In my reporting on earthquake risk in Istanbul in 2009, I entered a classroom in a school being retrofitted for earthquake resilience and asked students what do they do when the shaking starts. At first they raised hands to answer, but their teacher told them to show us.

Here's the full video I shot during my reporting for The New York Times in 2009:    • A Megacity Faces a Major Quake   #turkeyquake #turkey #earthquake

More from me on earthquake risk in Turkey:
https://revkin.substack.com/p/gauging...