Ustream from Hilo

Here. Hilo the first to feel it. Tweets here. [#hitsunami tweets here] Nothing major yet. (Tsunami running late according to officials.) Not to be flippant.

Hopefully no one gets caught and it is a safe spectator event.

thebluey RT @sorrab: There is NO WATER in Hilo Bay. This is going to be bad. Hang on everybody. #hitsunami

3:45 central:

LisaHorne RT @KamaainaInOC: RT @bostonrandy: RT @TexasRV: Buoys Observe 27 Foot Waves Just Southeast Of Hawaii: http://is.gd/9l8Uk #hitsunami

kasmcrae RT @roritravel: RT @AircrewBuzz: RT @HawaiiRealty: Whales have disappeared from Kawaihae Harbor. They know something is up. #hitsunami

3:45 central: (authorities say it may be a slow build--but maybe not so bad--being cautious)

Twitter_Tips RT @fmaidment: Report @FoxNews: 1st wave in Hilo was just 3 feet. 2nd wave coming in. #whew #tsunami #hitsunami

4:18 pm central: (so building)

@BreakingNews: 5.6-foot #tsunami wave recorded at Hilo Bay of Hawaii, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center tells NBC News http://bit.ly/dq67oM

P.S. Kind of amusing. The scientists at the official tsunami center wearing Hawaiian shirts. Us mainlanders usually associate this with party time. A geophysicist latest.

According to officials, looks like it's not too bad. Third wave, 4:32 p.m. Still on alert for another hour, in case of a rogue wave. They say fortunately tsunami waves not in harmony with normal wave action, which intensified the crests in the 60's.

...Attention on the networks shifting back to earthquake aftereffects in Chile.

More. 4:43 pm central. Boats that were out to sea to ride it out are heading back in.

More. 4:55 pm central. With the relief comes the humor:

SissyWillis

RT @irishspy: RT @ExJon: UPDATE: No tsunami impact here in Arizona - YET. Monitoring area pools closely.