Hawaii Gets Fake Alert About Inbound Missile
Source: The Daily Beast
Hawaii residents woke up to a text message warning of an imminent missile attack on Saturday, though authorities quickly said there was no such threat. Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek shelter immediately. This is not a drill, the warning read. The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency tweeted out a statement saying there is no missile threat to the area after news of the alerts had flooded Twitter. Authorities have yet to comment on the source of the bogus alerts.
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/fake-missile-alert-sent-out-to-hawaii-residents
should we suspect the Russians? or North Koreans? or Trump for the faulty warning?
Ccarmona
(1,180 posts)Still shaking here on Maui.
msongs
(67,420 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)I always have a low-grade background fear these days that we might precipitate something terrible, and I'd still be shaking also.
billh58
(6,635 posts)and waiting 35 minutes for an explanation is not "quickly." I'm still trying to find out where to send the laundry bill...
mahina
(17,668 posts)The junk part is, aside from everybody panicking, is that it could have started a damn war with * in the Oval Office.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)Christ. Poor people. Idiots on tv talking about drills. Yeah, they do duck and cover.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,612 posts)doc03
(35,348 posts)on NK
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)RussBLib
(9,020 posts)how easy would it be to plant a few messages?
could we go to war based on an effective hack?
with Trump stinking up the White House?
fountainofyouth
(409 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)fountainofyouth
(409 posts)They have the means and the motive more than any other country in this case, wouldn't you agree?
ETA: Oh, other news coverage has been clearer than what I was reading above. If it came from an official messaging system, then yeah I would assume operator error. My bad.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)both the DRPK and he personally are domed.
So in my opinion the much greater danger is Herr Shithole.
withoutapaddle
(263 posts). What a world. We will all have PTSD soon.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)From their troubles.
Message: "Let's bomb NK before they CAN do this!" War...war...now.
That's the ticket.
Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D) saying that TRump needs to do something immediately about this threat. Talks need to begin immediately.
elleng
(130,974 posts)Basic LA
(2,047 posts)She texted me a screen shot of the warning. A hell of a lot of people over there were thrown into panic. Big story.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)I cannot imagine how terrifying that text message would have been.
This isn't a reality show - this is a horror show.
JohnnyRingo
(18,636 posts)After all, they have enough money for their own defense. LOL
proud patriot
(100,707 posts)There's no where to run to for shelter here .. We live in rural captain cook ..
I am so angry right now .. at trump at russia at n korea ...
What do I want PEACE when do I want it NOW
lamp_shade
(14,836 posts)What a terrifying experience.
proud patriot
(100,707 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(11,612 posts)proud patriot
(100,707 posts):hugs:
LudwigPastorius
(9,155 posts)in the Oval Office with his tiny hand on his "big nuclear button".
MustLoveBeagles
(11,612 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)It was an error.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)Was it from a reputable source that would cause panic? Reputable meaning The Hawaii EMA.
christx30
(6,241 posts)lark
(23,105 posts)Such a great ad could be written about drumpf's administration, ahem, "keeping America safe" by "accidentally" lying about a missle attack? Don't think the deplorables will like this, st least those that have even a shred of sanity left won't.
Sam McGee
(347 posts)orangecrush
(19,572 posts)"Hawaii residents woke up to a text message warning of an imminent missile attack on Saturday, though authorities quickly said there was no such threat. Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek shelter immediately. This is not a drill, the warning read. The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency tweeted out a statement saying there is no missile threat to the area after news of the alerts had flooded Twitter. Hawaii Gov. David Ige later said the warning and subsequent panic were caused by an employee pressing the wrong button during a shift change."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fake-missile-alert-sent-out-to-hawaii-residents
This is very, very bad.
Now in the event of an actual attack, warnings might be ignored.
john657
(1,058 posts)needs to be taken to the proverbial woodshed.
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)stand them tall before the man.
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)orangecrush
(19,572 posts)to say the least.
You can bet this will be investigated with a fine toothcomb.
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)who benefits if the U.S. is seen to take the first shot?
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)christx30
(6,241 posts)and they also get to save face by helping the East against the American aggressor.
wobblie
(61 posts)orangecrush
(19,572 posts)It was Hawaiian Emergency Management.
(Civil Defense.)
wobblie
(61 posts)ancianita
(36,095 posts)riversedge
(70,242 posts)nytimes.com
Hawaii Panics After Alert About Incoming Missile Is Sent in Error
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/us/hawaii-missile.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Adam Nagourney, David E. Sanger and Johanna Barr
8-10 minutes
An image of the alert sent to cellphones on Saturday morning.
An early-morning emergency alert mistakenly warning of an incoming ballistic missile attack was dispatched to cellphones across Hawaii on Saturday, setting off widespread panic in a state that was already on emotional edge because of escalating tensions between the United States and North Korea.
Officials cancelled the alert, sent out by Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, nearly 40 minutes after it was issued in a scramble of confusion over why it was released and why it took so long to rescind. Outrage was immediately expressed by state officials and among people who live in what is normally a famously tranquil part of the Pacific, as well as tourists swept up in the panic.
The public must have confidence in our emergency alert system, the governor, David Y. Ige, said. I am working to get to the bottom of this so we can prevent an error of this type in the future.
Officials said the alert was the result of human error and not the work of hackers or a foreign government. The mistake occurred during a shift-change drill that takes place three times a day at the emergency command post, according to Richard Rapoza, a spokesman for the agency. He said a new procedure was put in place hours after the mistake requiring two-step authentication before any such alert is sent out.
At no time, officials said, was there any indication that a nuclear attack had been launched on the United States.
The Federal Communications Commission announced Saturday afternoon it had begun a full investigation into the FALSE missile alert in Hawaii.
The alert went out at about 8:10 a.m., lighting up phones of people still in bed, having coffee by the beach at a Waikiki resort, or up for an early surf. BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL, it read.
Hawaii has been on high emotional alert it began staging monthly air-raid drills, complete with sirens, in December since President Trump and Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, began exchanging nuclear threats. It would take about 37 minutes for a missile launched from North Korea to reach Hawaii; Honolulu is 5,700 miles from Pyongyang.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,350 posts)Orson Welles told reporters on October 30, 1938 that no one connected with the broadcast had any idea it would cause panic.