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All of the reefs are and how close you can be to shore or how close not. there is a black box and they will be getth answers from that clearly pretty soon. >> judge jeanine: passengers who have spoken to us they seem to be furious with the fact that the evacuation was not orderly. there were no clear directions. people were falling. >> reporter: complaints about what happened when the evacuation actually started. really people are furious. germans, french, a good number of americans as well. lot...

The way it works is we get waves coming through this region. eventually the waves eat away the shoreline. >> the reefs actually stop and ab bosh the wave energy. behind the reefs, the water flattens out. >> the wake of our own boat immediately lays down when it hits the reef back here. its amazing. >> in mobile bay, were using a different technique. >> looking good. >> that is we are laying bagged shell down on the floor of the gulf. volunteers formed a human chain and passed painstakingly one b...

See behind the reefs, the water flattens out. >> the wake of our own boat is just immediately lays down when it hits the reef back here. it is amazing. in mobile bay, we are using a different technique. >> looking good. >> and that is that we are laying bag shell down on the floor of the gulf. volunteers formed a human chain. in a task that is painstakingly to put one bag of oyster shell passed to another to create these reefs. we will see the oysters come in on the reefs, and we will see the fi...

Adult oysters have develop shells and grow into adult oysters. eventually well see these cages completely encrusted into oysters. >> these are particularly important. we get wave energy and waves coming through this region. eventually those waves eat away the shore line. >> the reef actually stop and absorb that wave energy. as you can see behind the reef, the water flattens out. >> the wake of our own boat is immediately lays down when it hits the reef back here. its amazing. in mobile bay, wer...

>> this is the grand isle shoreline protection oyster restoration project. >> around the world oysters have declined 85%, and it is the most imperiled ecosystem in the world. >> the goal of the project is to install artificial oyster reefs. along particularly vulnerable marsh shorelines. >> the structures of the vertical oyster reef. it is a metal frame with bags filled with recycled oyster shell. >> baby oysters will settle on adult oysters and develop shells and grow into adult oysters. eventu...

Of that natural resources are growing scarce which is where artificial reefs are coming in. our photo journalist takes us back down to louisiana to have is our "green solutions in focus." >> 100,000 oysters going out today. >> we are putting together the largest oyster poorboy in the world. >> over 20 chefs participated. >> and each restaurant is doing their little spin. >> stuffed artichoke poboy. >> calling this an oyster blt, and this is real new orleans, yall. >> this is a staple in the food...

>> reporter: and then some of the fire, the oil refinery. it seems like they cant put that out with fire trucks. they have to let it flame out. and it seems like its starting to flame out a little bit. >> our nbc news producer, arata yamamoto reporting for us. now lets turn to hawaii. jeffrey smigen, he was forced to evacuate his home in ewa beach, hawaii, and joins us now. were hearing reports that as the the water is receding and the way a tsunami works, reefs are being seen that have never ...

Waves the water is first pulled out. kind of like a regular wave. thats the same thing. except a much larger magnitude. this isnt just a quick wave. this is a 5-15 behind it push of water temperature it recedes, then all of it comes forward. if you see this dramatic drop in that water level immediately where the reefs are exposed, there is a major movement of water that is about to move onshore. we are seeing another one. one thing -- just to say something about thattere quake from chile. we did...

To bring it back to what it was when i started doing this. >> the florida keys have the only living coral reef in the united states and theyre incredibly povment. once you bet the reefs built with the coral, youll atrack the little fish that attract the bigger fish and that sustains the fisheries and the ag system of the ocean. martha: its fascinating, phil. how 23ebg9ive -- effective is it in transplanting coral to rebuild the dead reef, is it working? >> its working quite effectively, the rebu...

Be quite startling scene sing rays. you have got to have -- stingrays you have got to have other fish and green moray eels. to have healthy reefs you have to have healthy coral. they attract tourists who bring money to coastal communities. this is called pickles reef. two years ai have got to was b barein and dead. they have rebuilt this reef with pieces of coral transplanted there. it was not being done anywhere else in the world a decade ago. they created coral nurseries. rows and rows of it s...