Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110312:01:50:00
Once the earthquake occurs, then we have predictability of what the tsunami will be. but when the earthquake will occur, that's earthquake prediction, and that doesnstill doesn't work. >> it doesn't work? that's what people want. in california we have major fault lines. you're saying we can't track the way the tectonic plates are moving. can we measure the plates -- >> we know how much plates move, how much stress has built up. but when it goes, when it breaks is still associated with very high uncertainty. so we can make long-term forecasts that have been made, for instance, for california fa...