"Bart Bailey" wrote in message
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In posted on Thu, 05 Jun
2008 02:00:36 -0400, dxAce wrote: Begin



ASCII wrote:

David Eduardo wrote:
It's the addled moments right after the shaking stops that people
will
change stations, or even turn the radio on if it wasn't already,
whereas 'during' the event, they are likely trying to decide if they
should evacuate their structure or just hold onto something.

You said, "during an earthquake." And that is wrong.

An earthquake event is considered to consist of a series of shocks
and after the initial one there are usually several aftershocks with the
interludes consisting of anxious people tuning to KNX.
I can see why so many people think you're such a nit picking jerk.

Look up the definition of the word 'pedant'.

Or better yet:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedant

Note the 'Usage of term' and the 'Obsessive-compulsive personality
disorder'
sections.


The more serious the threat to his credibility he perceives,
the more he goes into an OCD compensatory mode
until the vicious cycle eventually implodes.
Glad I'm not in LA,

That explains why you have no clue as to local media usage and ratings, and
probably why you don't understand earthquakes.