State of Emergency

I was walking back from picking up a few things at Lotte this afternoon before work and noticed that all of the intersections were shut down. There was an officer in the center of each one preventing any cars from going, which I thought was odd. I was just thankful that we were allowed to cross the street on foot so I could get back to my apartment.

Once I arrived back home, I heard a siren going off. It was one of those steady sirens that you hear in movies when there is an air raid or some other related emergency. It was loud enough for me to hear it clearly while in my apartment with the windows closed. It was actually a little worrying since I didn't know what was going on.

I ended up asking the other teachers about it when I got to work and I was told it was a drill that they do in Korea, though I'm not sure how often. It's to "keep it real" as the Australian teacher put it. Just in case of an invasion by the wonderful Mr. Kim up north, they hold practice emergency drills. Kind of an interesting new experience.

That's my interesting tidbit for the evening. 1 am, time to sign off.