BREAKING NEWS: Panic in Hawaii as Civil Defense accidentally issues alert for 'inbound ballistic missile threat'

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

BREAKING NEWS: Panic in Hawaii as Civil Defense accidentally issues alert for 'inbound ballistic missile threat'

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Panic spread through the state of Hawaii on Saturday morning when residents received an alert on their phones warning of a ballistic missile threat that was accidentally sent out by Civil Defense. 

Scores of confused residents tweeted screenshots of the warnings after receiving them shortly after 8am local time.  

The message, which was written all in block capitals, read: 'BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. 

'SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL'.  

Many claimed soon afterwards that they contacted Civil Defense which told them it was a mistake. 

Hawaii News Now reported confirmation from the agency that it was an error.  

 

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Scores of confused residents tweeted screenshots of the warnings after receiving them shortly after 8am local time

 

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[Amica Nostra 4,803]

 

 

 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

That would have been scary

5 hours ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

 

 

 

Defcon really has a Twitter.  Thats seems wierd. 

[Dashinka 24,504]

Sounds like human error.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/01/13/hawaiis-scary-false-missile-threat-workers-push-wrong-button-to-blame.html

[TBoneTX 45,293]

And that erring human, or at least his job, might henceforth be toast...

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

The true root cause is that the wireless industry has successfully convinced the FCC to not have a way to test the system. A method is expected in 2019.

 

This should light a fire under these folks.

 

 

[Ban Hammer 13,342]

apparently this was just operator error

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

16 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

apparently this was just operator error

That was Hillaryous 

 

Btw spell check did that 

[TBoneTX 45,293]

On 1/14/2018 at 2:13 AM, TBoneTX said:

And that erring human, or at least his job, might henceforth be toast...

Official word is that the guy has been "reassigned to other duties."

Perhaps Electrician's Assistant.

 

The electrician pauses during a job and says to his assistant, "Sam, grab that black wire."

Sam grabs the wire.

"Feel anything?"

"No," says Sam.

"Good!" says the electrician.  "I was wondering which was which.  Now, for heaven's sake, don't touch that white wire -- it'll kill you!"

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

For my friends living in Hawaii, this was no laughing matter.  Glad it has been sorted out.

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

42 minutes ago, IDWAF said:

For my friends living in Hawaii, this was no laughing matter.  Glad it has been sorted out.

this could happen anywhere, scary stuff 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

And I want to thank all of you in both ditches, up the middle, those in the parallel muddy ditch universe, and the fruit loop bin  for keeping this thread pure. Sometimes it's just nice to converse with people here without the shrillness, we can all bring at tines. 

 

Live from the middle of the highway 

 

The Nature Boy 

Peace Out

[Steeleballz 7,550]

 

   Since I lived in Hawaii for 10 years, I just wanted to clarify here - in general, I've never really seen Hawaiians panic per se. I haven't talked to any of my old friends since this happened, but I would guess many of them would be trying to figure out which side of the islands would get the best surf from a missile strike and then head over in that direction. 

[Dashinka 24,504]

Update to the story.  Apparently a few folks are no longer employed.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/01/30/hawaii-worker-who-sent-false-missile-attack-alert-is-fired-emergency-management-leader-resigns.html

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

On 1/17/2018 at 11:58 PM, Steeleballz said:

 

   Since I lived in Hawaii for 10 years, I just wanted to clarify here - in general, I've never really seen Hawaiians panic per se. I haven't talked to any of my old friends since this happened, but I would guess many of them would be trying to figure out which side of the islands would get the best surf from a missile strike and then head over in that direction. 

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