Virgina Tech Shootings

Virgina Tech Shootings

The shootings at Virgina Tech were a horrific disaster and my thoughts go out to all the families who lost a loved one, but I wonder whether some of the deaths could have been prevented.
Administrators at Va. Tech believed the first shooting to be part of a domestic violence attack and thought that was all they would see. I have always been told that during disasters to prepare for the worse so you can prevent accidents from happening. The administrators could have closed down the school for one day and they would not have been looked down upon if no other attacks had happened.
The actual path taken by Va. Tech was to send out an email to all of its students hoping that they would receive it and be cautious of the events and report anything suspicious. However, having a email account myself I don't check it every other minute and don't always have access to it at all times of the day, the same case could have been made for the students at Va. Tech. If only an announcement could have been made over a PA system, then surely the message would be relayed on by the students to other students via phone or some other way of communication to stay off campus if possible or to stay inside and to lock their doors. Hopefully the tragedy at Va. tech will better prepare ourselves for anything that may be thrown at us in the near future.