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Do the same? >> first of all, these tall buildings are intended to sway and respond to the ground shaking as the ground beneath them moves. this movement and the structural elements within respond and dissipate the energy of this earthquake through that movement. >> that all makes sense, absolutely. for obviously standing rigidly and the ground shakes, that's when you see things that implode upon themselves. is this the kind of thing that it has to be built this way or when you talk about retro fitting, which i hear all the time from friends and family can you fix a building that has already b...

And get back to you and rob with more on what to expect as far as the tsunami waves are concerned. >> it's just the waiting and the waiting and the waiting for what could possibly come. we got our eyes on that. so many people as we have been talking about are bracing what is next. in japan, they are trying to grasp the true magnitude of what has happened. a disaster still unfolding. >> reporter: 2:46 p.m. in japan. the ground shakes. 8.9 magnitude earthquake strikes about 80 miles off the northeast coast of honshu. a wall of water rolling toward the shore as debris filled waves churn. it crush...

Coast is next in the path of this disaster. we've been talking about this quite a bit. the first tsunami waves are expected there any moment now. we've seen some waves have actually hit along hawaii, and they are heading to the west coast, but as the millions brace for what's next in japan, as hala was talking about, they are just struggling to grasp the full magnitude of what has happened. a disaster truly continuing to unfold. 2:46 p.m. in japan, the ground shakes. an 8.9 magnitude earthquake strikes about 80 miles off the northeast coast of honshu, japan's most populace island. it unleashes...

Have trouble, we have to get out of here. how do you wake up the 80%? >> two ways. in california, for 30 years they have been telling us big earthquakes are coming. so what happens? there are two ways that people prepare for earthquakes. one, the ground shakes and they realize a big one is coming and they go and prepare. they get supplies. they develop a plan. the other is the constant reinforcement of messages in school and public awareness campaign. do you have a plan? >> glenn: we have the opposite happening. >> we have known a fiscal earthquake is coming, fiscal catastrophe. members of con...

And neighbor, 80% and say we have trouble, we have to get out of here. how do you wake up the 80%? >> two ways. in california, for 30 years they have been telling us big earthquakes are coming. so what happens? there are two ways that people prepare for earthquakes. one, the ground shakes and they realize a big one is coming and they go and prepare. they get supplies. they develop a plan. the other is the constant reinforcement of messages in school and public awareness campaign. do you have a plan? >> glenn: we have the opposite happening. >> we have known a fiscal earthquake is coming, fisca...