Fire Drill

The fire alarm at the Banff Springs Hotel usually goes off a few times a month. Anytime a fire is spotted, even small ones on the stove, the fire alarm is pulled, so I didn't think anything of it when the alarm sounded and waited for the regular message of, "A fire alarm has been pulled. We are currently investigating the cause of the alarm, the elevators are not available at this time", shortly followed by, "the cause of the alarm has been investigated, there is no cause for alarm." But this time a different message sounded, "Please proceed to the nearest exit immediately." I grabbed my camera bag and locked the store and followed the crowd of people going to the conference center. I took this photo of slightly confused and worried faces in the conference center. Shortly after one of the managers said, "Thank you for participating in our drill. You way return to the hotel." Some drill!