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Photo By: David Yamamoto/Special to the Star
Eighth graders Jose Villa and Anna Nolan practice the duck, cover and hold during a statewide earthquake drill, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008 at Mesa Elementary School in Somis, Calif.

Photo By: David Yamamoto/Special to the Star
Mesa Union School District Superintendent John Puglisi explains the importance of earthquake preparation to the students standing in roll call during a statewide earthquake drill, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008 at the Mesa Elementary School in Somis, Calif.

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Fourth grader Malainy Lyskin, left, hold up a red card to signify the presence of her 4th grade class on the Mesa Elementary School playground during roll call of a statewide earthquake drill, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008 in Somis, Calif.

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Kindergarten teacher Anne Coe leads her class to a designated spot on the Mesa Elementary School playground during a statewide earthquake drill, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008 in Somis, Calif.

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School teacher assistant Maria Williams helps evacuate student Ellis Blaton, 4, who is pretending to have a strained ankle, as they participate in the Southern California earthquake drill at the Altadena Christian Children's Center in Altadena, Calif. on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. The drill is based on the hypothetical scenario of a magnitude 7.8 earthquake striking the southern portion of the San Andreas Fault. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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School teachers tend to infants inside their cribs as they participate in the Southern California earthquake drill at the Altadena Christian Children's Center in Altadena, Calif. on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. The drill is based on the hypothetical scenario of a magnitude 7.8 earthquake striking the southern portion of the San Andreas Fault. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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Los Angeles firefighters participate in an earthquake drill at Bishop Alemany H.S. Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. Southern Californians dropped to the ground, covered their heads and held onto the furniture Thursday for a mock "Big One," an earthquake drill billed as the largest in U.S. history and aimed at testing everyone from state leaders to students who donned fake blood to play victim. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)

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California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, second from left, observes an earthquake drill Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. Southern Californians dropped to the ground, covered their heads and held onto the furniture Thursday for a mock "Big One," an earthquake drill billed as the largest in U.S. history and aimed at testing everyone from state leaders to students who donned fake blood to play victim. (AP Photo/Ric Francis
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