Getting students to understand the importance of earthquake prepardness, the Great California Shakeout drill took place at Cerritos College on Thursday, Oct. 18 at 10:18 a.m.

The Student Health Center held a mock triage where students pretended to be injured. There were also simulated gas leaks to emulate what it would be like if there was an actual earthquake.

ASCC President Lance Makinano said about the success of the event, “I think it went well, I saw a lot students moving to their perspective evacuation point which is very good and also, they had a triage unit which we get to participate in.”

Nancy Montgomery, Associate Dean of Health and Veterans, said, “This year went really smooth because last year we did it for the first time, where we set up a triage unit for medical and we had the fire department out here and they told us that we weren’t really organized well enough so we made all those corrections and this year we were well organized.

Crystal Memdiola, undecided major, said, “It was a waste of time because I could have been doing something in the library or been doing something else other than sitting out here.”