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July 15, 2005
My first bomb drill
Well, apparantly on the fifteenth of every three months (or "something like that" according to my officemates) there's supposed to be a drill for air raids/terrorist bombings/various and sundry calamities, and I am experiencing my first one as we speak. The building's speaker system sent out the crazy siren noise, but I had headphones on and didn't hear it and since nobody even batted an eye I didn't even realize it was going off under I pulled off my headphones. Now we're listening to what I'm told is a radio panel-style conversation between a host and experts on terrorism. People are supposed to stop their cars immediately and stay in them for fifteen minutes after the alarm, but looking out the window it seems people just keep driving until they hit a traffic light (all of them are red). I'm also technically supposed to be crouched under my desk right now, but no one does that either. I take comfort in the fact that if the building were actually hit by a shell, I would be incinerated instantly since I'm right next to the window.
Posted by b-applegate at July 15, 2005 1:09 AM
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Reminds me of the days when the air raid siren would blow and we would hide under our desks to be protected in case of a nuclear blast. I think that I'd rather my last view this world should be the wonder and terror of the mushroom cloud rather than the dried tangerine peels and eraser dust on the schoolroom floor.
Posted by: Cherie at July 16, 2005 6:35 PM