we can definitely learned from christchurch. san francisco has been doing all it can. i have been the head of recovery planning since the last mayor. it takes a lot of partnerships and good planning and a focus on the vulnerable aspects. like we are focusing on our soft story buildings in the bay area. we will continue to also have a healthy city. a healthy city is one that is not as vulnerable. and economically healthy city. the have to invest in our infrastructure. that is not only a debate in the bay area. is also a debate nationally. how do we make sure of our infrastructure, whether it is bridges or roads. >> [unintelligible] >> you will find it takes a lot longer to rebuild a city? what's it generally does take a lot longer -- >> is generally does take a lot longer to rebuild. you can expedite recovery. you can literally cut it in half. that is what we're trying to also instill in other cities that we talk with, exchanging information. recovery is about preparation. it is a mind-set that right now, i am actually educating residents of san francisco to think about

they said they haven't seen this smuch snow in the christchurch business district in 72 years. keep in mind, for wellington, i think we have more photos as well, this area is it sea level. they haven't seen snow there, some of the residents say, in 90 years. temperatures right now you can see in the single digits. it's going to be cool. temperatures are going to be struggling warm today. certainly not going to reach our average. for wednesday, so cool, by thursday more clouds around. thursday, the sunshine returns, but it's still going to be a little bit below average for this time of the year. so andrew, at least you're getting the heat there. but, you know, as we say this, i like to see the snow as long as it's in photos and somewhere else. >> as long as you can observe it from -- the skiers in new zealand must be loving this. quite a few australians flying over there. jen, thanks so much for that. >>> you're watching "world business today." when we continue -- >> farmers and police in india fight over what protesters say is an illegal government land grab. discover aveeno po

but if you remember the earthquake that occurredn on february 22 in christchurch, new zealand. it killed several hundred people and damages thousands of building there mainly because of groundly questioground -- of grd liquefaction. it's probable that didn't happen in washington though there could be significant cracks in buildings such as at washington monument engineers will want to look carefully at. the white house, the capitol building. all these things that were built before people worried about earthquakes in the d.c. area. it will be several days, weeks, maybe before the engineers, civil engineers can give you a total thumbs up on the lack of damage. megyn: i want to asko you about something hitting our you are gentle cue. two nuclear reactors are been taken offline near the quake site in virginia. would you imagine that's strand card procedure? >> it's standard procedure. i don't think anyone has to worry about what happened in japan. what happened with the tsunami is the cooling pumps were flooded. the seawalls were not big enough to withstand the 30-meter tsunami tha