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It's relatively self-explanatory. The full expansion would be "Duck under a table or other rigid object. Cover your head. Hold on."

Etheryte 3y ago
Yeah no, unless someone has previously told you what it means there's no way of guessing that, that's just wishful thinking.
- brewdad 3y ago
  It really isn't for anyone whose native language is American English. Unless you plan to quack, while singing a Mariah Carey song, and waiting to speak to customer service rep instead.
- cbsks 3y ago
  I bet you’ll remember it now though :)
rprospero 3y ago
Even more self-explanatory is "Duck into the bathroom. Cover the toilet seat with toilet paper. Hold your bladder until you're on the toilet." I'm still not sure what I'm supposed to be holding onto. Do I briefly cover my head with my arms, then stop covering my head to hold onto the table? Do I hold onto my head while I cover it? Do I cover my loved one's head and they cover mine, sharing our last moments in a loving hold? Now I'm beginning to wonder if I made a massive assumption that I would be covering my head with my hands. That's what I would do during a tornado, but maybe I'm supposed to be covering my head with a blanket so my hands are free for the hold on part? Honestly, my facetious hold my bladder advice seems more apropos than anything I've managed to come up with for part three.
Aloisius 3y ago
It's: DROP or DUCK down to your hands and knees Take COVER protecting your head/neck with an arm and crawl under a sturdy table/desk possible or to a nearby interior wall away from potential falling objects HOLD ON to your shelter if you have it or head/neck with both hands if you don't It's not as obvious as stop, drop and roll which is why drills are a thing in schools. It's also not terribly far from duck and cover drills for nukes or tornadoes as I understand it. The hold on bit was added to keep people from tripping and breaking a leg while running around while the ground is shaking.

Etheryte 3y ago

Yeah no, unless someone has previously told you what it means there's no way of guessing that, that's just wishful thinking.

brewdad 3y ago
It really isn't for anyone whose native language is American English. Unless you plan to quack, while singing a Mariah Carey song, and waiting to speak to customer service rep instead.
cbsks 3y ago
I bet you’ll remember it now though :)

rprospero 3y ago

Even more self-explanatory is "Duck into the bathroom. Cover the toilet seat with toilet paper. Hold your bladder until you're on the toilet." I'm still not sure what I'm supposed to be holding onto. Do I briefly cover my head with my arms, then stop covering my head to hold onto the table? Do I hold onto my head while I cover it? Do I cover my loved one's head and they cover mine, sharing our last moments in a loving hold? Now I'm beginning to wonder if I made a massive assumption that I would be covering my head with my hands. That's what I would do during a tornado, but maybe I'm supposed to be covering my head with a blanket so my hands are free for the hold on part? Honestly, my facetious hold my bladder advice seems more apropos than anything I've managed to come up with for part three.

Aloisius 3y ago

It's: DROP or DUCK down to your hands and knees Take COVER protecting your head/neck with an arm and crawl under a sturdy table/desk possible or to a nearby interior wall away from potential falling objects HOLD ON to your shelter if you have it or head/neck with both hands if you don't It's not as obvious as stop, drop and roll which is why drills are a thing in schools. It's also not terribly far from duck and cover drills for nukes or tornadoes as I understand it. The hold on bit was added to keep people from tripping and breaking a leg while running around while the ground is shaking.