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Whatever paul just saw in hilo, that drop in the water and now receding of water in the river is the first tsunami wave. because thats a good sign that maybe the second and third wont necessarily be all that destructive. >> again, looking at live picture of magic island. and off in the distance can you see some of the fishing boats that have evacuated the harbor. theyre further out to sea where the damage will be minimized if there is any damage at all. no one at magic island at this time. at le...

Kind of the waves would be breaking out there, even though just a few minutes ago all was quiet out there. not a great big powerful wave coming in. it looks like there is just activity as it reach thats area, whether its gotten a little bit shallower because the water is coming inshore or got deeper. it is hard to tell. but we can see visible signs that things are changing in hilo bay as well as the wialoa river. we see that mud pouring through the river. things pretty calm. nobody is too excite...

Ground right now. and were just kind of, you know, hanging out and seeing whats going to happen. >> im going to ask you, b.j., youre on higher ground, are you not? >> yes, i am. im on higher ground right now. >> the anticipation sometimes is the worst part of something like this, the not knowing whats going to happen. >> yeah. exactly. you know, just sitting here, i just keep getting that feeling that something does roll in, you know, just the heartbreak and the sadness everybody will feel if a ...

I never heard the sirens go off at 6 a.m. and start going off every hour. this search different than ive ever seen. >> as a youngster growing up, you were aware that your relatives, your aunts and uncles and others had been around when the real bad tsunami hit hilo? >> oh, as a youngster growing up, thats all we -- you know tsunami museum. the tsunami museum will be taking a hit. and you always hear about it. it never escaped their mind. >> im sure every hilo schoolchild made it to that museum. ...

Bjpen.com. there is a pretty good vantage point. lets get mark back on the phone now. well keep this picture up just to keep a live shot of hilo and see whats going on. mark, are you there? >> yes, i am. im here. >> anything change? >> all we can see out there right now is actually a little bit of discoloration in the water. but as far as we can see, theres a little bit receding. we heard reports from our camera in coconut island that actually the water is receding. but no waves yet. >> well, th...

Overhead making sure that nobody is in the water. we do see a boat in the river. that was an area so devastated by the tsunami. there is one boat in the water now. but no sign of a wave. im not sure if its coming in or out or if theyre going to try to get that boat out of the water, small recreational boat. people have stayed away from the coastline area at least here in hilo and at least where we can see here at hilo. people are staying out of the water which is a good sign. >> please stay on t...

Bringing 34 foot waves there to hilo. and it was very destructive. and many people died as a result. jacqui jeras is also watching this. what is interesting here is there has been a tick tock, almost like a countdown to a shuttle launch. and in this case, it is the countdown to the arrival of the tsunami. we thought that maybe five minutes after the hour that the first wave might hit. calculations off a little bit. but, you know, theyre looking for other signs such as a pull you described earlie...

But best estimates are that you can see water level rises between a foot and a half to maybe as much as eight feet plus. and its going to be some of these harbors, unfortunately, where the people live where were going to see the worst of it. and a lot of that has to do is with the shape of the island. you get that bay in the hilo area. that will continue to force the water up even higher than it would be. so heres hilo, for example. you can see that area. and that water is just going to funnel r...

Morning in paradise. not a cloud in the sky there in hilo. that in itself rather remarkable. beautiful day there. once again, scientists estimated that the first tidal action would happen at about 11:04 in hilo bay. of course, this is just for hilo. theres a time frame for the rest of the islands. it was expected to arrive at 11:20 on maui at 11:35 here on oahu and 11:50 this hawaii. that time frame is being adjusted by mother nature. it is almost 11:15 and we have yet to see any development the...

Got flooding situation on the hilo side. now the expectation is it could be between one and seven foot waves in that area. lets listen in to our affiliate coverage. >> but we heard an oceanographer earlier this morning that there is no sure way to tell which wave will be the most devastating. were stand big in the forecast center. >> yeah, thanks. >> hang on, justin. i think its 10:56. i think we do have mark ranieri is standing by via skype. were trying to arrange to get that up and running. on...