it would be a magnitude 8, similar to what the 1906 quake was in northern california. sean: we have a mock-up of that. the silicon valley quake this was 1906 a recreation, can you walk us through this? yeah. this is a computer simulation done by scientists at the u.s. logical survey. they recreated the quake, propagated the seismic waves, and what we are looking at, sitting up in a hot-air balloon above san jose, above silicon valley watching the quake come towards us from san from san francisco at the top of the screen this is in real-time. the first wave in blue travels 14,000 miles-an-hour. the strong shaking in yellow and orange travels more like 7,000 miles-an-hour watch you can see in silicon valley the ground keeps shaking.
it would be a magnitude 8, similar to what the 1906 quake was in northern california. sean: we have a mock-up of that. the silicon valley quake this was 1906 a recreation, can you walk us through this? yeah. this is a computer simulation done by scientists at the u.s. logical survey. they recreated the quake, propagated the seismic waves, and what we are looking at, sitting up in a hot-air balloon above san jose, above silicon valley watching the quake come towards us from san from san francisco at the top of the screen this is in real-time. the first wave in blue travels 14,000 miles-an-hour. the strong shaking in yellow and orange travels more like 7,000 miles-an-hour watch you can see in silicon valley the ground keeps shaking.
it is astounding sean, considering the fact they built for 58.2, they had a 9.0. the plan is 40-years-old. we have safety mechanisms far above what we are were ever originally constructed. the plant was going to be taken out of operation in the near term. yet, with that all, the japanese engineers have been able to manage this. what they call a meltdown is an exposure of the rods, heating that isn t yet brought under control. residual decay. it is going to be under control in a few days there. is no reason for concern. sean: what about the concern of an aftershock that is of significant magnitude, do we then have to worry of additional damage? no. because once it is cooled down, that s it. the radioactive chain reaction is over. we do not have to worry about an aftershock. let s say a week or two from now. sean: thank you guys both. coming up, people are asking,
dollars. no price can be put on thousands of lives lost. how does a nation begin to address a crisis of this magnitude? joining me former fema official barry scanlon is with us. you look at the human toll. the immediate needs of people. obviously, there s food, water, energy, supplies, blackouts. the magnitude of that, 10,000 plus dead, tolls still rising. hundreds of thousands homeless. what is the first thing you have to do at this moment? it is a massive logistical effort. they obviously have american, united states has urban search-and-rescue teams. usually the first 72 hours, sometime stretches longer to find as many of the victims as possible and save them, if you can. they have, i ve seen numbers of 400, 500,000 people are o are in shelters and evacuated. you need to get safe and sound
of lives lost. how does the nation begin to address this crisis? joining me is former fema official barry scanlan is with us. thanks for joining us. you take a look at the human toll and immediate needs of people. there is food, and there is water and energy and supplies and blackouts. magnitude of that, 10,000 plus dead, tolls still rising. hundreds of thousands are homeless. what the sirs fing first thing you ve got to do? this is a massive lodge gistal effort. there is urban search and rescue teams. and to find victims and safe them if you can. there are numbers of 400 and 5,000,000 people. you need to get safe and sound surroundings for them.