already we had reports of tsunami on new zealand. and they were at that 12-hour plus mark. take a look at this map. here s new zealand and the island we re getting the reports from is right about here. okay? and take a look at hawaii. you re on the 15-hour increment. so if we were seeing this an hour ago, it could potentially still be another hour plus before we begin to start to see those first waves. so we re hearing that the tsunami warning center may potentially give us an update on timing. i would expect that could even be a one hour from now. so we ll continue to monitor that and let you know. but we have seen bouies outside of this area that have been reporting some of those increases or decreases in water height. and so any time you see that and you see the changes, that s another proof positive basically that this is still coming. now how bad is it going to be? we don t know for sure.
reading from the bouies? possibly from some of those bouies. we ve been seeing them certainly off shore. but then we also have gauges and observations a little bit closer right on the island itself. so we ll be monitoring those gauges and watch them as well. we certainly saw some big drops about an hour ago, maybe 200 miles away from hawaii. so we ll watch as time progresses. you know, that could be an hour from now that we ll start to see the bigger waves begin to pull in. all right. we re going it continue to listen to live coverage from our affiliate kohn now as we watch this live coverage that they re bringing us. looking at that finger of reef right now, it definitely seems unusual that that reef was exposed five minutes ago and now it s covered up by water. and i ve seen the surf get a little bit more choppier than it was a few minutes ago. so this could be related to one of the initial waves coming on shore here in honolulu. but it is a small one. all right. andrew, than
that this is under way. here we go from the national pacific tsunami warning center that the tsunami has reached hawaii. it is just beginning to register on big island gauges. later bulletins will report details on the hawaii observation. so here we go. things are officially beginning. we re getting under way. three feet rise, not too bad. we ll keep the numbers down there. but certainly no indication as to whether or not this is going to get worse or if this will be the worst of it. oftentimes, fred reeka, the first wave is not the strongest one. so things are going to be certainly touch and go in the upcoming hours. these waves can come in inprepgss. they could be five minutes apart. they could be 15 minutes apart. they could be longer than that apart. we don t know exactly what to expect when the next one begins to push in. so earlier you were explaining the bouies. are we saying the indicator for the three foot wave that already hit is one of the bouies and the