[ Poll] Did you have tornado drills in elementary school?

DonMarco · graphics fucker Joined: 06 Dec 2006

Because I did. Not that tornados ever hit North Carolina. It was incredibly likely in the wake or near-misses of larger hurricanes, as they screw up local weather fronts and create "posssible dangers".

Fire drills, air raid drills, flash flood drills, tornado, blizzards?? Anyone here grow up with nuclear fallout drills or whatever they're called? I want to know if "duck and cover" was still around and if I could mention in to the <40 crowd.

ASLO!!! What about post-9/11 drills? BioChem drills, or something approximately within reason of being a new-age danger school kids should be made aware of.

Sub-topic: Sex Ed.
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Mr. Apol · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:45 pm

we have a chemical weapons disposal facility very close that could blow up and hit us with sarin and v-x so sometimes we'd have drills where we'd all get into the gym and lock the doors and turn the air pressure units on
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haze · la belle poney sans merci Joined: 04 Dec 2006

i remember we had tornado drills, due to occasional bad hurricanes hitting the area.

the only other interesting ones i can remember is in elementary school, having "armed intruder drills" where we all hide near the closet of the classroom or something, staying away from the doors where some gunman might see us and shoot us. I'm not sure what influenced those, was that some big deal back in 1994?
I really doubt my teacher in that class would have taken a bullet for us. She was a jerk always taking away our recess. SHE HATED US.

Wilkes · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:32 am

yes

edit: no

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rabite gets whacked! · Joined: 05 Dec 2006

In WA we had earthquake drills.

The desk or the doorway, people.
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Krabjuice Gaiden · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:28 am

We had school lockdown and general terrorism drills. Although, each would follow a significant event. Ie: 9/11 or Colombine.
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haze · la belle poney sans merci Joined: 04 Dec 2006

I am not much a fan of handguns but I think the world always needs more excuses for one to wield a double-barrel shotgun while yelling GIT THA HELL OFFA MAH PROPERTEE *BLAM* they should train schoolteachers in that skill

we also had drug drills where we hid in the closet and out of sight from any drug dealers who might pass by in the hallway or else they'd run up to you and stuff drugs into your mouth to get you addicted no wait that was just D.A.R.E.
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Intentionally Wrong · Joined: 05 Dec 2006

I grew up in Kansas.

One time back in 91 or 92 I was at Foreign Language Camp over the summer, and we had an enormous hail and rainstorm at the end of the week. This was at Kansas Wesleyan University, and the storm was so bad that buildings were being struck by lightning pretty regularly, all the trees around campus were knocked over, and hail actually broke the windows of some of the rooms in the dormitory. We spent the last night in the basement hallways; all the camp counselors got our sleeping bags and bedrolls for us and just had one huge, cramped slumber party.

Good times.
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endgame · Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Location: Your sister's room.

The secret code for bomb threats was "lacrosse meetings." I knew something was up when I tried out and they didn't take me!
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Hot Stott Bot · banned Joined: 05 Dec 2006

No.

But I did in middle school.

Cossix · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:15 am

Fuck that we just had motherfucking TORNADOES in my elementary school. No time for drills with those bastards bearing down on you.

endgame · Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Location: Your sister's room.

Drills aren't hardcore enough for you, I see.
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extrabastardformula · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:32 pm

Tornado, fire, flood and bomb drills here.
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Faithless · Wendy's Hole Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: World 1-1

I had Tornado, Fire, and Fallout drills.

My school's basement had nuclear signs all over it and said, "FALLOUT SHELTER."
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boojiboy7 · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:17 pm

We had Fallout Signs everywhere, but we never had any drills. Maybe I should see if the old elementary school still has those signs...hmm.

But yeah, fire and Tornado drills were common. Tornado drills made me laugh a lot, even as a kid.

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Adilegian · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:28 pm

I spent my childhood on a U. S. military base in south Bavaria, which was pretty close (if not dead center) to where American missiles would strike in the event of a Communist invasion of Western Europe.

For those, we drilled to get to the lowest part of the school, crouch, and line the hallways.

My elementary school was also occasionally the target of threats (and one attack) from anti-NAFTA terrorists who wanted to scare the U. S. Army out of West Germany. For those, we just got underneath the desks and covered the back of our necks.

We also had these things called "Swish Days" wherein someone from a health organization would bring in mouthwash, and we would swish the mouthwash in our mouths for sixty seconds ON THE DOT, then spit back into a paper cup.

One time a terrorist bomb drill happened during the middle of Swish Day! My normal happiness with the forebearance of long division was broken by the taste of antiseptic peppermint.
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CubaLibre · the road lawyer Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Location: Balmer

I never had any drills but I was about 300 miles away from Chernobyl when it went down. Upwind of course.

I'm the only person taller than 6 foot in my family and to this day they say I'm a mutant.
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Focus · Joined: 04 Dec 2006

These drills would always instill irrational fear. I can't remember much, besides the lights being out (Why?) and hearing wind howl outside of the building. The teacher's assistant was crawling around handing out marshmallows shaped in a variety of Easter Shapes. This was probably a Tornado Warning, instead of a watch.

Flash forward to second grade and we're practicing touch typing. The wind is blowing a tiny tree and it almost looks like it is going to snap. I hate the sound of violent wind, too!

It was awful, everything was such a rush and out of practice. Staying motionless for twenty minutes, hunkered down beneath a porcelain sink? Alright!
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negativedge · banned Joined: 04 Dec 2006

One time in eighth grade when I was on vacation, the people that were still in school (we were on a year round system) had a gas leak in the school, so they had to run outside. Problem was, there happened to be a tornado outside at the same time. They ended up loading everyone onto buses and driving in circles around the school for some reason.

And yes, we had tornado drills.

Mr. Mechanical · Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:23 pm

We had the tornado drills where we'd line up in the hall, face the wall, then get down on our hands and knees and cover our heads with our arms. I think we had one or two every year until I was in junior high. Then after that we just had the occasional fire drill. One time we had a bomb scare and it was cool because we all got to hang around outside the building for three hours until the authorities figured out that there was no bomb.

Not really related to the topic at hand but we also had a race riot once too. It was on the local news and everything.
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