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Want To See What Angelenos Do When A Big Earthquake Hits??
I am – Hercules!!
Millions leap to their feet every time a quake the size of this morning’s rocks Southern California. If you want to see what that looks like, check out this footage captured at 11:42 a.m. by “Big Brother’s” always-rolling multitude of cameras next door to my office here at AICN's Studio City bureau:
Judge Judy was taping on the Paramount lot a few miles south at the same moment:
There’s always that moment of terror during the long ones. You never know if the quake will stop before or after something big falls on you. Some classic fleeing:
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the guy take his shirt off?
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I like how the Big Brother guy towards the end takes his shirt off. "Well, I'm outside and it's a pending disaster...may as well look hot."
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Because he's sweaty.
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Just saw your post, lol.
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Sometimes you just can't catch a break...
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wheres jerry?!
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... I'll be over in the corner... praying for Omarion.
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I remember that like it was yesterday. They come back from the break and he tells Paul that he's been inspired. From now on, when the show isn't going well, or a bit bombs...under the desk, both of them. And sure enough, they did that later in the show. Turned it into a running gag. -So- damn funny.
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Everyone knows that.
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... just reminded me of how f'ing freaky it was when it hit.
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that if they are all together, the cameras will be on him...
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So this was my first quake, and I found I was only scared for my new TV. I stood in the doorway to my bedroom and watched across the hall, hoping that it wouldn't topple over as DVDs flew off the shelves. And then it was over. Welcome to LA.
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their big screen hdtv's... seriously.
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People who are actually from here and have experienced a few earthquakes laughed with glee at the child-like fear, the almost rabbit terror, that struck grown adults. I work at a movie theater and everyone there who was scared were transplants, natives were just fine.
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...and nobody stopped typing. Future lawyers.
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Seriously? WTF? Who watches that shit?
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"So this was my first quake, and I found I was only scared for my new TV. I stood in the doorway to my bedroom and watched across the hall, hoping that it wouldn't topple over as DVDs flew off the shelves. And then it was over."That is exactly what I thought someone who lives in LA would do. Worry about their tv. Or as George Carlin would say, "stuff". Sounds like you found your mothership, Esknerd.
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There's a youtube video of the current cast reacting to today's quake. Learn to read, retard.
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I mean, honestly--this would have been a perfect excuse. They have no idea what was going on--while the earthquake happens, just have P.A. drop a lighting grid on the cast... later, blame it on the quake.
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Herc, Harry, Moriarty: When did talkback trolling stop being a ban-worthy offence?
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Did you seriously think he was ASKING if the show was on the air? He was making an incredulous, sarcastic remark--wondering how such a piece of crap load of drivel could still exist on the TV landscape.
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no offense meant to those of you who enjoy the show, I just can;t stand it. I was merely clarifying Fiester's remarks. lol
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Ban the haters, Herc. Then shut down registration! Learn to read, RockMSockM.
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Learn to read, angry virgins! LOL!!
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Actually, I'm shocked anyone who watches that shite actually knows how to use a computer.
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"angry virgins"! LOL!
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take a break from masturbating to American Gladiators and give it a look, junior
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what? was there an earthquake?
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I was in San Bernardino county when it hit this morning, just turned in my A+ final exam to get graded. Thought for sure that that was a sign I failed....lol
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is Kent Shocknek, a typical vacuous talking head from the pretentious Ted Baxter school of broadcasting. I was glad to see that clip again, as it confirms why every time I see him on local LA tv I mumble "shitheel" under my breath.
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And then no one would ever have to watch that atrociousness again.
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Just some how I knew it was him.
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Here in Australia. Lasted 8 years until the viewing public stopped wathcing. Therefore the network execs yeanked it. Maybe you USA folk could learn a little from us Downunder types. Speak with your remotes. as for the Judge Judy clip, i find it hilarious that the girl DID NOT MOVE!! She wanted her 15 minutes thats for sure.
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I didn't want to be offensive and use the word Yank.
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Funny. Fuckin' Funny.
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It doesn't get interesting until your in the high sixes.
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Bunch of whiners! Real men don't notice earthquakes.
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Looks like Jerry's on slop.
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you take your shirt off whenever the cameras are rolling.
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Yep, it's a law...
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way to spot dr manhatten's forehead vagina
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At work we just sat there. Didn't run and scream like these pussies. Of course, we're locals, not bullshit transplants, so we're used to this fun shit.
