bjpen.com. there is a pretty good vantage point. let s get mark back on the phone now. we ll keep this picture up just to keep a live shot of hilo and see what s going on. mark, are you there? yes, i am. i m 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, there s a little bit receding. we heard reports from our camera in coconut island that actually the water is receding. but no waves yet. well, that, of course, is the first indication that something s on the way. only question now will be what happens once the water does begin to come back in. in fact, before the science was done when the water went out, a lot of people would go out on to the sand and the coral reefs and pick up fish and other sea creatures thinking that was a
we can see the definite discoloration. thank you very much, mark. we should add that the tidal surge does not come in the same way at the same speed, at the same height all along the coastline. it may vary from place to place depending on the bottom of the ocean. and that can create a different reaction in the wave. there s no way to tell whether it will be coming on shore quickly, whether it will be rather slow surge. you never know. we want everyone to be careful. we heard from mark that there is an parent discoloration in the water beyond the break wall. that could likely mean that the water is receding. that s just the first part of what happens when there is a tsunami. the water will recede. and then in a matter of minutes, the first wave will come through. but that is only the beginning. and we were told this over and over again, especially after the
gift. it was food presented to them. and then suddenly, of course, tragedy strikes when the wave returns, when the water returns to the shore. and we ve heard stories of huge tidal waves that have swept away entire villages, families gone. so we ll keep an eye here. we ll keep looking through the skype camera provided to us from bjpen.com. mark, what are the folks there saying? are they just waiting anxiously? reporter: we re just all waiting anxiously right now. the helicopters still circling. you know, it s a wait and see game. and i m just wondering out there is their camera angle good? do you want me out of the picture and get more of hilo bay. just let me know and i ll do my best. you re doing a great job, mark. just keep on stand by right there. we re looking at another skype camera. keep yours hot and we ll follow along as you do to see what happens next. it s now 11:13 on a saturday
thank you very much, mark. keep in contact. we want to hear what s going on, there definitely. so we see 11:28. and we re starting to see some of what we might expect to see in hilo? of course, science isn t always something so exact. i am going to have this happen for you at 11:28:58. i wouldn t be surprised if things are happening in hilo right now. which means we here in honolulu should see something in 30 minutes from now. the description of paul is giving us of seeing the mud going through the river and have it look swollen. is that already the push of a wave? that could be the push of a wave. that s not a very significant wave. that could also be you have a lot of undertow, kind of like a much smaller type wave situation. you have the water being sucked
again, kolekole, there is a change in the water. we ll keep you up to date as we get closer to this time of the tsunami arrival. as of right now, that s the latest information that we have. mark, thanks very much. people helping each other. our vantage point, the waves crashing gently on the shore there in hilo. hilo bay, relatively calm. as you heard mark say, there is some concern, coconut island, the water receding a bit. these things don t happen instantly. that s the other misconception. probably because of hollywood and its view of what tidal waves are of sue ntsunamis are. it s not one big wave like it may be during surf season. it is like a flash flood. that s how it was described by our oceanographer friend at the pacific tsunami warning center