than the earthquake waves. it would give a few precious seconds, up to a minute warning. this system is being tested in the bay area and during the napa quake it gave a ten-second warning. slowing and stopping trains. that s a pretty obvious one. in port areas, container onloading and offloading may be another way to make things safer. and construction sites. tower cranes could be put into a safe position. reporter: it would take hundreds of reporting stations spread out to monitor all earthquakes. this gives us a chance to get out ahead of the curve. do something before the big earthquake strikes. save lives. save property. reporter: carlos granda reporting for abc news. able to do it for your devices, mobile devices. weather radio to send out an early warning system so people are aware. seconds matter. a chance to get up from where you are sitting and get into a safe spot. we ll see. also coming up here, we ll tell you about one of the biggest names in radio that you ha
somebody hits it somewhere with a relatively small earthquake, one could say it rings like a bell all over the east, and the bigger the earthquake, the farther the area that it s felt. for california earthquakes of magnitude 5.8, 5.9, the area that it s felt is much smaller than what was felt on the east coast. a different part of the question is new york city where the buildings are relatively tall, and so the period that the buildings shake at is very similar to the period of the earthquake waves, and the large buildings probably felt a good deal more shaking than smaller buildings. it just goes to prove that the east coast and west coast have more in common than we originally thought. peggy, great to have you on this morning, appreciate it. peggy helwig. stay tuned, because at the bottom of the hour we re going to be talking to quake expert edwards on how to stay prepared for earthquakes regardless of the magnitude. also, the breaking news we were telling you at the top of the hou
else from the cnn team and other networks from around the world who gathered over the last few weeks to report on the libya story from the rixos hotel, that last bash of pro-gadhafi control in the libyan capital, they are now free. they are driving through the streets of tripoli headed to a safer location. they were running out of food, they were running out of water. hopefully well, hopefully they ll be able to have a regular meal, call their loved ones, have a glass of water, take a shower, and just relax, but it was an absolutely traumatic experience. so along with suzanne malveaux as we broadcast to our viewers around the world. obviously, this is a very significant development. i mean, a great sigh of relief. you and i have been talking to matthew chance for days now. you could really tell how very tense the situation was, how difficult that was for him and the other journalists, just the fact we were not really able to share the full story and matthew was not able t
significant damage or certainly no injuries. we don t want that. i think it s going to take something here to wake people up. and phyllis steckel says the key to improving the infrastructure is through the individual businesses and industry. that the job is way too big for the government alone. she s also giving these tours right now to business executives to help them understand how great the risk is in the memphis area. so why the risk in the new madrid fault? why so large? the fault itself is very large, but one of the other problems is the soil itself. this is right along the mississippi river so it s made of river sediment. those earthquake waves will travel like 20 times farther than they would in california. jacqui jeras, the expert thank you. very interesting piece. let s talk about internships. we have weather interns, news interns. you know, where internships you gladly get the coffee for free for someone or whatever they ask for. so you work for free just to get yo