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You are invited to join millions of people who will “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” on October 17th at 10:17 a.m. in the 2019 Great Southeast ShakeOut! More than 63 million people were registered in ShakeOut drills worldwide in 2018. Participating is a great way for your family or organization to become better prepared to survive and recover quickly from big earthquakes. Why is “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” important to practice? You may only have seconds to protect yourself in an earthquake before strong shaking knocks you down, or something falls on you. Practicing helps you be ready to react. Visit ShakeOut.org/dropcoverholdon to learn more.

McDowell County Emergency Management and McDowell County 911 Communications will send out drill messages via NIXLE and across emergency radio frequencies on Thursday.  This is only a drill.