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    Missile false alarm in Hawaii

    This incident should be exploited and we should learn as much as possible about public reaction to this type of threat.


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    Read about it in the news. curious if it triggered any panic. Hawaii would be a viable NK target especially with pearl. Assuming they could hit it....

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    Yeah that ****ing sucked. There's a youtube video of some people putting their kids into storm drains through a manhole cover. Apparently Waikiki was crazy.
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    Ballistic missile inbound to Hawaii...oops wrong button

    Hawaii emergency alert system earlier today:

    Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.

    Hawaii emergency officials later in the day:

    Vern Miyagi, the administrator for the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA), said in a press conference around noon Hawaiian time that his team was responsible for the error. According to Miyagi, the error happened during a shift change and at 8:07 a.m., "the wrong button was pushed" during the internal drill.

    Wow, just wow!
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    It can happen, I guess they did a "oh shit" drill today but those are ok because they let you know where you stand.
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    I honestly think it was on purpose. Just blame it on pushing a wrong button. What better way to actually see if it works and what happens?

    Think about it: it went out over every cellphone, even visitors. So that means it went via the cell towers. Now everyone these days has a cellphone, to include the people running the "test". So that means even they received the message that it was not a drill, yet it took like 34 minutes before a retraction message was sent. You think the people running it got the same "erroneous" text and didn't instantly say "Oh shit! Gotta fix this NOW"? Another message correcting it could have been sent out just as quick, yet it took 34 minutes? Nah, methinks this was a real-life drill to see what happened.
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    I dunno where there is to hide in Hawaii within 15 minutes.

    If I got that on my phone in HI, I'd sit back, blast Siouxsie's Cities in Dust, amd watch the show

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    You wonder how many families and friendships that it put in an awkward place.....

    "Uhm, sorry that I locked you out of my bomb shelter, and that thing about sleeping with your best friend, and your sister, and you mom...."

    How long can 34 minutes feel like? The rest of your life.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Firefly View Post
    I dunno where there is to hide in Hawaii within 15 minutes.

    If I got that on my phone in HI, I'd sit back, blast Siouxsie's Cities in Dust, amd watch the show
    I'm making a dive over the bar, mixing Mai Tais in my mouth then watch the show. Nekkid.

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    Amateurs. Hell, I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis. And a few years in SAC after that. Goldern Rooskies REALLY knew how to scare people.

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