LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Get ready now to participate in the “Great California ShakeOut,” which takes place next month.
The event is set for Thursday, Oct. 17, at 10:17 a.m.
The ShakeOut is a drill that helps individual Californians as well as organizations prepare to survive and recover from major earthquakes.
As of Saturday, 12.3 million people worldwide were registered to participate, with 8.3 million Californians among them, according to the ShakeOut Web site.
So far, approximately 2,531 Lake County residents will be taking part, including 19 individuals or families, 52 members of local government, 120 individuals in health care, and 2,340 educators and students at K-12 schools and districts, organizers reported.
Check out the Great California Shakeout Web site at http://www.shakeout.org/california/ to learn more about the drill and to register yourself or your organization, as well as to learn about safety during earthquakes.
Registering is very easy – just click on the red “Register Here!” tab and answer a few questions.
First, register for your family at home, and, second, make sure your workplace or organization is registered.
The Web site also has many resources to assist your ShakeOut participation. Just click on the “Resources” tab to access that information which will greatly help your involvement in the ShakeOut.