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..because the other dude that came out of the house in his towel was more ripped and showing more skin and guy #1 couldn't be outdone. Douchebag.
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The Plaintiff didn't budge at all! "Fuck the earthquake. I want my Goddamn money, bitch!"
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There is that feeling of... this will stop soon, it's no big deal... and then it keeps going, and your mind begins to imagine that this might actually be the big one... and then what will you do? Especially being on the 3rd floor of an office building that is rocking like crazy I thought to myself "I'm gonna just wait right here, but the second the walls start cracking a bitch is running for the door."
Needless to say that I had a bit of an adrenaline high for a bit after the shaking finally stopped. I've been in Los Angeles for 2 years and this was easily the biggest quake I've felt. Kind of makes you dread "The Big One". -
When he enjoyed his job, kept a playful attitude, and hadn't yet acquired his unattractive insufferable-bitch mode.
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And I do too. I used to watch his morning show back in the day so I was a fan old school but I swear to god every time he starts in with that Top 10 list i want to just destroy a planet. Jeebus how long can you a flog a bit past the point where it's simply not funny and enters the territory of almost a kind of torture, like peeling back the outside edge of a fingernail back in deep until the whole side of the finger is sore, only in the case of Letterman's show it would be like flaying the skin right off your bones. For the love of god, your own soul and all things holy please STOP Letterman, just stop. Climb on a bus with Rosie O Donnell and Kelsey Grammer and R.E.M. and just go away and don't show your faces around here again.
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It's entertaining viewing, and highly recommend it. Watch it now before it simply becomes a tourist destination like previous great shows such as Spain and Portugal.
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Iam not embaressed to admit i was scared big time when my 85 year old apartment building started shaking really bad then swaying for what seemed like forever.
crossing my fingers the apartment above me wouldnt come crashing down.
i bet anything the people above who are going on about how they didnt feel anything or they were laughing with glee cause the quake was nothing, were probably themselfs cowering underneath there kitchen tables crying for there mommas and sucking on there thumbs.
you know and i know in your mind you are hopeing that it wasnt going to turn out to be the big one, and were so thankful when it stoped a short time latter -
I'm not from Ca, but I've been in a lot of earthquakes. That one was pretty feeble. I wouldn't have bothered moving.
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Jul 30, 2008 6:05:54 AM CDT
Wow look at them pushing each other in a panic to get outside.
by smashing
Primal and slightly dumb given health and safety rules!!
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It was so short that when it was over I just kind of shrugged it off. Next thing I know it was on every channel and I had relatives calling from other States to see if everything was alright.
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ha ha ha... going nuts about a mere temblor. ;)
When I was a kid, I was rattled by a 8.1 one ('85); and my grandpa was at Valdivia the 22 of May 1960, for a 9.5 show, the strongest one in recorded history. That one had tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, rivers changing course, a whole reshaping of the coast line, big cargo ships carried upstream, whole quake lakes pouring over town... you name it!
Would you like to know more?: http://tinyurl.com/3a6e8h
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the worst we get is like 2" of snow in January.
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. . .and even I got annoyed when I saw that douche bag take his shirt off.
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I couldn't tell...does an earthquake affect silicone?
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LULZ SHE THOUGHT IT WERE DA WRATH OF DA JUDGE JUDY HAW HAW HAW.
These two couldn't have been more tickled to show video of a potential disaster. -
We didn't even have any power outtages. I stayed at my desk and kept writing.
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Yeah you read that right.
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Not to mention the piss smell and nuts to butts people... I'll take an earthquake every few years and beautiful weather.
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Where George smells the smoke and sees the fire in the stove and pushes the clown, kids, and an old woman on a walker out of the way to get out.
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according to the news, so I don't really know that it classifies as "nothing". I did stay at my desk though, cuz what are you gonna do? Even if it's the big one, you are not gonna make it out of a building in time. And as for it being short- it lasted a 40 seconds here in Culver City, which is a significant length of time seeing as how the Northridge quake lasted only 20.
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But I don't understand why all disaster movies like to hit NY first. I mean come on...cloverfield monsters, killer weather, giant gorillas. They even made an Earthquake movie that hit NY. Wait, they made a Volcano movie too. Jeez. Hollywood hates New York.
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...sobering up and finding a job scares me.
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With all the earthquakes, crime and terrorists running about, there's not enough money out there to make me move to L.A. Geologists claim the "big one" is going to shake, rattle and roll California within 30 years. It's like living in front of a dart board. No thanks, I think I'm fine sitting here in little old Nashville, Tennessee.
