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{{Infobox writer
| name = Rusty Shoop
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| birth_place = {{flagicon|Texas}} [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], [[United States]]
| occupation = [[Author]], [[Television]] [[Presenter|Broadcaster]]
| genre = [[News]]
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'''Rusty Shoop''', born in [[Dallas, Texas]], is a retired meteorologist for American TV station [[KERO-TV]].<ref name="KERO-TV">[http://www.turnto23.com/newsteam/17815349/detail.html KERO web site]</ref>
He is married with four adult children and seven grandchildren.<ref name="Bakersfield.com">[http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/48259 Bakersfield.com]</ref>
As of February 25, 2008, he is also a novelist with the publishing of ''Blood Harvest'' ISBN 9781604744781.<ref name="The Northwest Voice">[http://www.northwestvoice.com/home/ViewPost/51362 The Northwest Voice]</ref>
==Career==
Rusty Shoop joined the [[United States Air Force]], ending up in Northern California after his four-year tour of duty. At [[Humboldt State University]] he became the weatherman at [[KIEM-TV]] in [[Eureka, California]], where his brother, Larry, was the anchorman.<ref name="KERO-TV"/>
Rusty came to [[Bakersfield, California]] in 1984. He became weatherman and worked with anchorman Burleigh Smith on [[KERO-TV]].<ref name="KERO-TV"/>
In addition to television, Rusty has worked as a truck driver, a small business owner, and an insurance company executive.<ref name="KERO-TV">[http://www.turnto23.com/newsteam/17815349/detail.htmlKERO web site]</ref>
On January 5 of 2007, Rusty suffered a brain [[aneurysm]].<ref name="Bakersfield.com"/> He put his television career on hold while recovering. During this time he polished a novel he had written 9 years prior, and published it February 25, 2008. ''Blood Harvest'' ISBN 9781604744781 is about a fictitious news anchorman who investigates a murder.<ref name="The Northwest Voice"/>
==[[Aneurysm]]<ref name="Bakersfield.com"/>==
After suffering an intense headache for two days, Rusty’s wife insisted he see a doctor. Dr. Luis Cousin sent him to the hospital immediately. Testing revealed that an artery in his brain had ruptured. Neuro-surgeon Dr. Mahmoud Rashidi performed surgery within a few hours of Rusty’s arrival at the hospital.
Rusty is enthusiastic about sharing this life changing event; his doctor told him that only about 30% of aneurysm victims survive without life altering problems or even death. Rusty believes there is a divine purpose to his survival and good recovery. His “brain attack” convinced him that...
{{cquote|Sometimes the Lord taps us on the shoulder and sometimes he hits us upside the head with a 2 x 4. I believe I experienced the 2 x 4.}}
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[[Category:People from Bakersfield, California]]
[[Category:People from Dallas, Texas]]
[[Category:American television journalists]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:United States Air Force officers]]
[[Category:American male journalists]]
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