What is the Truck Cover?

The aim is to help all Californians get ready for , and to prevent disasters from becoming catastrophes, according to the Earthquake Country Alliance, which sponsors the event. Participants are urged to drop, cover and hold on, the recommended procedure to protect oneself from falling objects in an earthquake.

Last year’s “Southern California ShakeOut” was such a success, organizers decided to make the event statewide, said Mark Benthien, executive director of the Earthquake Country Alliance.“We received a lot of requests to go statewide,” he said. “Earthquakes can happen anywhere in California.”

Those that are participating in the drill include businesses, nonprofit organizations, medical centers, colleges and universities, schools, and individual hydraulic pump families, among others.