Archived How did your Great shake out go?

[BigEyedPhish]

When I just a SFTM I would often joke about how bad it would be to zone in an earthquake prone area and how fast I would call in... (It was always in the cosmetics/shampoo aisles of A).

 

[whippingboy]

Our HR posted memos on the walls saying to hide under a shopping cart during a quake. Then we had a fire drill test. The alarm went off once and that was it.

 

[Bosch]

When I just a SFTM I would often joke about how bad it would be to zone in an earthquake prone area and how fast I would call in... (It was always in the cosmetics/shampoo aisles of A).

After a earthquake phones will be out or sketchy at their best, calling in reality won't be an option. I say this as a survivor of a major earthquake.

 

[Producer]

It's not a nationwide thing. It's a California state initiative that Target participated in, along with schools and businesses across the state.

 

[see spot save]

It's not a nationwide thing.

In a way it is. Participation is encouraged world wide: http://www.shakeout.org/glb_participants.php?showonly=10/16/2014

 

[Life201]

I've been with target 20 years. I've never seen an earthquake drill. But I dont live on a Coast.

You don't have to live in Calif. or even "a coast" to be in a danger area!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/07/140717-usgs-earthquake-maps-disaster-risk-science/

 

[JustJoe]

My store is a tsunami "get the f out of there" zone. We have a huge barrier seperating us from small ones, but if one of those ones we only see in movies happens, we're definitely in trouble. Evacuate? Where? The parking lot where we are all gonna die or behind the store where we are all gonna die?

 

[SlapHappy]

I live in Tornado Alley and can't recall a single discussion of what to do in case of a tornado. Or earthquake. Or zombies.

"We're all gonna die!"

 

[BigEyedPhish]

I live in New York so our Earthquake drills usually consist of everybody zoning/pushing seasonal, or zoning Dry Market