Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110311:16:08:00
Dealing with this, and -- and it's really quite unbelievable. what are we talking about for the west coast? >> well, we're talking about a wave that's still coming across the pacific ocean that will eventually crash onshore into the western sea. this was a very large series of events. we always talk about aftershocks. we rarely talk about foreshocks, f-o-r-e. they happen as almost a precursor to a large quake. this area had been seeing two days worth of large 6 and 7-point earthquakes. finally last night all heck broke loose with the 8.8 aftershock to the foreshock and now we're seeing shocks ...
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