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In touch should chile require any support. so no official request from the government of chile from assistance from the u.s. chile has a history of serious earthquakes and strong infrastructure and economy. building codes are strict and chile is pretty well-equipped with well-trained urban and rescue teams, for example. so no request for aid to the government of the u.s. at this point. >> julie: what is the white house saying about the tsunami warning that weve been talking about. >> reporter: i...

Structure of course and parking lots that have collapsed and things like that and luckily-- >> jen ross. >> intact-- >> thank you so much for your report thering. we greatly appreciate it, were happy to hear youre now with a generator so we can continue to tap into your expertise and knowledge from time to times. thats jen ross a reporter for the christian science monitor, who has been helping us out from santiago, many, many thanks. well, i want to just speak if i could briefly having just come...

Social network sites. looking at some now. people were saying on their blogs that it felt like when youre on an airplane and youre going through turbulence, thats what it felt like for them and theyre feeling these aftershocks still. >> they will continue to as we just heard from paul earl from the u.s. geological survey. you can see devastation. this is just one of many bridges that have been severely damaged. buildings all over. if there is some good news to report, its that this is a country ...

Some of them totally. we know theres a two-story parking garage that collapsed. apparently did not cause any fatalities in that area. there was a highway bridge that collapsed. there was a bridge over a river that apparently is split in two according to reports, but that bridge had been closed for some years averting possibly some disaster there. but over the years, chile has experienced so many strong earthquakes. theres a strong one over magnitude 7 just in 2007. actually two very strong earth...

>> brian: because its a very long country, a long and narrow country and to go from north to south or south to north, you have to depend on roads and bridges all over the country. i would imagine that that is going to be a major problem because weve seen pictures already of some of those bridges that are down. >> even there are highway on ramps and off ramps that have collapsed on top of streets and hasnt been able to get vehicles in and out because they have craters in some of the streets and i...

Addressing the earthquake hazard, number one. and number two, the quality of construction, the materials was not there. for those buildings weve seen flattened in haiti, i would not expect that to be the same case in chile, which has had building codes that recognized seismic risk for some time. now, the second point is that chile is located along what we call this zone that can cause earthquakes such as this morning. this is a relevant event for similar areas such as the pacific northwest in th...

Be built to some pretty strict building codes in terms of their structural integrity. what we are told is it doesnt appear that the... there is serious structural damage to the building but an awful lot of that sheet metal covering is gone. >> have you heard from... been in touch with clean energy officials? have they offered to help? what is their involvement? >> i know one of this owners was onsite today and i talked to him briefly. >> after or before the explosion. >> after. >> what did he sa...

Collapse. theyre building what appears to be a reinforced tunnel to get to these students. >> reporter: thats exactly right, ali. weve been seeing lists that first responders have been carrying around. theyre asking people for specific tools. asking people for beams. theyre asking people for chain saws, for drills. people have been showing here with household tools practically, because it is almost like its, its a mine that could collapse. and its evocative of the chilean miners, remember that n...

You. so you look for a hotel that mason brick built. and two stories up. our hotel on has windows on one side. only one window per room. and they have metal storm shutters that i closed down myself. they are locked so the wind cant pick them up. the roofs are generally cement. and we have a there are above us. a lot of the building codes were changed after andrew. if you look our. you dont want to go into a wood structure. you want something generally up and able to withstand the wind and water....

Enough that our place is secure, its made out of concrete, and they may not have the means to escape. they may not have the means to evacuate. yesterday we were at an apartment complex and most of the people at that apartment complex said they had checked to see if there were shelters nearby and the shelters were filling up, so they were getting plywood and were fortifying this apartment complex. it looked like they were going to stay and weather the store. then you have people who rebuilt with ...