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#1 Click this link to see Blog page --> 01/13/2018

So a ballistic missile alert was sent out to the state of Hawaii by mistake. Supposedly somebody “pushed a wrong button”. You would think a warning would pop up and say, “Are you sure you want to panic the whole world with this alert?” #2018HawaiiMissileAlert

MjL

#2 Click this link to see Blog page --> 01/14/2018

Somebody is in big trouble for the error of announcing a nuclear missile was coming for Hawaii. I think whomever decided not to put a red cover on the button or perhaps several redundant fail-safe measures should also get canned. It shouldn’t be as easy as simply putting your coffee cup down on the wrong control panel. #2018HawaiiMissileAlert

MjL

#3 Click this link to see Blog page --> 01/15/2018

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This is the explanation I read this morning regarding the bogus missle threat in Hawaii last Saturday:

Shortly after 8 a.m. local time Saturday morning, an employee at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency settled in at the start of his shift. Among his duties that day was to initiate an internal test of the emergency missile warning system: essentially, to practice sending an emergency alert to the public without actually sending it to the public.

Around 8:05 a.m., the Hawaii emergency employee initiated the internal test, according to a timeline released by the state. From a drop down menu on a computer program, he saw two options: “Test missile alert” and “Missile alert.” He was supposed to choose the former; as much of the world now knows, he chose the latter, an initiation of a missile alert.

Clearly whomever wrote this stupid software should be fired and never allowed to write software for a warning system ever again.

MjL

#4 Click this link to see Blog page --> 01/15/2018

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Just an aside to the ignorance of the reporting on the Hawaii missile fiasco, WHY does the media continue to blather about “pushing the wrong button” when there was no button to push? Are they incapable of any factual reporting?

How hard is it to say they clicked on the wrong menu?

MjL

#5 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 01/15/2018 #1

Shortly after 8 a.m. local time Saturday morning, an employee at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency settled in at the start of his shift. Among his duties that day was to initiate an internal test of the emergency missile warning system: essentially, to practice sending an emergency alert to the public without actually sending it to the public. Around 8:05 a.m., the Hawaii emergency employee initiated the internal test, according to a timeline released by the state. From a drop down menu on a computer program, he saw 2 options: “Test missile alert” and “Missile alert”. He was supposed to choose the former; as much of the world now knows, he chose the latter, an initiation of a real missile alert.
2018 Hawaii False Missile Alert #2018HawaiiMissileAlert

MjL

#6 Click this link to see Assorted Stuff page --> 01/16/2018 #5

#2018HawaiiMissileAlert

MjL

#7 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/13/2022 #17

In 2018, a false alarm that warned of a ballistic missile headed for Hawaii sent the islands into a panic, with people abandoning cars on a highway and preparing to flee their homes; officials apologized and said the alert was sent when someone hit the wrong button during a shift change. 2018 Hawaii False Missile Alert #2018HawaiiMissileAlert
#2018HawaiiMissileAlert

MjL