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Earthquake Hit While Commercial Being Filmed
- Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:56pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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As more and more footage is released of the earthquake that hit the northeastern U.S. Tuesday, some interesting, and perhaps even amusing videos are sure to emerge.
In this instance, an auto store in Virginia was recording a commercial when the 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck. Employees at the store certainly got the surprise of their lives. Watch below:
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Comments (67)
sallyredneck
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 6:05amG & C Tire and Auto Rocks the earth
Report Post »ree758
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 6:37amWhere was Bush when this happened
Report Post »thegodfather
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 11:50pmIf I were them…that’s my commercial. Right there.Just add your logo at the end. Nobody will EVER forget you dude.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 6:55amYea, as someone who has never been in an earthquake, it seems pretty scary to be knocked off your feet to me. I’ve been through 2 hurricanes and a couple level 0 or 1 tornadoes, but never an earthquake.
Report Post »stogieguy7
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 12:43pmOh please, he hid behind a chair and right below a picture that was about to drop and bean him on the head! He managed to look like a chicken and a dumba** at the same time – an impressive feat! Having been through a few quakes in the 5.5-6.1 range, I can tell you that they’re interesting and they do get the adrenaline going – but they’re hardly comparable to the likes of Loma Prieta or Sendai. I never once dived behind a chair.
Then again, if the epicenter were in Indiana or Wisconsin, it would have hardly been mentioned in the national news. After all, if it ain’t in NY or DC, it ain’t important……
Report Post »forthepeople
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 11:50pmGod , Mother Nature are very angry and disappointed !
Report Post »Sayre
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 1:30amMother Nature, ill tempered, testy and not that loving. On the other hand she really isn’t our mother, she is our sister…. we have the same Father.
Report Post »jvrat
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 11:34pmWhat could be more pathetic –a bonehead – hid under Chinese made items that were not built to spec let alone strong enough to shield his egg head
Report Post »hopetochange2012
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 11:54pmAt least the guy is out there trying to keep his business going….while you spend your time being mean and hateful.
Report Post »hopetochange2012
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 11:58pmOHHH. I see….a GM commercial. Gotcha. Carry on.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 4:49am“built to spec?” You support building regulations? Eric Cantor doesn’t, and this hit was in his backyard. #frackaway
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 6:57amHe wasn’t hiding under anything Chinese made….he was knocked off his feet. I thought everyone knew not to hide under a desk anyway. You get to a door frame.
Report Post »B_rad
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 11:28pmIt wasn’t an earthquake, it was more economic head winds to blame the collapsing economy on. Watch.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 11:11pmBest. Commercial. Ever.
Report Post »funwithguitars
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 10:10pmThat wasn’t an earthquake…it was Obama’s poll numbers hitting bottom.
Report Post »TANK3584
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 10:45pmyou got that right….lmao!
Report Post »Truth in Christ
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 11:05pmThat! is funny LoL!
Report Post »margaret1977
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 11:15pmYou are So Funny! LOL
Report Post »Bill from NJ
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 10:10pmAlgore & oboma say: This recent earthquake is all former President Bush’s fault.
Report Post »(This PSA is brought to you by the democrat election committee.)
inferno
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 9:54pmGod is angry !!!!!!!
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 9:12pmAre you sure it wasn’t Michelle “Marie Antoinette” Obama falling out of her vacation lounge chair?
Report Post »Casca
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 10:34pmCouldn’t have been. They would have felt it in California as well.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 6:58amNow that’s funny.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 9:08pmWhat we will see now, is more and more disasters.. they will come more frequently.. its all in the scriptures.. if you don’t believe then read it for yourself.. Wars, rumors of wars, earthquakes, hurricanes, fire, pestilence, famines.. wow its all happening right now and still you have the deniers!! God help the unbelieving..
Report Post »MJNice
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 1:03amWhat a sad, waste of air and space you are. Who’s to blame for the stage collapse at the concert in the bible belt? Country music must REALLY anger god. What a joke. You are pathetic. Please do us a favor and sacrifice yourself in the name of the LORD JESUS… Like now… Save yourself, honey…. BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!!! AAAHHHH!! JESUS IS COMING, RUN!!!
Report Post »Steve
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 1:17am@MJNice
Why so angry? Why so hateful?
Report Post »The poster wasn‘t hateful wasn’t cruel. They simply stated what they believe. Yet you deemed it your responsibility to degrade and insult. Truly a sign of ignorance and fear.
AmericanPatriot01
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 4:55amWhy would your run if it was Jesus coming? You’re the freak here….
Besides the religious connotations she is correct. It is not so much that god is mad or punishing mankind. these are actually the effect of a cycle this planet goes through every 26,500 years as our galaxy passes through the universal grvitational event horizon that eminates from the black hole at the center of our universe. This is proven through astronimical sciences. As our galaxy transits this disc of highly charged gravitational energy it will have drastic effects on our planet. It will take almost 7 years for us to complete the transit and it will cause the earth to change its axis and possibly even its rotaional speed. It also coinsides with the end of the aztec/mayan calendar. It is the reason the calendar ends. Once we begin this transition the hours in the day will change, the days in a year may change and the seasons will be reset because the poles as we know them, will be located in different regions than they are now. Many will die, earthquakes and many types of disasters will become systemic all over the planet.
