an alarm clock. I rely on my body to let me know how much sleep it needs...
...started picking stuff up from the floor, trying frantically to save our stuff,” said Abby Wild ’02, who was in her room at the time. “Then we realized the fire alarm was going off. We changed clothes and ran into the stairwell...