[0]But Judy wasn't the only TV Judge who got shook up.
This is Judge Penny Brown Reynolds taping her new show "Family Court with Judge Penny."
In fact, this was her VERY FIRST SHOW!
Judge Penny has just moved to L.A. from Atlanta.
She just ducked under her desk without a word.
Now try to top that "first day on the new job" story!
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[0]The camera is always rolling over at Big Brother.
So, of course, we get a very special earthquake edition of the reality show about people living in a house.
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All I can say is I wish I had the patten on the phrase "Oh, my God."
I'd be rich now.
[0]The politicians were not to be out done.
The Los Angeles city council was in session, on TV, when the quake hit.
I love the idea that they can't decide how long to take a break at the end.
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[0]Of course, Sou Cal has plenty of liquor stores and mini-marts.
Surveillance cameras caught the clerks heading for the streets as soon as the earth begins shaking.
How come store clerks seem to know more about what to do than TV Judges or politicians?
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[0]How do you create your own wave pool at home?
Build a swimming pool in Southern California and wait.
Here is Travis Corcoran's home video from Laguna Niguel (near Laguna Beach) sent to CNN's I-reports.
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-- "My mom and I were sitting outside eating lunch. My dog started getting
nutty first. Then, the quake."
-- "We didn't panic - we just sat there - we didn't feel that we were in any
danger since we were outside.
-- No damage, it wasn't jerky, more rolling motion, but lasted a good 20
seconds.
[0]Hurricane Dolly
Last week, the hurricane that hit the Texas-Mexico border threw forecasters for a loop.
Dolly was supposed to be a weak hurricane but with a lot of rain.
Instead, it stalled as it came ashore and built strength into a category 2 storm.
South Padre Island is a small strip of resort beach at the border. It's kind of like the Daytona Beach of Texas.
[0]That's where most of the media camped out, waiting for the storm.
Since it wasn't supposed to be that bad, they stayed on the island once the only bridge was closed.
Once the wind strength grew, their satellite trucks couldn't get back inland and a lot of expensive equipment got trashed in this one.
Here is a montage of the coverage from Hurricane Dolly.
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[0]Glacier Collapse
An enormous ice tunnel that forms and collapses every four to five years
on a famed Argentine glacier has experienced a rare winter rupture.
The spectacular crash of ice into Lake Argentino usually occurs during
the Southern Hemisphere's summer, September through May.
The tunnel collapsed before a scattering of people visiting the Perito Moreno glacier during the off-season. The glacier cuts the lake in two.
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Water flows beneath the ice when the level on one side of the lake rises higher than the other. The rushing water erodes the ice and sometimes causes it to collapse.
Scientists debate whether global warming is responsible. Some say the winter melting phenomenon also happened in 1917 and 1951.
Part Two of this month's Caught on Tape focuses on Mother Nature. We've got video from the California earthquake, Texas Hurricane, a Glacier in Argentina, and a Shark Week close encounter in Florida.
And finally, a Shark week tribute.
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