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Japan. joan if it has shown them on the air. >> we haven't. tell me. >> if we can get a map of the pacific region it is a fantastic map. 2* looks like it is from the national tsunami warning center. it shows literally waves. -- waves coming down from japan diagonally if you were to draw a line from japan to south america. these are the directions the tsunami is headed. it is not coming directly west to east. it is not coming straight toward california. it is at an angle. like it was going from 11 to 5. that's the direction it is coming across the paw pacific. that's why it affects parts of ore...

Francisco at 8:16 a.m., santa barbara 8:24 and santa monica 8:29 and la jolla 8:48. they are going into further detail regarding those watches that are in affect. and it can be changed to a warning at anytime. it will start as a watch and sirens are going off and people are told to head to higher ground. adam covered the 2004 sumatra tsunami event. adam, what are you thinking as we hear those sirens going off. courtney said they were headed to higher ground and people seem to be shocked about what is going on. >> and maui i told you a moment ago too one of my friends from maui texted me and sa...

And people were feared buried in the rubble are. the electronics giants, sony, shut the biggest factories. >>- q. the bng of japan -- the bank of japan is looking to boost the uh knee physical economy. >> the philippines, taiwan and indonesia issued see gnaw me alerts. that reviefs the giant tsunami that struck southeast eye shaw in 2004. >> the warning center issued alerts for the west coast and across the pacific farce columbia and peru. and i want to go to david piper who is by with gamecock. how is it going? >> we have the tsunami alerts. if a tsunami hits there, about

Asian tsunami. and it brings a lot home. we have been monitoring the u.s. navy. a significant presence in the pacific. not only in hawaii with pearl harbor, but japan and the whole region. >> have they taken steps to move any of our ships? >> i guarantee you they have. i asked that question before. i tried to get uh hold of him and people aren't answering their phones. but i can guarantee because i have spoken to them before. there is a plan when a tsunami comes. they have their own scientists on staff and they know where their ships need to be and enough warning to move them. you can see the ...

All the way the west coast and the entire pacific basin now that we are talking about -- well, what we are watching closely is hawaii. the warning has been going on there for a couple hours. it is three hours to the time the saw knew me warning center predicted a tsunami event could hit hawaii. that is 8:00a.m. our time. people have been told to take higher ground. >> adam, have you been with us and you can tell us what is going on since you work for fox. what can you tell us as far as where things might stand with the vac wageses. -- the evacuations? >> yeah, on maui one family is packing up ...