Monday, March 2, 2009

Quake drills to prepare for a Magnitude 7.2

Don't wait for it to come. Prepare now for the M7.2 quake that will hit Metro Manila. Ask your local officials about their earthquake preparedness activities and participate. The following news stories are from the Philippine Daily Inquirer:

Philippine schools to hold quake drills

02/26/2009

Agence France-Presse


Some 43,000 schools across the Philippines are to take part in simultaneous evacuation drills to test the country's ability to cope with the threat posed by strong earthquakes, the government said Thursday.

Students in QC join earthquake drill


from http://www.inquirer.net/vdo/player.php?vid=2336&pageID=7

QUEZON CITY, Philippines—Students from the San Francisco High School in Quezon City join an earthquake drill. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology director Renato Solidum says Phivolcs, together with the National Disaster Coordinating Council-Department of Public Order and Safety, has been holding earthquake and fire drills since 2006. Video report by INQUIRER.net reporter Izah Morales.