Are you ready for the next bit earthquake?

Thursday's "Great California Shake Out," the yearly reminder that we have to be ready for one the big one hits.

And in addition to having the usual "drop and cover" drill, Hartnell College will host a Safety Fair and Earthquake Evacuation Simulation open to the public.

The multi-agency Safety Fair and Community Emergency Response Team training exercise will begin at 10:18 -- right when the earthquake is supposed to happen -- and include an earthquake evacuation simulation, fire suppression training, rescue training, and a test of its social networking capabilities. All will happen in the main quad.

The public is invited to observe these drills and participate in the Safety Fair, which will last from 10:18 a.m. until 1 p.m. on the quad and annex area of the main campus in Salinas. Special displays and demonstrations will include a specially trained rescue dog, a CAL FIRE mobile kitchen unit and a communications van, and safety resuscitation drills.

For more information, please Joseph Reyes at 831-755-6814, or Lindsey Bertomen at lbertomen@hartnell.edu.