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UNDERCOVER OPERATION – Students in Megan Lee’s fourth grade classroom took cover during an earthquake drill at La Conner Elementary School on Thursday. It was part of various La Conner area Great ShakeOut exercises designed to prepare the public should a major quake and related tidal waves occur here. – Photo courtesy of Bill Reynolds
In case of a major earthquake here, local first responders will be on shaky ground only in a literal sense.
Their training for such an event – one that experts say is a matter of when, not if – has put them on solid footing to save lives and limit disruptions caused by a major quake and the tidal waves likely to follow.
Fire District 13 personnel, Swinomish Tribal Police, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members, HAM radio operators and Skagit County Department of Emergency Management staff participated in comprehensive Great ShakeOut drills launched from the SneeOosh Road...
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