The Great Central U.S. Shakeout -- Earthquake Drill on February 7, 2012
Are you prepared for a major earthquake? Do you know how to protect yourself when they happen? The purpose of the ShakeOut website is to help people and organizations do both. Several earthquake scenarios for individuals, schools, governments, and organizations are provided on the website. The ShakeOut dtill began in 2008 with the Great Southern California ShakeOut. Last year, the California ShakeOut had 7.9 million participants.
2011 was the first year of The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut. It was the largest earthquake drill to ever take place in the Central U.S. with more than 3 million registered participants. 2011 was also the first year of the British Columbia ShakeOut, the largest earthquake drill to ever take place in Canada, with 470,000 participants.
The next Central United States ShakeOut will likely be held on February 7th, 2012, with the first Japanese ShakeOut, centered in Tokyo, planned for the following month on March 11, 2012, the anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
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When I first saw this, I thought it was something from the future. Funny! Gotta go.
sincerly,
Anna
wow!
wow i thought the same thing as Anna! Haha thats funny!
wow
Tell us more about what willl happen that day? What will people be doing and why register?
are they predicting the future? how would they know this stuff? I am really curious about this stuff. please Email or reply! thanks!
thisis so amazing.. so mmuch to learn
cool story :)
very interesting.
Are we prepared for a major earthquake? Good question. After the last one shook us a bit our family has put an action plan in place. My elderly mother lives alone so we have set her up with a life alert system. That way should an earthquake hit and she is in trouble, she could activate her alarm for help. All of the US should participate in Earthquake drills b/c they don't just hit the coast.
No we aren't. whe need to build the buildings into the ground more which would keep it standing longer
it's not fun being around when this happens
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