in fact, the national atmospheric and oceanic administration made these models. this is basically the debris fields moving gradually eastward. it's just that we continue to see the debris piling up on the west coast of the united states or the west coast of all of north america. what the biologists found was the debris left over from the tsunami was about 5 million tons, about 70% of that or 3.5 million tons expected to sink over time. but what we've seen is this continuous washup of things, like abandoned see vessels, houses, even i've heard reports of a harley davidson washing ashore. this is fascinating to me, and explaining why it happens and looking back at that, i think it's extraordinary. >> i mean, looking at the picture over your shoulder, a