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There are a lot of people without power. >> the mayor of ridgecrest says many residents are choosing to spend time with neighbors outside on the sidewalks because theyre afraid to stay inside their homes. >> been a little crazy the last 24 hours. we happen to be outside. we live on acreage overlooking the town. and we were all outside just letting the grandkids play and, you know, cars just started dancing, the dogs were freaking out. the cattle behind us were going nuts. and its just been every...

Causing this home to go up in flames. you can see the thick black smoke. firefighters working to put it out. >> reporter: many residents sleeping on sidewalks after dozens of homes were severely damaged or completely destroyed. >> were not going to leave. this is our home. but at the same time its really scary to be in the house. >> i checked on my house and it was gone. so i lost my house today. i dont know if i -- >> reporter: grocery store owners had barely finish cleaning up after thursday b...

Theyd experienced the worst of the shaking thursday. it turned out the largest earthquake to hit southern california in 20 years, a 6.4 magnitude quake was just a fore shock. >> oh, my god, oh, my god. . >> reporter: about 8:20 friday night, the violent jolt from a 7 7 7.1 magnitude quake traumatized the town again. >> cars just started dancing. the dogs were freaking out. the cattle behind us were going nuts. >> reporter: it ruptured gas lines, caused fires. >> everybody okay? >> reporter: knoc...

Many of them experienced something very traumatic and unknown to most of us, many of them are sleeping outside tonight. i know it is a difficult situation but they are fearful to be in their homes and we are offering what is noted earlier. we have places for people to shelter but many are choosing to be with their neighbors in their sidewalks and their driveways and some are in the streets. we are asking everyone to drive safely, be careful, watch for these people and understand that we are doin...

The cattle behind us were going nuts. >> reporter: it ruptured gas lines, caused fires. >> everybody okay? >> reporter: knocked out power. [ siren ] >> reporter: left some scraped and bruised and at the least scared. >> many of them are sleeping outside tonight. we are offering any services as noted earlier. we have places for people to shelter here. but many are choosing to just be with their patients in, both in their sidewalks, in their address, and some are in the streets. >> reporter: in th...

>> yeah. absolutely true. if you drive up and down the streets, its very dark because most -- many of the lights are out. but people are kind of congregating or were congregating the last time i was driving around, on their sidewalks. and people are sleep flooding their cars. they feel safer because, you know, because of the quake that hit last night, they want to be kind of outside if it happens again. >> so of course the first responders got immediately to those who were injured. got immediate...

A hotel that has reported damage. we will have to see in the daylight what a 7.1-magnitude quake, a major quake, has done in this center which is near the epicenter. back to you. >> sara sidner. thank you so much. the aftershocks are continuing this morning. seismologists say that they will continue for years. now most of those will not be felt by most people. but they will continue. the mayor of ridgecrest says, you know, some people dont want to be indoors in these stores, in their homes. th...

City editor for the daily independent in ridgecrest. what are you up to now? we spoke to you about an hour ago. are you in your office? >> i am in my office at the daily independent office. >> okay. anybody else there? >> yeah. jack, my colleague is also here. >> whats the situation like outside? >> pretty much when you -- okay, i would say about half of the town is dark and people as you drive by, people are standing on the sidewalks afraid to go into their homes. but not frightened -- not chao...

Shootings. theyll die on sidewalks. theyll die in playgrounds. theyll die in peoples backyards. gun violence is a national health emergency in this country, and we need to treat it like that. so what can we do? we can do the things that are sensible. we can do the universal background checks. we can ban the weapons of war. but we can also double down on the research and find out what really works. where it is that we can make the differences at the margins that will keep our children safe. well ...

>> reorganize your department! you can do that by friday! >> do your job! if you want our vote, which i doubt you will get it, do your job so you can have a moral conscience on your plate. >> sean: dont forget, buttigieg has been a total absentee mayor and a failure. hardly ever in south bend and according to a south bend community survey last year, look at this whopping 65% of its constituents question why they are dissatisfied with the maintenance of the city streets, sidewalks, and infrastruc...