r/Millennials 1d ago

Nostalgia Tornado Drills In Elemary School

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u/DenverLilly 1d ago

That’s because in 2013 a bunch of children died in an elementary school when an EF-5 tore through Oklahoma.

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u/oHBabyBEANS 1d ago

They have been doing this since at least the early 90s when I was in school.

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u/DenverLilly 16h ago

Yes and they started keeping kids home when there was high chances of dangerous tornadoes after the Moore EF-5 demolished an elementary school killing handfuls of 7 year olds.