Students help teach quake-preparedness in film

April 16, 2011 at 5:00 a.m. | Updated April 16, 2011 at 5:00 a.m.

Nate Dickenson holds onto his desk as he and the rest of the students demonstrate taking cover in an earthquake. SEMA Director Paul Parmenter was on hand at Thorpe Gordon Elementary School in Rhonda Allen's fourth-grade class to present a proclamation and thank her students for their involvement in making an earthquake drill video.
Nate Dickenson holds onto his desk as he and the rest of the students demonstrate taking cover in an earthquake. SEMA Director Paul Parmenter was on hand at Thorpe Gordon Elementary School in Rhonda Allen's fourth-grade class to present a proclamation and thank her students for their involvement in making an earthquake drill video.

Gov. Jay Nixon recognized a fourth-grade class at Thorpe Gordon Elementary on Friday for helping to educate more than 6,000 people about earthquake preparedness.

Rhonda Allen volunteered her class to demonstrate the Drop, Cover, Hold On technique for a Missouri Public Safety video in December.

The Central United States Earthquake Consortium now uses the video in 11 states across the Midwest.

Paul Parmenter, state Emergency Management Agency director, presented Allen's class with a proclamation from Gov. Nixon on Friday.

"If everybody who watches the video does like you, they will be a lot safer," Parmenter said to the class.

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