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People surfing. it really is not safe yet. they really shouldn't be out there. >> these aren't waves. a tsunami wave is not something you surf 'cause it's not even a wave. it's not anything that breaks like this for surfing. it makes you mad because if they get put in harm's way, then you've got some sort of a responder that has to go out and put their life at risk because this guy wants to get out and have a good time on the waves. not a good idea for anybody. >> rick, thanks so much. >> you bet. >> that shows you how dangerous and how powerful they are because rick is saying 20 hours later t...

Very, very far away. that's why you have a lot of lead time. at this point, it looks like all the advisories are saying that the earliest that a tsunami wave could affect hawaii is 11:19 a.m., hawaii standard time. so we have a number of hours still, about five hours before that would take place. if we do see a tsunami wave move into the area, there could be numerous waves. it could be from five minutes up to an hour apart from each wave. it's important to note that in the earthquake that was there in 1960, there was a 9.5, it was the strongest earthquake that's ever been measured, that earthq...

We're expecting the tsunami wave to reach hawaii at 2100utc, which is about 3:00 p.m. eastern standard time. >> for the folks who are still there in hawaii who are not evacuating what, can they expect to see? >> i can't speculate on that. tsunami effects are very localized and with each earthquake, there are so many variables that things are different. i really can't say. >> it obviously doesn't help the matter because of the fact that there are these strong aftershocks that are also adding to the concern to the folks living in hawaii and the pacific area around there as well. for the folks wh...

Across the state who may eventually have to be coastal areas and head for higher ground. >> brian: and we're hearing some reports of the french polynesian islands having a tsunami wave of about six feet high. if something of that magnitude were to hit the islands, hawaiian islands, what would be the impact? >> well, it's going to vary greatly from area to area. it may potentially have greater impact in certain areas like the bay, for instance, other areas may have lesser of an impact, but i don't want to, you know, we should caution that what may happen in what particular area (inaudible) may ...

Be weaker. we saw anywhere from 7 to nine foot waves. all of that energy is moving out. but it is expanding as it moves out across the entire pacific basin. i don't think we would be seeing any kind of a 9-foot tsunami wave moving toward hawaii. it would be weaker. these waves move up to around 500 miles an hour. so picture that you were in a plane flying to hawaii. you're flying about 500 miles an hour. that's about the same speed that the wave moves across. 6800 miles away, it takes time for it to get there. it weakens a little bit, but it continues to expand. >> rick, i want to point out he...