Hawaii's Civil Missile Alert System Activated

Shortly after 8a.m. this morning, the Hawaiian missile alert system was activated, alerting residents to an imminent threat of missile attack, warning them to find shelter, and assuring them that this is not a drill.
While authorities quickly realized this was a mistake, likely human error, they didn't issue a follow-up notice for approximately 45 minutes.
Drachen_Jagersays...

Makes me wonder what impact it'll have on the tourism industry.

AFAIK it's already dropped off in the Trump era, but all you need is a reminder to everyone that Hawaii is easily in NK's range and Trump loves nothing more than to try and provoke a reaction... ANY reaction.

newtboysays...

So, the comedy of errors grows.
The story had been that this was a mistake by a single technician that required the governor to sign into Facebook to correct, and he didn't know his password. What ridiculous emergency system is ported through Facebook? WTF?!?
Today, the new story is a night supervisor decided to test the day crew, and sent a prepared missile warning test recording to them that included the words "this is not a test", which, naturally, the tech took as a real warning. Once the mistake was realized, they also realized no one had ever considered what to do if a false alert went out, and they had no plan at all, so they asked the governor to make a public announcement on Facebook.
What a terrible system. The designers and supervisors should all be fired for allowing such a system to exist.

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