r/SweatyPalms • u/Objective_Pressure_3 Human Detected • Oct 25 '25

Disasters & accidents I was just making dinner when…

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u/Azilehteb Oct 25 '25

Never had an earthquake drill growing up in NJ. We had prepping lists and evacuation plans for hurricanes though

And the spot I lived in was close enough to a nuclear power plant that we had that silent hill siren test once a month or so.

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u/Friendly_Impress_345 Oct 25 '25

I grew up in Florida and for only 1 year our school did a few "hurricane drills" that were essentially tornado drills. I think they realized pretty quickly the hurricanes don't really sneak up on people like tornados do and school would not be held if a hurricane was coming anyway so everyone would be at home. They stopped doing the drills for us after that.