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Tuesday, November 09, 2004

Prosim POZOR!!!!! (Excuse Me DANGER!!!)

Ok so in the dorms every room has this little speaker box which is used as an intercom system for the women at the front desk to tell us important things like "the key to washer machine is free" or "Joe smith you have a package at the front desk". But this morning I was woken up by the woman saying "Prosim Pozor . . ." (then a bunch of Czech I did not know). All I understood was "Excuse me! Danger!" and she kept saying it about every 15 seconds then I heard knocking on my door and people running all around. Then I saw firemen running in with hoses. SO I got dressed, got my wallet and passport and followed the crowds. It was very funny because everyone was still asleep and they never made the announcement in English and so all of the international students are all just trying to figure out if everything is going to burn to the ground or if it is a drill. This one guy came running out with his computer tower and trash bags full of clothes and then ran back in for a second load. It was pretty funny. Another guy came down with a wet towel to breathe into, when he was leaving his room the hallway was filled with smoke. He also said the fog machine was placed just outside his door. Then TV crews arrived and reports and everything. But they all spoke in Czech and so we just sat there. But one of the Czech students said she will write an email explaining what happened and send it to all the international students so I can tell you more about it later. If that is how they do fire drills that's insane but smart at the same time. All I have to say is that if there are 120 international students in one dorm who do not really speak Czech then when something like this happens find someone who does speak both to make the announcement in English so the other half of the dorm survives. Or I guess we can all study our Czech a little harder but seriously the language is ridiculous.

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