(top) SMASH School Kindergartners Sadie McGee, 5, (left) and Jovana Perdomo, 5, (right) duck and take cover under their desks during the Great Southern California Shakeout on Thursday, November 13, 2008. (above) Kindergartner Milan Ladman, 5, (left) and first grader Morgan Jarow, 7, take cover during the drill. Over 5 million people throughout Southern California participated in the Shake Out Drill, the largest earthquake preparedness activity in U.S. history! Families, school children and business workers participated in the drill.