Kennesaw State is running a gas leak drill on campus, so don’t panic

If there’s a bunch of intense hazardous material trucks Wednesday on the Kennesaw State University campus, don’t freak out.

KSU public safety officials, Atlanta Gas workers and Cobb County firefighters are holding a large gas leak drill on campus.

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Campus police didn't give an exact time, but they said it'll be going down in the morning.

There was an active shooter drill in the Bagwell Education Building on Friday.

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In the next few months, Google is changing its cloud storage options and upgrading all paid Google Drive consumers to a new service called Google One. The new service will come with expert assistance, user benefits, family plan options, and slightly different rates from its current Google Drive plans. Google Drive will still exist as a free service for people who only need up to 15GB of online storage. Google One is a more comprehensive service for paying users that provides new options for 100GB to 300TB of storage. A new family storage option gives users the ability to include up to four additional people. Paying consumers will get an email when their Drive has been upgraded to Google One.

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