The sound of pounding rain is relentless.
Shrieks accompany rolls of thunder.
Everywhere you look, there are open wounds, blood and hysterical patients of an imagined catastrophe.
It’s Disaster Day 2024, hosted by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center’s (TTUHSC) Office of Interprofessional Education. Texas Tech University’s School of Theatre & Dance has volunteered actors, makeup artists and costumers to create a simulation for TTUHSC, Angelo State University, and South Plains College students.
The 200 participating students move through three stations, all part of a tornado simulation.
The Texas Panhandle has been overwhelmed with tornadoes this past year. In 2023, West Texas had four tornado-related fatalities – a number not seen since 1970.