TheRealBennyLava

• Governor Spoke to Wendy Greuel, LA SherrifF Lee Baca, Mayor Antonio Villarigosa, and the Chino Hills City Manager
• Make sure you have a plan in place
• Teams are inspecting major roadways, powerlines and other infrastructure 
• Remain Calm and monitor your radio and Tv (or your blogs!)
• Nearly 30 aftershocks, was a 5.8 now a 5.4
• Expecting reports of minor damage
• All Local Officials are executing emergency response plans
• First thing Governor did was call his Maria, at their family home in Brentwood
• A reported asked him about Budget Negotiations and he didn’t say anything other than saying that he is working on it.

Okay so here is some more on the Quake. I’ve finally got on the web interface rather than the iPhone interface.

Quick Facts:

• Thrust Quake, one plate went above the other
• Not much Damage
• Considered a moderate quake
• Originated 2 miles south of Chino Hills
• 5 Percent Chance it is a Foreshock…1 percent after 24 hours

• Mayor Antonio Villarigosa is not in town so Wendy Greuel is acting Mayor
• She “Wants to reassure all Angelenos that we have the most prepared first-responders…they are ready for this and any contigency”
• Command Personell at all 21 locations across the city
• Minor Structural Damage throughout the city
• Flooding at Macy’s in Topanga Plaza
• 3600 Block of Wilshire 5 minor Injures in the evacuation
• Cellular Phone service and all networks are back up and running
• Don’t call 911 unless it is a true emergency
• Ground Radar was lost for 1 minute at LAX and Ontario Airport
• Water Heater broke in Terminal 1
• All Bus and Rail Lines are Operational
• Rail Lines are running at reduced speed (10-15 minute delay)
• No Children will be released to anyone but their parents or legal guardian from Recreational facilities
• Greuel is calling for families to have a Plan of Action in case of an emergency.

Here are some more pictures regarding the quake

Yeah I know, it is Adam Sandler in drag!

I didn’t feel the chino hills earthquake but it did cause some damage at my home in Brentwood. This eathquake is the worst since the Northridge quake back in 1994. If you want more info mahalo has a great page on this “major seismic event”
Http://www.mahalo.com/Chino_Hills_Earthquake

Update: AT&T is denying the fact that their network for wireless in los angeles is down but I can tell you from experience it is down and geoff mordock is saying to use SMS instead but he seems stupid and in denial

Verizon is saying same thing. I can testify that our fios phone and Internet and television is working

Sprint’s saying that they had an 800% spike in call quantity in the thirty minutes after the quake. She is freely admitting to overload and is also recommending text messages also some idiots are calling 911 to get info

I’ve not posted in a while but I’m writing this from my iphone. I’ve noticed lots of apps that are updating. In fact the new York times updated to add categories and make advertisements smaller. The AP has made multiple updates restoring stability and adding localizations of news.
It seems like both major news outlets decided to originally release unfinished, unstable apps. Who is at fault for this? Is it apple or the news providers’ developers? I am not sure but I think the developers clearly could have done more quicker rather than spending the first few weeks just adding minor features and fixes. There are tons offeatures these apps should have and don’t, why with multiple updates being released why have we yet to see any major updates?

-Andrew

First off let me say this: Welcome to my Blog, now get the fuck out!

…and if you’re still with us feel free to read this post, regarding the amazing Mahalo VLog Idol/Bachelon/Mapprentice. For those of you that don’t know what this is, it is a contest to find the next host for the great video podcast known as Mahalo Daily. The search is for a new co-host to host along with Lon Harris and fill in for the now departed (to Tekzilla) Veronica Belmont.

The competition is currently down to the final two contestants, Andrea Rene and Leah D’Emilio. For the final challenge Jason Calacanis assigned each contestant to create a viral video in the spirit of Mahalo. Each contestant had 5 days to complete their video and the first video was released on Monday and featured Andrea Rene in a Guitar Hero Training Video spoof. Today, Tuesday, the release of Leah Demilio’s video, a “Touch My Body” by Mariah Carey music video parody emerged. The two videos have different approaches to the viral video objective and only Leahs seems to actually accomplish the goal. I’m going to breakdown each video into my favorite parts and least favorite parts. I’ll rate each video on three categories: Production Quality, Comedic Value and the ‘Viralness’ of the video.

Andrea Rene- Girl Trains for Guitar Hero

1. Production Quality: 3/5 It is obvious that a professional video crew was involved but there are some scenes where the lighting sucks and the angles and camera movement don’t seem to be that great. I am not expecting Movie quality shots, but more a television advertisement or professional internet comedy troupe type quality and this just wasn’t up to that level.
2. Comedic Value: 1/5 I did not find this very funny. I thought that the only funny things involved Lon and not Andrea and I believe that comedy is a big part of a podcast, especially a video podcast produced by a company such as Mahalo so I feel this a big hit against Andrea’s effort.
3. ‘Viralness’: 2/5 This video lacks the certain flair that makes someone want to watch it multiple times. I watched it once and didn’t have any urge to watch it again other than to check out specific things that other commenters on the video had pointed ou

Leah Demilio- Touch My Body Parody feat. Lon Harris and Leah D’Emilio

1. Production Quality: 4/5 I felt that this was lacking in some areas, though I do not feel lighting was one of them. The only real negative things I believe are the camera work during the pool scene and the use of the beginning of the video from the actual original, however this does make it seem a little more professional in some ways. I feel this is a very strong 4/5 very close to the production quality of a television commercial or the like.
2. Comedic Value: 4/5 I’ve seen funnier things online but there were just all these great little funny touches, and you realize even more of them as you watch it for the 3rd, 4th and 12th times. I love Lon’s strut and Leah as Princess Leia, and my favorite is Leah sounding like McLovin when she says “Whazzup”
3. ‘Viralness’: 4/5 I don’t think this is going to go crazy viral on the internet but if it was to get 500k hits that would not at all surprise me. It has the ability to draw the viewer in to watch it multiple times and just keep them wanting more. I’ve watched it about 15 times so far.

Result: 12-6 Leah wins.

Some people may argue that I’m biased towards Leah due to Andrea being portrayed as vindictive on the Mapprentice but I made my ratings being unbiased. I truly believe that Leah’s video is hands down better. After first seeing it I thought it was just a little better than Andrea’s but as it keeps making me want to watch it over and over again I realize that it is truly monkey tails and lions on trees, above the rest…and just as i’m ending writing this there is some maniac driver on Bristol, driving what sounds like 60-70 around a bunch of roundabouts and drifting…I wouldn’t even do that and I’m certifiably nuts

I’d love to hear what people have to say about my ratings and your thoughts on Mahalo Daily Vlog Idol, I am sad to see it end but am confident that based on the final round task, viral videos, my personal favorite throughout a lot of the competition, Leah D’Emilio will be the victor. Good luck to all involved and I can’t wait to see what else Mahalo Daily has in store.

-Andrew aka The Real Benny Lava