Environmental
Oct. 17, 2015
In LA courts, some ducked out of annual shake exercise
Los Angeles County Superior Court participated in the statewide "Great Shakeout" one step further than required. Rather than simply "duck and cover," at least two courthouses were completely evacuated at 10:15 a.m., causing a 30-minute delay in business for most attorneys who stopped mid-hearing to walk down with court staff and re-enter. Some cheated, leaving early through the elevators, and one judge emailed his 11 a.m. scheduled parties not to come at all, fearing chaos. Business resumed at usual by 10:55 a.m.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The great California shake-out, the state's annual mandatory earthquake preparedness exercise, went beyond standard duck-and-cover procedures at Los Angeles County Superior courthouses Thursday in favor of full-on building evacuation drills at 10:15 a.m.
Some panicked, many cheated, but most stuck around, trying to resume business as usual.
The morning began with a 7 a.m. email sent ...
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