washington. and we know from records in the past that there have been very serious tsunamis. there s a culture, in the indians there, where they have folklore related to experiences of these indigenous people with respect to tsunamis in the past. so, we have a very serious risk in that part of the country. and what we see here in japan i think represents the kind of devastation that could actually occur with a cascadeous abduction event and something that we should take very, very seriously. okay. after listening to you, i m sure we are taking it very seriously. thomas o rourke from cornell university. thank you very much. my pleasure. still ahead, more stunning images that show how the earthquake and tsunami dramatically altered the landscape in northeast japan and we ll look at what s being done to get help to the survivors of the quake. also coming up, a paralyzing late winter storm leaves parts of the midwest snowbound. you heard it, snow in midmarch,