. >> carter steve paulson has a question for you. >> you're in waikiki? >> reporter: i was. >> what about over toward north shore are they more concerned there because of the north facing beach? >> reporter: yeah you got it. absolutely. the north facing beaches are likely to get more direct hit. again there is this wrap around effect. no shore would be spared when these waves come ashore. you think about a pebble as you throw it into a pond of water as it ripples around the tree stomp. that's what we will see. >> that is fantastic. carter evans thank you so much for joining us. fantastic to have you especially since you grew up there in hawaii. tremendous amount of knowledge. >>> time now 4:52. a very distrucktive tsunami follows the devastating earthquake in japan. >> we will continue our coverage take a look inside an office building there right as the quake was hitting. we are continuing to get updates from the area. stay with us. >>> here is a live picture before we go. we also have our local crews down at the beaches. we just heard from hawaii but we