Posted on 01/14/2018 9:55:46 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The false alert yesterday that informed Hawaiians a missile was inbound and told for residents to seek shelter was caused by an employee of the Emergency Management Agency pushing "the wrong button" during a shift change.
How would you feel if you received this text message on your phone?
"BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL."
It took EMA about 30 minutes to send out the correction to phones, although the tweet confirming the false alarm went out within a couple of minutes.
NO missile threat to Hawaii.— Hawaii EMA (@Hawaii_EMA) January 13, 2018
But it hardly mattered. That was no doubt the longest 30 minutes in the lives of thousands of people. The warning was sent to radio and TV stations as well.
Holy hell this is terrifying.
This is the exact moment the Hawaii Emergency Alert System for the Ballistic Missile alert interrupted Hawaiian TV. #Hawaii #BallisticMissle #EAS pic.twitter.com/gzLCBgqHVG— Chris Strider (@stridinstrider) January 13, 2018
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Approx. 8:05 a.m. – A routine internal test during a shift change was initiated. This was a test that involved the Emergency Alert System, the Wireless Emergency Alert, but no warning sirens.
8:07 a.m. – A warning test was triggered statewide by the State Warning Point, HI-EMA.
8:10 a.m. – State Adjutant Maj. Gen. Joe Logan, validated with the U.S. Pacific Command that there was no missile launch. Honolulu Police Department notified of the false alarm by HI-EMA.
8:13 a.m. – State Warning Point issues a cancellation of the Civil Danger Warning Message. This would have prevented the initial alert from being rebroadcast to phones that may not have received it yet. For instance, if a phone was not on at 8:07 a.m., if someone was out of range and has since came into cell coverage (Hikers, Mariners, etc.) and/or people getting off a plane.
8:20 a.m. – HI-EMA issues public notification of cancellation via their Facebook and Twitter accounts.
8:24 a.m. – Governor Ige retweets HI-EMA’s cancellation notice.
8:30 a.m. – Governor posts cancellation notification to his Facebook page.
8:45 a.m. – After getting authorization from FEMA Integral Public Alert and Warning System, HIEMA issued a “Civil Emergency Message” remotely.
The following action was executed by the Emergency Alert System (EAS):
1. EAS message over Local TV/Radio Audio Broadcast & Television Crawler Banner.
“False Alarm. There is no missile threat to Hawaii.”
“False Alarm. There is no missile threat or danger to the State of Hawaii. Repeat. There is no
missile threat or danger to the State of Hawaii. False Alarm.”
2. Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA)
“False Alarm. There is no missile threat or danger to the State of Hawaii.”
The weakness of Hawaii's emergency system is terrifying. The fact that a single employee could trigger a warning by making a stupid mistake is beyond belief.
Nah, it’s Trump’s fault.
EPIC FAIL. Good to know.
I saw Lefties saying that immediately.
Typical incompetence in Hawaii. Most every state employee is related to who hired them.
Generally, it doesn’t matter what state you live in....the hiring practices are all corrupted and they all have relatives to hire them.
It speaks to the general extreme lack of professionalism, a lack of of seriousness, lack of professional ethics, and lack of responsibility we see in our bureaucracy of our vast nanny state.
As a friend in Asia pointed out to me yesterday. If their warships accidentally collided with a massive cargo ship, or a fake message about a missile launch were sent out in their country, bureaucrats would go to jail or hang for it.
I'm trying to figure out why that statement was even made - how the hell is it relevant or important?
I agree - whether it’s things like vital computer security, emergency management, power grid management, whatever...the bureaucrats just get to shrug and titter, “ooops! Silly me.” And nothing ever happens to them.
As I posted yesterday on Facebook, I love Hawaii and the peeps, but the place is basically run like Mayberry.
Sounds like par for a Democrat controlled state.
Moreover, Hawaii is ruled at the county level. I can imagine coordinating things statewide can be rather difficult and complicated.
Because Hawaii is made up of Haoles, Natives, and Asians. One particular racial group is spectacularly under represented.
One problem here: It said “this is not s drill”. How’d THAT get in there? They have a drill that says this is not a drill???
Tell it to the Hawaiian Judge who thinks he’s the presdient.
The Hawaii false missile alert is just anotheer example of how a Demonicrat state kakistocracy works.
Hawaii gets a sample of what it’s like to live in Israel
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