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Fake ballistic missile threat in HI this morning - Russia? (Original Post) cilla4progress Jan 2018 OP
They've hacked everything else, our power grid, communications, financials... NightWatcher Jan 2018 #1
If someone could hack into the national defence system... procon Jan 2018 #6
Looking on Twitter cilla4progress Jan 2018 #2
My cousin in Hawaii got message on her phone to take shelter MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #3
We are here in Hawaii. #45 has got to go. pandr32 Jan 2018 #4
Hawaii and California don't deserve President Shithole MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #5
No we don't but there he sits in the oval office pandr32 Jan 2018 #7
I agree and frankly cilla4progress Jan 2018 #8
Damn.. I slept right through it, pandr Cha Jan 2018 #12
Glad you missed it pandr32 Jan 2018 #23
I'm really glad I missed it, too.. Cha Jan 2018 #24
Aloha Cha pandr32 Jan 2018 #25
I wouldn't be suprised MustLoveBeagles Jan 2018 #9
Yeah, this stinks to high heaven. This was pnwest Jan 2018 #10
Too incompetent cilla4progress Jan 2018 #11
It was a mistake bearsfootball516 Jan 2018 #13
One would dearly hope... davekriss Jan 2018 #17
Its that easy to set it off? I find that unlikely. SweetieD Jan 2018 #20
No, it wasn't. john657 Jan 2018 #15
The guy on MSNBC reported about 5 mins ago these don't just get pushed by mistake ... uponit7771 Jan 2018 #16
Well, I'll go with what the Governor of Hawaii said, john657 Jan 2018 #19
He sense corroborated the gov, still don't trust Nazi Don uponit7771 Jan 2018 #21
I don't trust the Trumper either, john657 Jan 2018 #22
Not Russia, Hawaii. former9thward Jan 2018 #14
It certainly will take the shithole comment out of the news. Tipperary Jan 2018 #18
It happened in Japan too! MontanaMama Jan 2018 #26
And today has happened cilla4progress Jan 2018 #27

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
1. They've hacked everything else, our power grid, communications, financials...
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 02:51 PM
Jan 2018

What if they shutdown the national power grid five seconds after everyone was sent that text?

Can you say "madness in the streets", boys and girls? I knew you could.

We need to secure our shit from hackers. NOW!

procon

(15,805 posts)
6. If someone could hack into the national defence system...
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 03:06 PM
Jan 2018

Today it's just a message, but how far away are they from a missile launch?

cilla4progress

(24,736 posts)
2. Looking on Twitter
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 02:57 PM
Jan 2018

apparently I'm not the only one.

Coming to a state near you.. new normal. Brought to us be the deplorables - the 1/3 of Americans who are ruining life for the rest of the world. This cannot continue.

MaryMagdaline

(6,855 posts)
3. My cousin in Hawaii got message on her phone to take shelter
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 02:58 PM
Jan 2018

She just posted on Facebook, cursing everyone who voted for Trump.

pandr32

(11,588 posts)
4. We are here in Hawaii. #45 has got to go.
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 02:59 PM
Jan 2018

People were panicking and wondering what to do. Word got out quickly that it was a false alarm, but people remain rattled. Usually test emergency alarms are announced in advance and this one said the threat was extreme and not a test.
This is it--tRump has got to go. He and his relationship with Russia is a disaster. He is a menace to the world. We need to drive him out NOW and try hard to restore some sort of order. This alert shows how very vulnerable we are with that jackass.

pandr32

(11,588 posts)
7. No we don't but there he sits in the oval office
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 03:08 PM
Jan 2018

He has to be escorted off the property. It is our property--all of us and he has been shitting in it and on everything--all our institutions, relationships with other countries, protections and laws and everything long enough.
Republicans need to be called to account. Time to run Trump out of DC.

cilla4progress

(24,736 posts)
8. I agree and frankly
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 03:10 PM
Jan 2018

I don't care what it takes or how it happens. Mueller, prostitutes, impeachment. Whatever is quickest

Thank god he was golfing.

pandr32

(11,588 posts)
23. Glad you missed it
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 06:07 PM
Jan 2018

Hopefully something like this never happens again!
Now we need to find out where shelters actually are and if they are usable. A friend on this island was told the shelters are in "disrepair"--not a good thing.
Time to get rid of the usurper in the White House and repair our standing in the world

Cha

(297,302 posts)
24. I'm really glad I missed it, too..
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 07:05 PM
Jan 2018

Sorry, you all had to go through it.

An employee pushed the wrong button.. oh wow.

Aloha, pandr, and Mahalo!

pnwest

(3,266 posts)
10. Yeah, this stinks to high heaven. This was
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 04:00 PM
Jan 2018

no mistake, or glitch. This false alarm was a deliberate act. So many entities with motive, hard to land on one who’s most likely.

cilla4progress

(24,736 posts)
11. Too incompetent
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 04:03 PM
Jan 2018

For our state safety systems. I don't buy it.

If it were a hack, this would be the explanation, right? It would not be admitted.

davekriss

(4,618 posts)
17. One would dearly hope...
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 04:33 PM
Jan 2018

...that our national security could not be jeopardized by something so easily preventable as “an employee hit the wrong button during a shift change”. Good grief!!

 

john657

(1,058 posts)
15. No, it wasn't.
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 04:28 PM
Jan 2018

An employee, during shift change, pushed the wrong button, according to the Governor of Hawaii.

Not everything is a conspiracy.

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
16. The guy on MSNBC reported about 5 mins ago these don't just get pushed by mistake ...
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 04:30 PM
Jan 2018

... I'm not buying it

He was in the room with these guys in the last couple of days

I don't trust Nazi Don

former9thward

(32,023 posts)
14. Not Russia, Hawaii.
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 04:25 PM
Jan 2018
Gov. David Ige and head of Hawaii's Emergency Management agency, Vern Miyagi, told Hawaii News Now that the false alert was the result of human error — and boiled down to someone pushing the wrong button.


http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/37259684/ballistic-missile-threat-alert-sent-to-hawaii-phones-was-a-mistake
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