Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100227:15:49:00
Thing are probably the reason why there's less fatalities. >> tell me about wood structures compared to the haitian structures that were on reinforced concrete. >> unreinforced brick buildings they cannot withstand up-or-down motion or side-to-side motion. wood structures can absorb some of that. wood-frame houses are a much better building material to use in an earthquake-prone area. >> we'll get back to this. this is going to show where the wave, why the wave was generated and where it's going. >> yep. >> something he told me a little bit ago, earthquakes don't kill people, buildings keep pe...
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