Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110315:15:35:00
Can doing to protect themselves if they're in a tsunami a prone area? >> very large structures that are tall tend to do all right. except that they're lower story or two will be washed out. but low rice structures, it is practically infeasible to make them truly resistant to a large tsunami. as you saw in all the videos from japan, they just float along much like the automobiles and crash into otherables and knock them loose. the strategy is to not put small buildings in the path of tsunamis. >> jim harris, thanks for coming on today. we appreciate your insight. take care. hours from now, th...