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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20110315:01:56:00

well, i think almost everyone that lives in california knows it is a matter of when, not if. but, unlike hurricanes, we won t have any warning. this next earthquake that strikes us it may hit northern, it may hit southern california maybe pacific northwest but we won t have any warning. so there s not much we could do. mean if we knew a day in advance that is not going to keep the buildings up. sean: let s look at the danger in california. we have a map that shows the likelihood of a major quake in the next 30 years in california. it shows where the threat would be greatest, which my reading of this map is southern california. explain what is on that map. that s true. the warm colors, the reds and originals are primarily where the threat is the gettest. primarily along the major falls we ve identified. the way the map is created, we

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20110315:04:18:00

there s huge defense and depth on these plans. they were designed to operate through an 8.2 quake. they survived this earthquake the tsunami took out some of the back-up systems. the ultimate back of up has been the reactor containment which are working. seawater option was built into the plant. this was not anticipated. it is something you don t want to do. you don t want to put seawater into the facility. but it was planned as an ultimate back-up if you needed it and it is working. sean: we hearing meltdown. when we talk about nuclear anything, that i assume people s minds go towards nuclear explosion of some kind. there s no question about that sean. a meltdown is basically a nuclear engineering term which simply means that the heat from the radioactive decay is greater than we want it to be

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20110315:04:55:00

at home that disaster can strike anywhere, any time. many are speculating about where the next big natural disaster will hit? wondering if it could happen here in the u.s.? joining me is the vice president of earthquake risk applications, mary lou zobak. you think we are not doing enough to prepare for potential quake and you know there are a lot of buildings northern and southern california along the san andreas faultline that you know will collapse and we are doing nothing to stop it, correct? that s true. northern and southern california particularly in the urban core there s many older buildings and they are seismicly vulnerable but we are not doing anything about it. sean: we have advance warning, in other words that a major quake in california is not if, but when?

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20110315:01:13:00

sean: tonight fears of a catastrophic meltdown at a japanese power plant are rising in the wake of the quake a series of explosions crippled efforts to reduce the temperature in the reactors. the latest explosion occurred over an hour ago. seawater is being used to cool the rods. monday night the water level dropped and the rods were exposed. this poses serious health risks and increases the chances of a melt done. we learned crewmembers of the uss reagan were exposed to radiation. the explosion occurred when u.s. helicopters through through a cloud of radioactive dust. it sailors are being closely monitored.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20110315:01:00:00

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20110315:01:00:00
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