Civil Defense Drill

We have signed up with the US embassy to get email notification of any important news that we need to know about at Americans living in Korea.  This one came into my inbox today:

"The U.S. Embassy in Seoul is transmitting the following information as a public service to all U.S. citizens in the Republic of Korea.
Seoul Metropolitan Police authorities advised the Embassy that on Thursday, August 18, at approximately 2:00 p.m. an air-raid siren will sound for one minute to signal the start of a nationwide civil defense drill.  Pedestrians in open and public areas should seek shelter in nearby buildings or subway stations.  All drivers/vehicles on the road must pull over and come to a complete stop. At approximately 2:15 p.m. a second siren will sound, signaling the conclusion of the drill.  Local authorities will give further instructions if necessary."

I have never actually seen one of these take place because we are always in school.  I feel like it would be super creepy to just be going about your business on a Thursday afternoon and then this siren goes off and everyone goes into "holy crap we are being attacked" mode.  The crazy thing is that there is a reasonable degree of necessity to the drill based on who our neighbors to the north are.  I'll do my best to remember to honor the drill tomorrow by doing a good ole duck and cover under my desk when I hear it.