For real? MT @911LAPD: Please do not call 911 to report the #earthquake. We are well aware of it.
— Noe Carranza (@noe_carranza) March 17, 2014
For real.
Actress Holly Robinson Peete also retweeted this tweet from the Communications Division of the Los Angeles Police Department after the earthquake that hit Los Angeles Monday morning.
Lol "@911LAPD: Pls do not call 911 to report #earthquake. Well aware of it. Lines need to be kept open 4 emergencies pic.twitter.com/SYwN02uqXW"
— Holly Robinson Peete (@hollyrpeete) March 17, 2014
Please do not call 911 to report the #earthquake. We are well aware of it. Lines need to be kept open for emergencies pic.twitter.com/joEwpfgPnC
— LAPD Communications (@911LAPD) March 17, 2014
Doh!
The fact that this has to be told "@911LAPD: Dont call 911 to report #earthquake We are well aware Lines need to be open for emergencies"
— Gene Young (@geneyoungpics) March 17, 2014
“@911LAPD: Please do not call 911 to report the #earthquake. We are well aware of it." PHEW! Was worried they may not have known!
— Ryan Roy (@ryanroooy) March 17, 2014
@mamaspohr I'm not gonna lie, I bet those @911LAPD calls from a few minutes ago were LOLtastic. #earthquake
— Wan-nabe (@luvbabyb) March 17, 2014
She wasn’t alone. Twitter users swiftly responded to the LAPD tweet.
SNARKY. Ha. "@911LAPD: Please do not call 911 to report the #earthquake. We are well aware of it. Lines need to be kept open…"
— kate shindle (@kateshindle) March 17, 2014
https://twitter.com/thejustinmac/status/445575042873954304
HAHA! "@911LAPD Please do not call 911 to report the #earthquake. We are well aware of it. Lines need to be kept open for emergencies"
— Kim M plays Chem (@kamutsche) March 17, 2014
Amazing “@911LAPD: Please do not call 911 to report the #earthquake. We are well aware of it. Lines need to be kept open for emergencies"
— Cameron Kashani (@CamSKashani) March 17, 2014
Sigh. RT @911LAPD: Please do not call 911 to report the #earthquake. We are well aware of it. Lines need to be kept open for emergencies
— Shahed Amanullah (@shahed) March 17, 2014
“@911LAPD: Please do not call 911 to report the #earthquake. We are well aware of it. pic.twitter.com/d9AvB82Lvb” 50% of us are stupid
— genesis (@jasontcdd) March 17, 2014
Lmao. RT: @911LAPD: Please do not call 911 to report the #earthquake. We are well aware of it.
— clarke (@radicalhearts) March 17, 2014
@CecMonster I laughed so hard that the LAPD posted that.
— Brandi Kucko (@BrandiKucko) March 17, 2014
Idiots. RT @911LAPD: Please do not call 911 to report the #earthquake. We are well aware of it. Lines need to be kept open for emergencies.
— Joe Ostrowski (@JoeO670) March 17, 2014
This Twitter user offers a snarky explanation:
We have a lot of pretty people here. MT @911LAPD: Please do not call 911 to report the #earthquake. We are well aware of it.
— angela harvey (@nationsfilm) March 17, 2014
Heh.
And this one brings it all home with an exit suggestion:
Talk about it on twitter instead RT @911LAPD Please do not call 911 to report the #earthquake. We are well aware of it.
— Amol (@PointsToPointB) March 17, 2014
Editor’s note: Post has been updated with additional tweets.
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‘EARTHQUAKE:’ Temblor wakes up Los Angeles
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Fracking! Climate change! Let the L.A. earthquake blame-a-thon begin
And now: L.A. live-tweets 2.7 #aftershock
