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The Genealogist

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4. We did that drill too

Reply to iris27 (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 10:35 PM

Mar 2012

I was in high school. It was a big deal, a state-wide earthquake drill. Some crackpot was predicting an earthquake to hit around the time of the drill, and many of us chuckled that the authorities were going a bit overboard with this drill based on some crackpot's prediction. I think my yearbook that year has a picture of my 5th period World History class crowded under our desks for the drill!

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2 centuries after New Madrid quakes, what's next? [View all] xmas74 Dec 2011 OP

The threat of "The Big One" is always lurking. I remember doing iris27 Dec 2011 #1

I remember those drills back in high school. xmas74 Dec 2011 #2

We recently had an earthquake drill where I work; afterward, I wouldn't... lastlib Mar 2012 #3

I remember kids trying to take naps during the drills. xmas74 Mar 2012 #6

We did that drill too The Genealogist Mar 2012 #4

Late 80's, early 90's? xmas74 Mar 2012 #5

I got the class wrong where the drill happened The Genealogist Mar 2012 #7

I graduated in 1993. xmas74 Mar 2012 #8