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iris27

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1. The threat of "The Big One" is always lurking. I remember doing

Reply to xmas74 (Original post)

Sun Dec 18, 2011, 06:40 PM

Dec 2011

"duck and cover" drills in 1991, when a big quake was supposedly predicted for Dec. 3rd of that year.

"When the Mississippi Ran Backwards" is a interesting history of the 1811-12 quakes.

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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