{"id":23109,"date":"2012-10-15T14:51:17","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T21:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=23109"},"modified":"2012-10-15T19:52:16","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T02:52:16","slug":"register-and-be-counted-in-the-great-california-shakeout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/10\/15\/register-and-be-counted-in-the-great-california-shakeout\/","title":{"rendered":"Register and be counted in the Great California ShakeOut!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CA-Shakeout-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23115\" title=\"CA Shakeout 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CA-Shakeout-3-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CA-Shakeout-3-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CA-Shakeout-3.jpg 729w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>ANTELOPE VALLEY &#8211; You are invited to join millions of people who will <strong>\u201cDrop, Cover, and Hold On\u201d at 10:18 a.m. this Thursday<\/strong> in the 2012 Great California ShakeOut!<\/p>\n<p>The 5th annual ShakeOut drill teaches people what to do and how to be safe during an earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency management experts agree that \u201cDrop, Cover, and Hold On\u201d is the appropriate action to reduce injury and death during earthquakes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DROP<\/strong> down onto your hands and knees (before the earthquake knocks you down)<\/li>\n<li>Take <strong>COVER<\/strong> by getting under a sturdy desk or table, and<\/li>\n<li><strong>HOLD ON<\/strong> to your shelter and be prepared to move with it until the shaking stops. (Read a complete guide of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthquakecountry.info\/downloads\/ShakeOut_Recommended_Earthquake_Safety_Actions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">earthquake safety actions here<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During Thursday\u2019s Great ShakeOut, more than 9.2 million people in California will simultaneously \u201cDrop, Cover, and Hold On.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This means that wherever you are at 10:18 a.m. \u2014at home, at work, at school, anywhere\u2014you should Drop, Cover, and Hold On as if there were a major earthquake occurring at that very moment, and stay in this position for at least 60 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Palmdale\u2019s Public Safety and Community Relations staff will be taking part in the Shakeout. City officials are asking all residents to take part, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for free to be counted in the ShakeOut Drill at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shakeout.org\/california\/register\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">www.shakeout.org\/california\/register<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To practice what to do and be ready, view the video below:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nANnUNauD1c?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANTELOPE VALLEY &#8211; You are invited to join millions of people who will \u201cDrop, Cover, and Hold On\u201d at 10:18 a.m. this Thursday in the 2012 Great California ShakeOut! The 5th annual ShakeOut drill teaches people what to do and how to be safe during an earthquake. Emergency management experts agree that \u201cDrop, Cover, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":23115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}