So, I am staying Sheraton hotel Security in Pasadena. There was a voice: Emergency Evacuate. I had been sleeping but out I went. I had my key and cell phone. Should have taken my wallet with 50/50 hindsight. Sadly, I have had to evacuate buildings in other situations. Here, there were no hotel personnel directing people. Some of us on the side were close to building. Had there been a fire or bomb, we surely would have perished. And then we lead ourselves (no personnel) away from building to street. No hotel personnel. Not one person. When we got to front, a manger was there saying: false alarm. Seriously, when I said there were no personnel on side, he lied. He said there was someone— a doorman. There wasn’t. No Sheraton’s for me ever again. Not trained in emergency management. I am a trauma expert and there was ZERO preparedness. Yipes. Bad bad bad. Ironic because there was a note under our doors saying there would be drills Wednesday — Friday. Don’t get me started on cars leaving parking lot following a concert. Don’t get me started on room service guy delivering hot food as people returned. Yipes.
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