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"&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/27/0827-jersey-shore-mtv-sammi-ex-credit.jpg\" alt=\"0827_jersey_shore_mtv_sammi_ex\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MTV couldn't have its biggest stars miss tomorrow night's &lt;strong&gt;Video Music Awards&lt;/strong&gt; due to the hurricane sweeping the East Coast -- so they chartered a private jet to take \"Jersey Shore\" stars &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/snooki/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Snooki&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/vinny-guadagnino/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vinny&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/deena-nicole-cortese/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Deena&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/sammi/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sammi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to Los Angeles ... TMZ has learned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to our sources, the foursome flew out last night, avoiding the hurricane before it crippled local airports. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rest of the cast was off doing events in other parts of the country -- for example ... &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/pauly-d/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pauly D&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; was in Oklahoma DJing, while &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/jwoww/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jwoww&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; was &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/27/jwoww-jersey-shore-pure-las-vegas-photos/\"&gt;hosting a party&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; at PURE in Las Vegas.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vinny tweeted a pic from the plane, saying, \"Had to take the PJ to the #&lt;span class=\"hash-text\"&gt;VMAs&lt;/span&gt;&amp;#160;to beat the storm.East coast you will be fine just chill in and laugh while it passes.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/27/0827-vinny-jersey-plane-yfrog.jpg\" alt=\"0827_vinny_jersey_plane_yfrog\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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