coast. that contributes to the money. the insurance companies are a barometer of how bad things are going to be and they're all trading significantly lower on the news of course. >> trish regan, thanks very much for putting it in context. an hour after the quake, twitter hitting 1200 tweets per minute. alex witt is watching the sweets and facebook and other places where people connect. >> let's begin with the basics. the phones were not working so people had to reach out to family and friends by posting on twitter and facebook, not to mention the videos. this is computer shaking video big time as the earthquake hit. look at that. the person in that apartment holding that camera and posted this to you tube. it was posted as my earthquake experience in yokohama. he is thankful to be safe. check this out, this is the