FEMA Earthquake Drill April 19th!

[navarre1095]

The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut - Get Ready!

 

[misconfig]

So is this the day they plan to use all of those coffin's they've been storing?

 

[Stschil]

FEMA?

Boy howdy, what'll they think of next.
How much plastic wrap and duct tap are we gonna need this time around?

 

[indykid]

But what if we have an earthquake on April 18th? Will they still hold the drill or postpone it???

Sorry, just had to.

 

[xamsx]

So is this the day they plan to use all of those coffin's they've been storing?

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[bigg cheese]

It's because the state's been receiving federal money for a long time for this purpose and all of a sudden we realize we should have been preparing .

 

[22lr]

This has been planned for a long time. I can recall sitting in class 2 years ago talking about the upcoming 2011 drills. Very very big concern, just finally got everything in place for a good scale drill.

 

[Blackhawk2001]

It takes a long time and plenty of planning to conduct a worthwhile training exercise; especially one involving all of a state's resources. The state has a dedicated "earthquake planner" whose job it is to coordinate hazard evaluation, mitigation efforts, planned response actions, action plans, and the training required to implement the plans, but plans are worthless without being exercised. This will be the first major earthquake exercise since 1991, and, while it's sadly overdue, there have been other problems to address in the past 10 years that have had higher priority.

 

[03A3]

I hope they do this much more often.
I feel that an earthquake is at or very near the top of the list of potential SHTF scenarios for our region.

 

[Keith_Indy]

There is a lot at stake in terms of preparing. Would be nice to know what they have preps for, and play alternate scenarios at it.

be nice to see the aar of the exercise when it's done.

Anyone here going to register? http://www.shakeout.org/centralus/individuals/

Not me... Note: at this time 569,034 in Indiana

http://www.shakeout.org/centralus/indiana/

 

[insidethebunker]

I registered my Scout Troop. It been a great way to teach them about preparedness and also get some prepping info to their families.