adventures at ecu this morning

As many of you probably know, ECU was under lock down for about three hours today due to reports that a man was walking near campus with some kind of gun. Turns out it was an Umbrella. Makes the story less exciting but it still was a scare to us. I was calm on the outside because there were people with me who were majorly freaking out and I didn't want to make it worse for them. Instead I was freaking out on the inside, talking to other people through text message and Facebook. There were police swarming the campus, checking every building nook and cranny for this guy. University officials made sure we were aware what was going on and that we were all properly locked down.

Many people (who do and don't go to this university) seem to think this is funny, that our university freaked out over an umbrella. this is what I have to say:

it wasn't that funny to students who were locked in the buildings who had no clue what was going on and had parents and family members calling to make sure they were safe. I'm glad it was only an umbrella and that no one got hurt and that my university and surrounding police departments were able to take measures to protect the students faculty and staff. when two people call in a report about guns around a university their main priority first is to make sure the people are safe.

Thank you to all the police and university officials who made sure that we were all safe. You did your job correctly. I'm glad you protected us first, then found the guy and weapon second. To all you haters, you wouldn't be hating if it actually was a gun or if people got hurt because police "checked it out first" or "took their time".

This is too much excitement for one day. going to rest and go to class. until next time blog world...