sumi, some teacher friends of mine elsewhere on the internets were discussing the same thing the other day (what with the school shooting meme making the rounds again), and apparently, lockdown is one of the earliest steps a lost of schools take response to a threat, on the theory that if it does turn out to be serious, you can keep the nutter in a contained area, you don't have kids wandering around the halls where you can't easily account for them, and so on -- so it really sounds more serious than it is.
Walking I get. But power walking? Why not just run for a shorter time?
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amych - Oct 11, 2006 4:43:07 am PDT #3037 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Hil R. - Oct 11, 2006 4:44:16 am PDT #3038 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I can't find a link anywhere right now. I'm guessing there's not enough info yet to be able to really say anything.
sarameg - Oct 11, 2006 4:48:58 am PDT #3039 of 10001
The most common reason our schools went on lockdown? One of the schools out in the boonies had a coyote or some other wildlife with teeth hanging around the schoolyard and it wasn't clearly communicated that it was *just* at the one school. Never failed to crack me up.
My email is gaslighting me.
Jesse - Oct 11, 2006 4:50:40 am PDT #3040 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
apparently, lockdown is one of the earliest steps a lost of schools take response to a threat, on the theory that if it does turn out to be serious, you can keep the nutter in a contained area, you don't have kids wandering around the halls where you can't easily account for them, and so on -- so it really sounds more serious than it is.
That makes perfect sense to me. But in this case, it's multiple schools? That sounds a like a bigger deal. Except if it's like what Sara is talking about.
Jessica - Oct 11, 2006 4:53:45 am PDT #3041 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Bless you, WTOP: [link]
Looks like now there's a bomb threat AND a crazy fuck with a gun. The reason it's five schools is because the gun was displayed at a bus stop, so they don't know exactly which school is threatened.
tommyrot - Oct 11, 2006 5:03:16 am PDT #3042 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Bah! on people with guns and bombs threatening schools.
ION, we have a chance of snow tonight.
sumi - Oct 11, 2006 5:04:58 am PDT #3043 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I think that they need to come up with a better word for it than "lockdown". . . .it could be a fluffy pink alert. That way everyone would know that it's not serious. . . yet.
Jesse - Oct 11, 2006 5:05:32 am PDT #3044 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ay yai yai.
amych - Oct 11, 2006 5:08:49 am PDT #3045 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I think that they need to come up with a better word for it than "lockdown". . .
Too true -- from what my friends were saying, it's kind of the alert equivalent of a fire alarm (get everyone in order, out, and accounted for) rather than the firemen breaking down the doors with axes, but the name really strikes me as an artefact of the whole macho-paranoid security climate.
Jessica - Oct 11, 2006 5:11:35 am PDT #3046 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Now WTOP is saying NINE schools are locked down. And I don't know if it's changed, or if I just misread it the first time.