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Thing are probably the reason why there's less fatalities. >> tell me about wood structures compared to the haitian structures that were on reinforced concrete. >> unreinforced brick buildings they cannot withstand up-or-down motion or side-to-side motion. wood structures can absorb some of that. wood-frame houses are a much better building material to use in an earthquake-prone area. >> we'll get back to this. this is going to show where the wave, why the wave was generated and where it's going. >> yep. >> something he told me a little bit ago, earthquakes don't kill people, buildings keep pe...

Structural damage. roof damage. see the trees. leaves completely stripped off. streets here. completely broken open. notice the structure, the roof is completely gone. the one blind it. that's going to be the issue housing for a lot of these people. a lot of the structures weren't completely wiped off the ground, but you have houses that are unlivable and that's going to be the problem. these are structures that are not concrete. wood structures with possibly concrete foundations in the bottom here. here's another image from the same town. this is exactly the scene. leaved stripped off trees. ...