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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. i'm not sure if it's coming in or out or if they're 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 the line. we don't want to lose this connection in the next few minutes. so just stay on the line....

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, they're looking for other signs such as a pull you described earlier of the waves from the shore, the discoloration of the water. >> yeah. all those things are signs ...

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 it's going to be some of these harbors, unfortunately, where the people live where we're 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 here's hilo, for example. you can see that area. and that water is just going to funnel right in there. it's going to get pushed up. so we expect the waters going to be higher in this ar...

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. there's 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 there in hilo bay or off the coast of hilo. we're watching closely along with you through the auspices...

Got flooding situation on the hilo side. now the expectation is it could be between one and seven foot waves in that area. let's 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. we're stand big in the forecast center. >> yeah, thanks. >> hang on, justin. i think it's 10:56. i think we do have mark ranieri is standing by via skype. we're trying to arrange to get that up and running. once again we're trying to utilize all the technology available to us. and we thank mark very much...