Thread: Hawaii issues Missile Warning Alert

Hawaii false alarm sparks panic, confusion


A false emergency alert warning of an incoming ballistic missile caused massive panic in Hawaii on Saturday, as terrified people scrambled to find shelter and prepared for what they thought might be their final moments.

U.S. and state officials worked hurriedly to recall the mobile alert and assure residents that there was no missile rocketing toward the islands.

But for nearly 40 minutes, panic and confusion overtook a state already on edge as a result of boiling tensions between the U.S. and North Korea.

Social media users shared their experiences and confusion online. Some said they sent final goodbyes and "I love yous" to family and friends before finding the alert was a mistake.

"This is a real threat facing Hawaii, so people got this message on their phones and they thought: 15 minutes, we have 15 minutes before me and my family could be dead," Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) told CNN.

The alert spread quickly across the state. Not only did it appear on mobile devices, it was broadcast on television and radio and appeared on electronic road signs as people tried to find shelter.

http://thehill.com/policy/national-s...anic-confusion

Geeky Head of Strategic Warning Systems Hawaii gets to finally root the office lady.

Dummy state.

An early-morning emergency alert mistakenly warning of an incoming ballistic missile attack was dispatched to cellphones across Hawaii on Saturday, setting off widespread panic in a state that was already on edge because of escalating tensions between the United States and North Korea.
The alert, sent by the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, was revoked 38 minutes after it was issued, prompting confusion over why it was released — and why it took so long to rescind. State officials and residents of a normally tranquil part of the Pacific, as well as tourists swept up in the panic, immediately expressed outrage.
“What happened today was totally unacceptable,” said Gov. David Y. Ige. “Many in our community were deeply affected by this. I am sorry for that pain and confusion that anyone might have experienced.”
Officials said the alert was the result of human error and not the work of hackers or a foreign government. The mistake occurred during a shift-change drill that takes place three times a day at the emergency command post, according to Richard Rapoza, a spokesman for the agency.
“Someone clicked the wrong thing on the computer,” he said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/u...sile.html?_r=0

Read somewhere else on TD....I suspect a geek with no love pressed the button so as to get to root the nearest woman. 'It's the apocolypse! Come, lets do this before we die!!!"

Fat Boy has no intention of sending a missile anywhere near America or anywhere else. He lives in a weird world but he is not an idiot.

Mistake or test run?

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

a normally tranquil part of the Pacific

Maybe there's a few left there that remember...the Day of Deceit. Similar to "The New Pearl Harbor"



But anyhoo, all's well that ends well...



November 2017



Hawaii reinstates 'attack warning' siren to prepare for possible North Korean missile
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...issile-n823821

Accident my arse. Need to ratchet up the fear and get public support for a war? Lets set off a Nuke Alert.

Originally Posted by Grampa

Dummy state.

Illegal conquest...

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUT...107-Pg1510.pdf

Why is this in newbies lounge fred?

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Accident my arse. Need to ratchet up the fear and get public support for a war? Lets set off a Nuke Alert.

Yeah because I think you'd pick a state like Hawaii (pop. 1.4 million) to do that eh? Fuck me, that will swing public opinion.

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Need to ratchet up the fear and get public support for a war

Indeed.
Plus all the negative "humanitarian" stories in the media. Orphans, homeless old people, mistreated soldiers, evil fat boy and so on.

Always in search of a boogieman.
Required studies.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Yeah because I think you'd pick a state like Hawaii (pop. 1.4 million) to do that eh? Fuck me, that will swing public opinion.

It is exactly where they would pick - a place synonymous with an attack on the USA triggering the USA going to war. The dumbed down masses wouldn't see the significance - funny that you don't.

Dear god you really overthink this shit don't you.

I thought I put it in the lounge.

sorry old news.


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Hawaii issues Missile Warning Alert

Originally Posted by uncle junior

I thought I put it in the lounge.

It's a news story, why would you put it in the lounge?

Originally Posted by uncle junior

I thought I put it in the lounge.

Moved to news...and now with Harry's thread title, but you with OP.

Originally Posted by SKkin

Moved to news...and now with Harry's thread title, but you with OP.

It's normal to merge threads covering exactly the same subjects, happens all the time in news. When threads are merged the posts are inserted in chronological order but the title of the thread being merged into remains.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

When threads are merged the posts are inserted in chronological order but the title of the thread being merged into remains.

I understand that. But it seems to me the first OP on the subject should get the thread title, no? Even though it was placed in the wrong sub-forum originally.

Originally Posted by uncle junior

False Alarm in Hawaii

It's not by the Fat Boy. Never mind, lets bomb him anyway...
(otherwise, it could happen that we meet him at the Olympic bleachers)

^^Maybe - but harry's title makes more sense. "False Alarm in Hawaii" is fairly meaningless while "Hawaii issues Missile warning Alert" tells you exactly what the story's about.