"When tsunami waves are coming in, the water withdraws and a lot of people have been lured out and in areas to see freshly exposed sea forms that you don't normally see. And that's just deadly. You would never want to do that. And because a tsunami can last several hours, you'll only know that it’s safe when Civil Defense tell you it is safe. You wait to hear the all clear siren before you would go into any inundation zone. The next time that we have a tsunami warning your first thought should be for you and your family to be in a safe area. If you're not in the inundation zone, then you're already safe. If you are, then you should know where you need to go to evacuate. And once you're outside the inundation zones, these have been determined by Civil Defense to be safe areas, that's as close as you want to be," explains Dr. Walter Dudley.