‘Great Shakeout’ earthquake drill set for Oct. 18

Drop, cover, and hold on.  How many folks knew what to do here in Virginia in Augus 22t, 2011, the day of OUR big earthquake?  I sure didn’t so I sat there yelling ” earthquake!!!!”  Probably not as dumb of an idea as what some people did but not real productive.

What I do remember afterwards is all the people who insisted that you were supposed to run outside.  Probably 75% of the people I talked to swore on a stack of bibles the “getting outside” thing was right off the earthquake civil defense how-to page.  Well, not so.

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