OCCUPANCY
OCCUPANCY PERMIT. HE HAS BEEN AT 4@THIS ORIGINAL
LOCATION FOR MORE THAN A DECADE@
>>> ST. LOUIS IS OVERDUE FOR A
MAJOR EARTHQUAKE.
MAJOR EARTHQUAKE. TOMORROW 4@OR ANYTIME.
NOT FAR FROM ONE OF THE MOST
ACTIVE EARTHQUAKE ZONES IN THE
COUNTRY.
>>
>> THE
>> THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE READY OR NOT?
OUR CHIEF METEOROLOGIST HAS THE
READY OR NOT? OUR CHIEF METEOROLOGIST HAS THE@
COVER STORY. 4@
>> Reporter: THE NEWEST HIGH-
RISE IN ST. LOUIS IS GOING UP
IN THE SHADOW OF BUSH STATION.
29 STORIES OF CONCRETE, GLASS
AND STEEL.
AND STEEL. >> THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS4@
EARTHQUAKE.
EARTHQUAKE. >> Reporter: BUT THIS IS 4@
EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT.
EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT. >> WHEN A BUILDING ROCKS BACK
AND FORTH4@. IT IS THAT SWING T@
KEPT ONE OF THE OLDEST
BUILDINGS, THE LITTLE LOG
CHURCH FROM COLLAPSING DURING
EARTHQUAKES IN THE EARLY 1800S.
IN THE WINTER OF 1811, THIS4@
VILLAGE SHOOK.
VILLAGE SHOOK. >> EVERY BUILDING IN THE 4@
VILLAGE WAS DAMAGED EXCEPT FOR @
THIS CHURCH.
THIS CHURCH. >> Reporter: JOHN REED AT HIS
FAMILY 4@JOINED HERE IN4@ 1970.
HE SAYS THE FACT THAT THIS
CHURCH SURVIVED IS NOT A
MIRACLE.
MIRACLE.
MIRACLE. >> IT IS BECAUSE OF WHAT IT IS
BUILT OF AND THE WAY IT WAS 4@
CONSTRUCTED.
CONSTRUCTED. >> Reporter: FRENCH SETTLERS
BUILT IT BY HAND WITHOUT 4@A NA.
THESE BEAMS ARE ON A ROCK
FOUNDATION.
FOUNDATION. NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE THE
1790S.
1790S.
1790S. >>
1790S. >> WE ALSO HAVE TO GIVE THE
BEAMS A LIEN.
>> Reporter: THE4@ WALLS LEANED
IN ABOUT SIX INCHES ON EACH4@
SIDE.
SIDE.
SIDE. MORE THAN 200 YEARS LATER,
ENGINEERS ARE LOOKING TO THE
CHURCH FOR ANSWERS.
>> WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE HERE IN
YEARS PAST THAT ARE4@ EARTHQUAK
PREPAREDNESS ENGINEERS IN 4@THE
CAMP TO STUDY THE BUILDING
BECAUSE IT WENT THROUGH THAT
TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE.4@
TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE.4@ >> Reporter: THAT EARTHQUAKE
WAS ACTUALLY A SERIES OF
EA4@RTHQUAKES THAT ORIGINATED I
THE BOOTHEEL. 4@
MADRAS MISSOURI SITS 4@IN A
FLOODPLAIN4@ ALONG THE FAULT.
YEARS AND YEARS OF SEDIMENT
COVER THE BEDROCK 4@AND BELOW
THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND4@ T
FAULT.
FAULT.
FAULT. EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE STANDING ON
THE FAULT LINE YOU DON'T SEE
CRACKS IN 4@THE GROUND.
FOR LOCALS, WHETHER OR NOT
THERE WILL BE4@4@ AN EARTHQUAKE
FOR LOCALS, WHETHER OR NOT THERE WILL BE4@4@ AN EARTHQUAKE@
NOT A QUESTION.
SPECTRA HAVE BEEN OVER 30
EARTHQUAKES IN THE LAST 30
DAYS.
DAYS.
DAYS. A
DAYS. A FEW OF THEM REACHED 3.0
MAGNITUDE.
MAGNITUDE. >> Reporter: THEY ACTUALLY 4@OCR
50 MILES AW4@AY.
>> Reporter: HE KNOWS WHAT IT'S
LIKE TO LIVE ON TOP OF A 4@MAJO
FAULT ZONE.
FAULT ZONE. >> THE PROBABILITY DOESN'T
SUGGEST WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT 4@
WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW BUT IT
COULD. SO MANY TO BE READY.
>> Reporter: SEISMOLOGIST WITH
THE GEOLOGIC SURVEY AGREE THAT
IS4@ THERE ARE 4@FAULTS THAT AR
VERY ACTIVE INCLUDING THE ONE
AROUND NEW 4@MADRID AND WABASH
VALLEY.
VALLEY.
VALLEY. >> WE ARE A PRETTY GOOD4@
DISTANCE FROM THE EPICENTER OF
THE EARTHQUAKE, SO WE PROBABLY
WOULDN'T SEE SEVERE SHAKING
HERE AND AS 4@MUCH DAMAGE.
>> Reporter: PHILIP GOLD IS A
PROFESSOR EMERITUS AT
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. HIS TAKE, FALLING BRIDGES
PROBABLY NOT4@ BUT THEY SAY A
MODERATE EARTHQUAKE COULD CAUSE
DAMAGE TO TRANSPORTATION AND
COMMUNICATION AS WELL AS THE
ECONOMY. 4@
ECONOMY. 4@ >> SOME BUSINESSES WON'T
RECOVER.4@
RECOVER.4@ FOR ENGINEERS AT THE NEWEST
HIGH-RISE IN THE CITY IT IS
SAFETY FIRST.
SAFETY FIRST. I CANNOT PREDICT WHEN OR IF A 4@
MAJOR EARTHQUAKE WILL HAPPEN.
>> WHEN AN ENGINEERS STARTS
DESIGNING THE BUILDING, THEY
HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY.
>>4@ WE WENT THE PEOPLE THAT WE
ROCKED BY IT TO GET OUT SAFELY.
>> IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO CHECK
WITH YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY TO
SEE IF YOU CAN GET EARTHQUAKE
INSURANCE.
INSURANCE. THEY SAY THAT FOR RIGHT NOW,
NEW 4@MADRID SIT 4@--.4@
THE ODDS OF US SEEING A MAJOR
EARTHQUAKE OF 4@MAGNITUDE 7 OR
EIGHT ARE4@ ABOUT 7-10% OVER TH
NEXT 50 YEARS.
>> SAID TURN THAT AROUND AND
THAT IS 4@A 90% CHANCE THAT IT
WON'T HAPPEN BUT 7-10% IS A 4@
LOT.
LOT.
LOT. BACK
LOT. BACK THE MAIN DAMAGE, 4@IT'S NO
THAT THE BUILDING WILL FALL
DOWN BUT THE BRICK FAGADES.
>> AND WATER LINES COULD BREAK
AND GAS LINES.4@
THERE ARE ALL OF THOSE SIDE
THINGS THAT MS. THINGS UP 4@AND
IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO4@4@ CA
ON.
ON.
ON. >>
ON. >> DIDN'T YOU SAY THE EXPERT
SAID IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.