She is a lot more correct than you. If jesus does come it will be to save us from this massive catastrophy ready to befall this planet (reference the great flood of Noah), unless you run in fear out of ignorance. Ignorance that you so happily displayed in your bash post. I pitty you fools, wake up or die, not that hard of a choice, IMO.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 7:00amGod is not in charge of this world right now. He let Satan have it. He’s just letting Satan do his job. You’re the one who is pathetic. You won’t be singing this tune when Christ does come back, you’re knee will bend and you will bow.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 8:38pmThe ad I see on the video right now reads:
“Official Obama Website
The election is about our future. Help change the world again.
http://www.BarackObama.com”
Your tax dollars at work, folks.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 9:04pmNo one but your kind will look.. we have more important places to look.. Like Ron Paul, Michelle Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Mr. Cain.. you get the drift.. who in their right mind would Obama or any Democrat in office again?? Not I! They all sold us some river front property we didn’t want.. actually forced us to buy.. what we want is someone to repeal everything he and they have done since he took office! Thank you very much! Have a great night!
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 10:01pmabbygirl1994,
Report Post »I think you totally missed what I was saying. The point is, Obama is using tax dollars to pay for campaign ads.I didn’t go to his website either.
margaret1977
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 11:17pmMY sickness progresses ! Now i am feeling like throwing up when i see or hear this idiot’s name: obama – satan!
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 8:21pmAll you people bragging about the bad quakes in CA try living in Alaska.
Report Post »ZengaPA65
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 8:31pmCan you see Russia from your house?
Report Post »PAWatcher
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 9:00pmHave lived in Alaska, know what you mean. They are high on the richter scale and travel great distances.
Report Post »Cheetosareus
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:52pmNew Madrid Earthquake of 1811-1812, December 16, 08:15 UTC Northeast Arkansas – the first main shock
2:15 am local time
Magnitude ~7.7
There were a total of three major quakes and almost constant smaller ones lasting over four months. They didn’t know that fault was there either. They were so strong it rang church bells in the Northeast and at one point the earth rose forcing the Mississippi river to flow backward. When it returned to its bed it destroyed everything in its path. Guysers of sand and water shot upward at random and large trees fell over and their roots ripped out of the earth. People claimed to have heard something that sounded like subterranian thunder for some time before the quake.
I hope this Virginia earthquake isn’t a precursor to another one on the San Madrid fault.
Report Post »GroundZero is Nuclear Demolition x3
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 9:08pmAnything like this?
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSkKd8Bgg3k
shirelover
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:41pmWow, a new record…it took 7 minutes to download 22 seconds. aside from that, what a wuss! LOL hiding behind the chair! I was laying on the couch, watching TV, looked around at the shaking house (it’s 200 yrs old) and laughed when it was over. Lived in CA for 7 years, that was nothing
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 7:04amBoy, you guys can’t see can you. HE WAS KNOCKED OFF HIS FEET, he didn’t hide behind anything. If he’d been hiding, he wouldn’t have gotten right up. Not everyone has lived in California.
Report Post »georgeisn6
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:38pmI an waiting to see if the rats that we dont seem to be able vote out of DC, will abandon ship when the earth opens up. there is allways hope for change.
Report Post »SeekerEmerald
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:34pmOK, check this out. I was at BWI airport near Baltimore. The entire D concourse was evacuated because of an unattended “bag.” The bomb squad was called in, as they always are. Five minutes after the guy in the bomb-suit walks into the building, the earthquake hit. People were yelling that that bomb had gone off. The timing was terrible! I interviewed the bomb technician, and asked what he was doing when the tremor hit. He said he had just determined that it was safe, turned, and took about 5 steps when it hit. His first thought was that there was another device on one of the lower levels.
Crazy coincidence!
The suitcase was harmless…
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 8:11pmThat’s pretty amazing!! Thanks for sharing.
Report Post »eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:32pmHello, 911?
Uh yes, this is G & C Tire and Auto – uh, can we get a trained interior decorator over here, stat! This is an emergency – Please hurry!
Report Post »midcoastmainepatriot
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:38pmEnd times anyone………Maybe Maxine Waters can get some loot’n going on!!!!
Report Post »Omnivore
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:23pmWhat? You thought that your little patch of Earth would sit still forever? Silly.
Report Post »robie1
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:19pmoh come on, i am from california and what hit in wash dc is not a real earthquake…..you have to experience the northridge and sylmar quakes to really know what it feels like……..glad no real damage or lives lost tho……
Report Post »mashuser
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:53pmI love it when morons from California come in and gripe about how they’ve seen worse. What you don’t understand is that when this type of thing goes down in DC, people don’t think earthquake they think of some sort of terrorist attack. There‘s nothing going on in California so you’re not a target like we are. Tool.
Report Post »Riccy102
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 12:36amWhat is it about people in CA? Your earthquake was bigger than our earthquake? Grow up!
Report Post »stogieguy7
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 4:50pmBut Robie’s absolutely right and by calling him a “moron” you expose yourself as one. Californians are ridiculing East Coasters about this today. And rightfully so…..
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:12pmWoW!
Report Post »Carl1 Supports Israel
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:09pmLooks faked to me. He fell down but the camera man didn’t? And the tv remote stayed on that little table I’m saying FAKE!!!
Report Post »TumbleBumble
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:20pmLOL!! I got the impression that the guy was using the chair for cover. Oh, boy.
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:20pmHe didn’t fall, he went down and pulled the chair in front of him, scared, and then got up embarrassed. Not fake.
Report Post »billybe123
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:34pmI agree on the chair for cover. He jumped behind it! lol lol Didn’t fall down! lol lol
Report Post »Cat
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:06pmSorry, not an earthquake, Michelle simply sat down to eat her peas.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:09pm@CAT~~~ very good!
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:12pmPeas? Please! Double fudge death-by-chocolate monster sundae. Just a lite snack.
Report Post »junior1971
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:06pmThat chair would surely have helped him. Dear Lord we are soft.
Report Post »slimkendall
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:03pmcrap, I was wanting to hear about the new waiting room
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 8:24pmthat’s just it….
Their new waiting room is an earthquake simulator.
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