For many adults, earthquake drills were never a part of the school, but School District 55, like many others, requires them now.
Holley and Hawthorne both held earthquake drills last week as part of the Spring 2002 Statewide Earthquake and Tsunami Awareness Campaign.
“Since the late 1980s there has been a significant increase in the understanding of earthquake hazards in the Pacific Northwest,” according to the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI). “The…