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There have been Disasters that devastated whole school districts.
You can't prevent disaster, you can only prepare for it and mange it when and after it happens. It will happen. The only secure computer is a dead computer. The only secure community in a hurricane zone is a dead community.

Alerted Not Alarmed: Is this your 2007 plan?
Film star Mia Farrow 7-year-old Maria de Lourdes (as Mia was known at the time),participated, along with her siblings, in an astoundingly well covered Cold War media stunt that was a certifiable stroke of PR genius on the part of Archer Productions, the company that produced DUCK AND COVER for the U.S. government. Bert the Turtle, the animated star of the first civil defense film produced for children.

DUCK AND COVER [1951] a 1950's civil defense film starring Bert the Turtle written by Ray J. Mauer.

Excerpt:
RAY: "Seems to me there were about 50 reps from the NEA — teachers throughout the country who came and filled us in with the information that was very important because I didn't know anything about school kids anymore. I participated both days, but had nothing to do with organizing the meeting. It took place in a sizeable hall, with the Civil Defense people and us (Langlois and Mauer) seated facing the educational group.
CONELRAD: Did the teachers seem to appreciate what was being done?
RAY: They seemed quite pleased that we were interested in getting their ideas and getting things right.
CONELRAD: The working title for DUCK AND COVER was "Civil Defense for Schools" correct?
RAY: Those titles were given to us by the government. Those were the working titles. DUCK AND COVER was our concept, I mean we got it from the teacher (Helen Seth-Smith of The Potomac School). Because one group in particular said that's what they called doing the exercise. You know, the kids dove under their desk and what not. One of the women (Seth-Smith) called it "Duck and Cover" so it sounded good. And I thought that's as good as anything.
CONELRAD: Do you recall what the government's reaction was to DUCK AND COVER when it was submitted?
RAY: Only in a very general way. They were very pleased with it. They should have been. It didn't cost them anything and it was a damn sight better than any other films in that series. And it was better than the other one we had done by far (OUR CITIES MUST FIGHT)
CONELRAD: When you were bidding on the opportunity to produce the civil defense films did you take OUR CITIES MUST FIGHT by default?
RAY: I think we took the clunker in order to get "Civil Defense for Schools" (the working title for DUCK AND COVER). We worked harder than hell on the other one, but it never came to life.

Montgomery County PA - installed the Countywide Law enforcement Alerting and Safety System (CLASS) in schools. Wireless silent alarm "panic buttons" alert police. It is possible for dispatchers to upload specific school floor-plans to responding officers on their car laptops. Principals can wear wireless transmitters. This will not require the signal be received by as private alarm company. It cost 1 million.

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Almost every cell phone available today is able to send and receive SMS text messages. SMS infrastructure generally holds up better in times of crisis than email, and it automatically appears on your phone’s screen when you receive one.

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The main problem is no communication. Connectivity and telecommunications will breakdown. GET YOUR SCHOOL INVOLVED WITH HAM RADIO OPERATION.