Test? Or Heart Attack Inducer?

So we usually have a test of the Emergency Alert System once or twice a year, and it never really got me before because all I saw was a text message and an e-mail. That was until I was within earshot of the speaker.

I know it said that "THIS IS A TEST," but it went off during our Personal Essay class today. Now normally, that class is in Smiddy, so we wouldn't hear it. But today we decided to take the class on a field trip to Muller Chapel's pond. Which is near where the horn is located. And when it went off, I nearly had a heart attack. I know it's a test, and I know it's supposed to alert you if a crazed gunman is on campus or whatever.

And DAMN does it work well.