I could be dead

(aka If this were an actual emergency)

There was a tornado drill at work today. It was part of a big software test. For a new base-wide alerting system that is intended to warn everyone to duck as appropriate if there is a tornado coming. Whether the software worked or not depends on who you ask, but it did make the local news.

Well, I had just finished up with a staff meeting, and was on my way to lunch when the drill started. I went to an on-base restaurant, and the drill was under way when I got there. On the door of the facility was a sign that read something to the effect of "Tornado Exercise in Progress, Please Proceed to the Safest Part of the Building". But there was just one problem... the doors were locked. All of them.

So myself and maybe a dozen others got to stand outside in the sunshine -- not an entirely bad deal mind you -- for twenty minutes while the drill was carried out. But, of course, had that been an actual emergency, I could very well be deceased. So I'm glad we practiced that whole, how can we kill Shawn thing. At least I don't have to worry about that part anymore. I'm now well rehearsed for my death by fast wind. Only I don't think it will be quite so sunny when it occurs.