so i believe were you just speaking with gerard fryar? >> i was not.as listening into parts of that broadcast. i'm talking to you live from the emergency operating center for the city and county of honolulu which is on the island of oahu. we have about 1.2 million people we've been monitoring what the mayor is doing down here and all the city departments, fire department, ambulance, paramedics, lifeguards, police, how they are responding to this potential emergency. >> how seriously are they taking this? we're watching live pictures. we heard from the official are from the pacific tsunami warning center. he was saying the first wave is not necessarily the biggest one. how serious is this advisory? >> well, it is very serious and people are taking it as they take these things all over the united states. some of them take it seriously. some don't take it that seriously. we were seeing pictures earlier tonight from waikiki where dozens of people were gathered along the shoreline, along the famous waikiki beach thinking they would take pictures or perhaps