The prediction of a potential earthquake put Evansville and the whole Midwest on edge during Thanksgiving 1990.

Evansville could still experience a large earthquake one day, experts say. And it'll come from a place you may not expect.

EVANSVILLE – The victims arrived about two hours before the scheduled disaster.

There were around 200 of them, and they packed into the Vanderburgh 4-H Center just after 6 a.m. so other volunteers could paint their skin with horrific, fake wounds. From there, a METS bus ferried them to the state hospital grounds. Their only job was to kill time and wait for the simulated nightmare to begin.

That was how scores of people started their day on Nov. 17, 1990. They were just one part of a massive preparedness drill local and state officials put together to ans

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