so why why -- didn't ciancia we see this coming, but he said, unlike hurricanes or dig big storms there is no way to predict them. >> we do have knowledge of the earthquakes and repetition but it is impossible to prediction, year day and month. but we know they will happen in the future. neil: i am going to hit you with a bunch of dumb questions i wonder when hurricanes, and tornadoes, there is an ability. with earthquakes no, is there something that happens beneath the earth that could send a warning to people, we're getting some type of plate activity or something? that would give people in those regions, time? >> well, for meteorologist they use radar and satellite imagery to see the storms coming from hundreds of miles away. in earthquake science. we can do is, developing early earthquake warning systems these are in beta form in western united states they have been imminented successfully in japan and parts of mexico and china. what the programs do, here in united states, usgs has a program called shake alert take seismic waves travel slower than communication waves first seismic g