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Collision and it just goes very fast. and you know this wreck is coming. you can feel that. it will be the first wave that you feel. but it will be only maybe one jolt. then s-waves that come through the crust itself and it will be a little bit more rolling. then there will be waves that have side to side, up and down all at the same time. when the buildings shake like that, those buildings don't have a chance. >> all right. unfortunately, more to come because we are learning that these aftershocks can last for day, possibly even weeks. i know people watching right now, chad, and rob, are very...

Now, you can say that if you were standing in the middle of a farm field in an 8.8 earthquake, you would be alive right now. earthquakes don't kill people, technically. buildings kill people. things that we put on this earth kill people because they fall down on to people. so if you're out there all by yourself and you can get to a safe area, even after these aftershocks where you're not in the way of a bidding or any glass falling out of a building, you are in a safe position. it's the problem where this -- what time this happened. it was right in the middle when everybody was inside some typ...