tsunami coming, when i got out of the house i saw the tsunami approaching. the elementary school, the evacuation site was to far so i fled to a footbridge. we were soaking wet. other people fled to the footbridge helped to keep us warm. we are all right thanks to the help. i m relieved that my baby was not harmed. a few that are okay. we ll continue to follow this story of course. i m natalie alan at cnn center in atlanta. we continue our extensive coverage of the situation in japan at the top of the hour. you re watching cnn. most americans aren t eating enough whole grains.
that and the government cautioning over the course of yesterday the radiation detected in the atmosphere had been decreasing. what do they expect, as far as it s natalie when are they saying it s a crucial time for them as far as monitoring the situation? will they know something defuntive within the next 24 hours? reporter: it s a crucial time right now. it s been a crucial time since it started to happen. what happens here is the reactor, the water level drops in the reactor, reactors generate eflormonormal out amou heat and that bills steam that is transferred into electricity. the power is a third of the electricity for the country. when the water level drops, the rrnl is exposes and it continues to generate heat and that s when you lead to the potential disintegration of that. every hour that goes by, we ve had experts talking about this, every hour that goes by is more
there is an earthquake going on. you cannot run around. she wants to lay down. we ll lay down, we ll sleep. we re not going anywhere for the rest of our lives. these are incredibly poignant sounds and images sent to us by an i-report at disney land when the quake struck. sounds of joy turning to sounds of fear. remind that people were just living their lives normally with their families there, as they re crouched down, fearful, and just living their lives 50 hours ago. natalie? unbelievable. if you re just joining us, the japanese meet logical agency upgraded the earthquake to magnitude of 9 while the u.s. geological survey maintains its 8.9 rating. thanks to the incredible efforts of people who experienced the quake, we re able to show you what that