liquefaction, liquefaction is a term they use when the ground is loose. usually when structures or infrastructure is built on sand or land fill, something that's not solid, what happens is in shaking, during an earthquake, the earth that's very loose, that sand or land fill, acts like water. this is sand, sand and water coming up through a hole. in japan, all these buildings were built on liquefaction. i forget what year this was, but it was one of the bigger earthquakes. 7 story buildings built on liquefaction. the amount of time the earth shook, the earth became liquid and as it became liquid, the building sank into it until it stopped. when it stopped it just fell over. light damage buildings, superficial damage, broken windows, some plaster that might be cracked but basically a light damage building would be one that has mostly damage to the contents. shelves falling over, windows broken, that type of thing. if you had to go into a light damaged building, you would use these procedures. of course you gather information about a building before you go i

. >> given the fact that our -- our ground is subject to liquefaction, given the fact that no one is -- as far as i know -- maintaining them properly. >> reporter: you're the person that people turn to when things like this happen. >> yes it is frustrating knowing that you have to operate from you know -- you're not able to really manage completely because you don't own it. >> reporter: the earliest the water will be deemed safe to drink is monday afternoon. on treasure island, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> today apple opened the doors to a brand new retail store in downtown palo alto. flagship store drew large crowds for its 10:00 a.m. grand opening. and the first 1,000 customers got commemorative t-shirts. the store on university avenue has 15,000 square feet of retail space along with apple's signature glass facade. and even larger apple store is currently under construction just a mile away at the stanford shopping center. >>> earlier roberta was talking about hurricane sandy but in the forecast is another little storm of our own. >> yes, and just in time for halloween. >> yes. thanks

. >> given the fact that the our -- our ground is subject to liquefaction and given the fact that no one is -- as far as i know -- maintaining them properly. >> you're the person that people turn to when things like that happen. >> yes it is frustrating. knowing that you have to operate from that you know -- you're not able to really manage completely because you don't own it. >> reporter: the earliest the water is safe to drink is monday afternoon. on treasure island, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> it just got a little bit easier to get your hands on the newest apple products. a look at the bay area apple store that just opened and where there's another one on the way. >> we have lots of sunshine today from the seashore all the way to our inland areas. but now we're tracking rain. and the day you should expect it as eyewitness news continues. we'll be right back. ,,,, (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash... (phone rings) that's a step forward. with chase quickpay, you can send money directly to anyone's checking account. i guess he's a kicker... again, again! oh, no you

. >> given the fact that our ground is subject to liquefaction, given the fact that no one is as far as i know maintaining them properly. >> you're the person that people turn to when things like this happen. >> yes it is frustrating knowing you have to operate from that -- you know you're not able to really manage completely because you don't own it. >> reporter: the earliest the water will be deemed safe to drink a monday afternoon. on treasure island, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> from water out of the tap to water falling from the rain clouds. and right in time for halloween. we have a wet forecast. >> it's really hard the imagine especially today when we have highs -- a good 11 degrees above normal for this time of year. in fact 84 degrees in santa row sea. 11 degrees above average. clear skies in san jose right now. check if one out. -- this one out. where today's high was 76 there. i got to tell you everybody out in san francisco tonight. we have a 97% waxing moon, it's almost full. we've got the giants celebration. we have a lot of halloween people out there dressed in costume. to

it's prone to flooding and liquefaction. you know the word tsunami. you know what superfund site is. why don't you do the right thing? you have blood on your hands. thank you very much. (applause) >> i don't believe we actually have any representatives from the developer here today. noted. mr. coners? >>> thank you, for the record my name is mark coners i'm a resident of treasure island and have been involved with community advocacy for the past five years or soughtv i want to thank you for convening this special meeting and hope that you understand any criticism i might have is not of you, it's not directed at you guys. i know that you're here to better understand the situation and i specifically want to thank jane kim and her staff for advocating for treasure island residents. when i first moved to the island, i was aware of certain environmental concerns. most of us were. however, with the release of a drafted tech memo and several other articles, i feel that not everything has been communicated to us and to me in a timely and transparent manner. t

clean coal is a big part of this whether it's cold liquefaction, whether it is cold gasification. when we do these things and have american energy, we can also help clean up our environment. mourdock: there is an interesting book written a few years ago called cool but by a nobel prize-winning economist. he made the point that for all the money we can put into fighting global climate change, that, in fact, those dollars could be much better spent just providing basic water, basic sanitation to people around the world to certainly increase their standard of living. the drought was devastating to indiana farmers, and i am encouraged we will see a farm bill eventually passed more of a risk-based insurance program so that farmers can be better protected for such address. but the bigger issue here again is going to be what can we really afford in the long run? if we continue to have a government that spends its out -- spend itself out of control, runs up a $16 trillion debt by trying to finance another 1.7 trillion to health care, through obamnicare, through statist programs, we will n

in addition to that and in regards to the energy piece, we need clean coal whether it's coal liquefaction, whether it's coal gasification. when we do these things and have american energy, we can also help clean up our environment. >> moderator: thank you. mr. mourdock? mourdock: there was an interesting book written a few years ago by a nobel prize-winning economy. he made the point that, in fact, dollars could be much better spent just providing basic water, basic sanitation to people around the world to certainly increase their standard of livings. the drought was devastating to indiana farmers, and i am encouraged that we will see a farm bill eventually that this is more of a risk-based insurance program so that farmers can be better protected for such droughts. but the bigger issue here, again, is what can we really afford in the long run? if we continue to have a government that spends its out of control running up a $16 trillion debt by trying to finance another 1.7 trillion through health care, through obamacare, through stimulus programs, we're not going to be able to provide eve