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Looking at of this thing. >> good morning. >> how hard did you work on this? it was part of an 8th grade innovation project. you take on this, how long did it take? >> it took me a few months. like a month of planning and about two months of building. i worked almost every day to build. >> its amazing because it has an open roof you could lay in there. has a clear roof so you can watch the stars. what other features does it have? does it have heating and electric? >> i can put up an extension co...

Permits. she did her research and i researched in the background to make sure for safety reasons. everything we read everywhere that we read there was nothing that said that -- especially in the building codes on the website of the township nothing was said about a tree house. no zoning issues and no building permits on the building permits site. after reading those she proceeded. >> it sounded like the jargon that was in the ordinance that they cited in the note to you was a bit confusing in th...

Populated would not suffer the consequences were seeing right now. >> katmandu is in a valley. when theres a earthquake you got land slides and everything else and no real building codes. when things started shaking, things went to hell. >> 1.5 million people living in that valley. >> i would add this i would -- as usual were sending the most thats what we do. im sure more is going to come. im hearing china is going to get involved other countries are going to get involved. do something so we do...

Catastrophic consequences. >> and of course you cant control mother nature but can you and your colleagues learn from such an earthquake like this one? >> oh absolutely. you know, each earthquake gives us additional data, additional understanding. the study of earthquakes is a very incremental science. you know? we cant create them in the lab. we do create them on a computer. but each large earthquake like this tells us new things about how the earth operates. it also reinforces things that is -...

Codes. many of the other areas of the world do have strong building codes enforced such as california. >> which i was going to ask you. god forbid dr. graves that if that big one that everybody has been predicting your colleagues that big earthquake to make the way to california los angeles, san francisco, where, maybe there would not be as much damage as were seeing in the nepal situation because theres better infrastructure. or am i wrong? >> well its -- i wouldnt say youre wrong but clearly t...

Although there had been previous zones there by the city. people build -- if theres no restrictions, they will build wherever they can. >> so in essence, though, we dont know yet of course when that big one may hit. but when it does, i know that the city of los angeles, for example, is taking major steps to try and deal with the emergency response. but from your point of view, what can we expect? >> it isnt just the hollywood fault that threatens los angeles. there are about 100 active faults th...

Of where all these things are going. vieira: the goal is to re-create the film sets, but building a park in central florida presents some unique issues -- namely hurricanes. >> weve faced some enormous challenges. >> they do a spear test. >> the building codes increased -- hurricane loading, the florida weather. they shoot a piece of -- i think its 2x4 or 4x4 -- at a window. yeah? and it has to withstand that. its quite a big test. vieira: universal says one of its biggest challenges has been co...

Yet. >> goi to california all of the time, and my mother is in from there, and you can still the damage that the earthquakes occurred in l.a. in 1994, and from your experience, do you believe that the building codes in place since 1994 in the last 20 years, will they make a difference when the next one hits or still too many old buildings in place in california? >> well, yes and yes. the codes have really gotten better and they make a difference. there is a lot of new construction that has gone ...

Significant response by the call by authorities to evacuate preventi preventively. >> chile sits in arc of volcanoes and faults, ring of fire, if you will. building codes are like california. you have very few fatalities compared to haiti, 280,000 in a similar sized quake. hopefully no more aftershocks, sandra, and they can get through this thing without any more death. back to you. >> thank you, william. there will be more information on the killer in ft. hood as we get the latest updates on ...

Haiti killed 230,000 people thanks to the strict building codes. chile reports no fatalities from last nights 7.6. >> we have been studying this area of northern chile and worried because it had big earth ghaicts past and hasnt seen the earthquakes on this particular portion in a long time. >> reporter: aftershocks continue this morning. hopefully nothing big. william lajeunesse, la on that again this morning. >> we have an active short on fort hood, we have multiple gunshot victims. martha: we ...