this is a big operation. how do you coordinate an effort like this to protect this county? we ve been at this for a little more two weeks now and in the emergency operations center which is being run by our local office of preparedness. we ve been hard at it for all this time getting all facets of law enforcement, fire, ems, health department, salvation army. we ve formed a wonderful gis mapping partnership with the university of memphis that has allowed us to draw the models, the water models and get a good, accurate picture. and it s given you an idea of exactly what it s going to look like. you guys have these very cool things here in memphis that you purchased recently called a hydra trek. we went out yesterday with these guys on some of these boats, boat cars, door to door and we saw some places that we couldn t see. what have you guys done? been able to do with search and rescue with these vehicles? it gives us an ability to access people who have been beyond the flood bord
we we made several attempts. we didn t know what was going on. we couldn t see. how long did it take for the dust to settle? about three hours. then we were able to see really what happened. then we realize d. we tried to start looking for the other miners. you have no idea how all of the
we stood in the door frame of her room which is the safest place to be in an earthquake in a door frame. it can sustain the movement. the floor was move we could hear the decorations in our living room falling off of the shelves and the paint bes on the wall falling on the floor. and it was dark. we couldn t see, but only hear and feel. my daughter was shake talking a million miles an hour. oh, things are falling on the floor. jen, i can only imagine. what do you know in the way of after shakings, has there been a lot since the initial quake? many after shocks. there has been one that was stronger around 7:00 local time here.
going to be. i was grabbing the side of the chair going, oh, my god, this does not feel like the plane is slowing down or stopping. then, did you realize you had run off the runway? when did you realize it wasn t stopping and you were headed for possibly disaster? after 20 or 30 seconds the did come to a complete halt in a pretty quick stop there. we didn t realize that we were off the runway because it was dark outside and we couldn t see. so, after the plane stopped secret service springs up immediately to make sure governor pence is okay and after, you know, a couple seconds, a minute, governor pence came to the back of the plane and said is everyone okay. and then he said there was mud on my window up front. we had run into the grass. mary, what do you think happened here? well, it s never just one thing. and it s a good thing the ntsb is on scene to sort it out. but the ntsb will be looking at the air speed as the plane was coming in. was it going too fast?
that far stronger than they was a lot of times. a lot of times they had to pull out. that fire was that intense. it would take the paint off an automobile and the skin off your face. you give up and leave 40 years of your life. we couldn t see, and it looked like everything was going. but you don t give up, you know. how do you give up? somebody is drowning you keep trying to get him, don t you? same difference trying to save your home. rick: let s check in with trace gallagher live from the west coast newsroom. reporter: you know, you have to figure this as a war in texas where mother nature has kind of called for a temporary cease fire, very temporary. firefighters are trying to seize the moment and knock the flames down as quick as they can. they know the hot and windy conditions will come back in a day or so. take a look at pictures, only 25% containment now of the