it. when i would travel and go to ireland they want to know all about the earthquakes. geraldo: do you fear that the fact that the tsunami, it is almost like when the missile hit the moon and they didn t have a big blume of dust immediately, do you worry that people say it is all hype. there is always the risk that peel say it is hype and don t listen to the media and the next time people might not evacuate and might not heed the warnings and then you could see higher casualties in densely populated areas. maria zimmer on the phone now, a reporter for the hawaii reporter. she lives along the coast of oahu. thanks for being with us. i want to start your interview here if i can and then end it on the other side of the break. what did you experience after hearing the sirens?
it. when i would travel and go to ireland they want to know all about the earthquakes. geraldo: do you fear that the fact that the tsunami, it is almost like when the missile hit the moon and they didn t have a big blume of dust immediately, do you worry that people say it is all hype. there is always the risk that peel say it is hype and don t listen to the media and the next time people might not evacuate and might not heed the warnings and then you could see higher casualties in densely populated areas. maria zimmer on the phone now, a reporter for the hawaii reporter. she lives along the coast of oahu. thanks for being with us. i want to start your interview here if i can and then end it on the other side of the break. what did you experience after hearing the sirens?
it. when i would travel and go to ireland they want to know all about the earthquakes. geraldo: do you fear that the fact that the tsunami, it is almost like when the missile hit the moon and they didn t have a big blume of dust immediately, do you worry that people say it is all hype. there is always the risk that peel say it is hype and don t listen to the media and the next time people might not evacuate and might not heed the warnings and then you could see higher casualties in densely populated areas. maria zimmer on the phone now, a reporter for the hawaii reporter. she lives along the coast of oahu. thanks for being with us. i want to start your interview here if i can and then end it on the other side of the break. what did you experience after hearing the sirens?
it. when i would travel and go to ireland they want to know all about the earthquakes. geraldo: do you fear that the fact that the tsunami, it is almost like when the missile hit the moon and they didn t have a big blume of dust immediately, do you worry that people say it is all hype. there is always the risk that peel say it is hype and don t listen to the media and the next time people might not evacuate and might not heed the warnings and then you could see higher casualties in densely populated areas. maria zimmer on the phone now, a reporter for the hawaii reporter. she lives along the coast of oahu. thanks for being with us. i want to start your interview here if i can and then end it on the other side of the break. what did you experience after hearing the sirens?
melea zimmerman of the hawaii reporter. thank you very much for talking to us. gregg: we continue to watch live pictures of hawaii which roughly, would say what, 40 minutes ago, was supposed to be the beginning of the effects of the tsunami which may not, according to the experts we ve been talking to, may be a high wave rather, the extension and contraction of the water. you ll see the storm surge and water receding. jerome fire is with the pacific tsunami warning center and joins us on the telephone. mr. fire, what can you tell us? well, right now we are watching the tsunami as it comes in the hilo. we had a very broad slow peak that took about ten minutes for the water to come and then it drained away. now, we have a second wave.