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I actually hoped a concrete slab would fall on them.
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god is angry, and an earthquake or other natural disaster will destroy the Ho-gans, the Low-hans, Big Loser House, American A-hole, The Combover Apprentice, The Tit-Hills, All the slutty Wives of..., The Unreal World, and Suviv-whore.
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Jul 30, 2008 1:43:00 PM CDT
You can't pay me enough to live in Nashville, Tennessee
by spectrebeeyatch
Visited a friend there once. Horrible. What a shitty place. LA does have crime... just like any other city. Sure we have earthquakes most are small and big one's every other decade or so. Don't think we have that many terrorists but at least we don't have floods. And we also don't have to watch the Tennessee Titans so that is a bonus.
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It's amazing how some people over-exaggerate the concept of an earthquake. Some people just can't handle it...except for the guy with the glasses and the blue shirt on the beginning of the Judge Judy clip - he just stands there, stacks his papers, and mills around. He doesn't give a shit, and neither should we.
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...during an earthquake. Shit.
I guess I'm spoiled by having been in earthquakes. If you spend any of your elementary school years in California (and middle school, and high school), we run through the earthquake drill...oh...I don't know...about a thousand times! Get under the desk, cover your head, and stay the fuck away from glass. -
You don't have to watch any football. Zing!
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I was in this terrible car accident on the highway...huge pile-up, really serious...car flipped over and everything...as I crawled out of the overturned vehicle I felt this compulsion to take my shirt off so, logically, I did. That's my theory on this...it's like a phenomenon or something...just gotta take your shirt off in moments like those.
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... *sigh*... nevermind.
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Know why? I live in Tennessee!!!!
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Hey buddy you do realize that New York has faultlines as well,and has had a number of quakes in the past. just cause there hasnt been one in your lifetime yet,doesnt mean you are safe from them.
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Tennessee has earthquakes as well, there are several faultlines that run through tennesse.
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....and this clip shows why. "OhMyGod! OhMyGod! That was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Scary!" Fuck. It just makes me wish the Big One would hit, just to wipe those dumbfucks off the planet once and for all.....NO ONE would miss them.
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...and you'd be dead on about the best place to live in America. Sure, the Bay Area is a bit expensive, but it's not hard to make a fuckload of money up here.
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the swaying bed felt kinda nice...
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Um... So have you, like, been anywhere? Seen anything?
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I was in Westwood at 11:42am yesterday, and I didn't feel a thing. Course, I'd been up all night, so maybe my sleep-deprivation blunted my senses a wee bit. Wierd.
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Also references his "physique" at least twice an episode. He is the most self absorbed person i've ever seen, and I haven't even seen many episodes of BB. It's obvious that this bitch knew that the quake clip would make it to broadcast, so he took the opportunity to remind america how frequently he goes to the gym in an attempt to stay on the show. fucking pathetic.
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I've never been in a lynching. Know why? I live in LA!
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they riot and loot ? and beat rodney king again ? how do they know where he lives ? lol.... anyways i do not and will never live near an earthquake zone or a hurricane area...so far so good
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big brother sucks.....the best reality show on TV is SURVIVOR ....BB sucked before they stole elements of survivor to boost viewership ...and then they still sucked.. ..supposed to be voyeuristic but u can only watch on cam what they want u to watch...so the original premise of the show was BS from the beginning.... watch SURVIVOR be HAPPY..
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That was my first quake since moving to L.A and hopefully the last..still kinda dissapinting that I didin't get to go into "Bruce Willis" action hero mode & save the city
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Jul 30, 2008 8:04:29 PM CDT
Wait a minute, herc doesn't fucking write anything...
by floatybrownthing
And he gets a fucking office?!
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And the weather in Southern California is nice... when you can see something on those one or two days a year when the smog clears. Whenever I go back there I can literally taste the smog after getting used to pure air for so long.
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and they look like a troop of monkeys reacting to an earthquake. They are mimicing each others behaviour, and doing other things which really reveal how like animals we are.
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Because he went from hanging out in the shade to standing out in the Sun with a blue shirt on. I'd be tempted to take me shirt off too, and I'm not a body builder like that dude.
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I've never been in any race riots. Why? I live in Tennessee!
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cause the other dude had his shirt off and he didn't want to be one-upped. Plain and simple.
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lots of silicone was jiggling that day
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