Apparently, he had pressed the wrong buttons -- like pressing the 'send' button too soon on your screen! Hint!
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Dad Adnan Mesiwala told Reuters: "This morning we were actually getting ready to go to the beach. I've got a two month old, my family was together.
"When we got the alarm, we were actually terrified. We're on the 36th floor of our hotel, and we didn't know what to do. We were kind of frantic, we got our shoes on, we're about to come downstairs when the lobby told us to stay indoors. We're still nervous. We were up 36 floors. We put the baby in the bathroom. We didn't know what else to do - in a stroller - in case we had to run.
It was a frantic morning. My wife was in tears and we didn't know what to do. "
Got a text from my friend in Maui. Can't even imagine how frightening that was. The explanation sounds really fishy to me. But I may just be used to the world turning into a giant John LeCarre novel.
The president was on the course at his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, after the alert was issued at 1:09 p.m. EST, according to press pool reports. His motorcade didn’t leave the club for Mar-a-Lago until 1:38 p.m.
Hawaii residents said 'I love yous' and 'goodbyes' thinking they had just minutes to live after bogus missile warning
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/hawaii-missile-threat-warning-2018-11848793
I have a sister-in-law, niece, and a dozens of friends in Hawaii, and nearly all on Oahu which would be the targeted. Heard from a lot of them. The reactions ranged from panic, to resignation, to total disbelief (certainty that it was a false alarm).
Someone didn’t follow procedures laid out in checklists and there will be consequences. They reevaluate their procedures, training and process checklists and make revisions. One person shouldn’t be able to make a mistake like this.
You must be referring to the two Navy ship collisions, which was ultimately due to several years of cutting corners on training due to funding reductions combined with no decrease in mission requirements. However, this one was the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (a state agency) that screwed it up. I'd guess someone will sue. If anyone had a heart attack that can be proven to be related, they could probably sue and get some money. Won't do anything for anyone that died, but might help the family out.Seems a lot of the Pacific side of things have been pretty sloppy lately. The ships and now this.
The stress level it created may have caused a few heart attacks.
You must be referring to the two Navy ship collisions, which was ultimately due to several years of cutting corners on training due to funding reductions combined with no decrease in mission requirements. However, this one was the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (a state agency) that screwed it up. I'd guess someone will sue. If anyone had a heart attack that can be proven to be related, they could probably sue and get some money. Won't do anything for anyone that died, but might help the family out.
There were lots of mistakes and accidents involving nuclear weapons and false alarms about nuclear attacks due to human error and technical glitches during the Cold War, and after. Probably hundreds of them. I have a couple in mind and I Googled and Wikipedia has them listed and some others - and that isn't an all inclusive list by any means.I can't remember this ever happening even in the middle of the Cold War right?
My brother and sister in law live on Oahu, he is an E-5 in the Army. We got text messages from them both passing on their love. Surprisingly they didn't really panic.
My brother in law said he was hungry and made eggs and sausage as they waited for the inevitable. He told me "if I'm going out I'm not going out hungry."
There were lots of mistakes and accidents involving nuclear weapons and false alarms about nuclear attacks due to human error and technical glitches during the Cold War, and after. Probably hundreds of them. I have a couple in mind and I Googled and Wikipedia has them listed and some others - and that isn't an all inclusive list by any means.
Most I’ve heard from figured out quickly that it was almost certainly a false alarm. The sirens didn’t go off and they would for a real incoming attack. My old golf group that plays every Saturday morning didn’t even stop playing. They’re all military or retired military. However, based on my Facebook feed several were shook up by the experience.My brother and sister in law live on Oahu, he is an E-5 in the Army. We got text messages from them both passing on their love. Surprisingly they didn't really panic.
My brother in law said he was hungry and made eggs and sausage as they waited for the inevitable. He told me "if I'm going out I'm not going out hungry."
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Most I’ve heard from figured out quickly that it was almost certainly a false alarm. The sirens didn’t go off and they would for a real incoming attack. My old golf group that plays every Saturday morning didn’t even stop playing. They’re all military or retired military. However, based on my Facebook feed several were shook up by the experience.
My friend was at a swap meet and said a lot of the vendors left their shops unattended to rush home to families. They didn't know for almost 30 minutes. I bet a lot of people don't know, or don't remember that a siren would go off for something like that..
Most I’ve heard from figured out quickly that it was almost certainly a false alarm. The sirens didn’t go off and they would for a real incoming attack. My old golf group that plays every Saturday morning didn’t even stop playing. They’re all military or retired military. However, based on my Facebook feed several were shook up by the experience.
The Aloha Stadium Swap Meet has been around for almost 40 years. Been there a few times, but anyway, I’m sure there were quite a few people that reacted that way. I hope no one had a heart attack or died in an accident rushing home.My friend was at a swap meet and said a lot of the vendors left their shops unattended to rush home to families. They didn't know for almost 30 minutes. I bet a lot of people don't know, or don't remember that a siren would go off for something like that.
This isn't the one on Maui at the high school. I love the swap meets there. I hadn't thought about accidents, that would be horrible.The Aloha Stadium Swap Meet has been around for almost 40 years. Been there a few times, but anyway, I’m sure there were quite a few people that reacted that way. I hope no one had a heart attack or died in an accident rushing home.
It’s Hawaii - the state is very inefficient. Could have been a dozen screwups between sending the false alarm and figuring out they sent out a false alarm and finally determining the right person to contact to fix it.What I don't understand is why it took so long to send out that it was a mistake? Any ideas?
That Japan had a similar occurrence today doesn't hurt your conspiracy theory.Now that enough time has passed, I’ll fly another possibility out there for the conspiracy theorists among us - someone hacked Hawaii’s alert system.
That was my first thought, but didn't want to be considered a conspiracy nut. That's what I assumed happen before we heard the story.Now that enough time has passed, I’ll fly another possibility out there for the conspiracy theorists among us - someone hacked Hawaii’s alert system.
If you're inclined toward the conspiracy theory, what's the motivation for whoever did the hacking? Who is the likely culprit?That was my first thought, but didn't want to be considered a conspiracy nut. That's what I assumed happen before we heard the story.
If you're inclined toward the conspiracy theory, what's the motivation for whoever did the hacking? Who is the likely culprit?
If you're inclined toward the conspiracy theory, what's the motivation for whoever did the hacking? Who is the likely culprit?
What benefit would they get from this?North Korea has the most direct benefit from panic begat by a report of a North Korean nuclear missile attack. Plus they have a documented history of hacks against targets that have upset them . . . and the timing is suspect with Tillerson opening the sanctions against North Korea conference today . . . without the Chinese and Russians being invited.
I thought I saw that the false alarm was due to a really poor software interface producing the not surprising human error?What benefit would they get from this?
Might be. Just trying to flesh out a good conspiracy theory here.I thought I saw that the false alarm was due to a really poor software interface producing the not surprising human error?
I thought I saw that the false alarm was due to a really poor software interface producing the not surprising human error?
http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/01/hawaii-missile-warning-set-off-by-bad-design.htmlMight be. Just trying to flesh out a good conspiracy theory here.
Aliens - for grain silos?http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/01/hawaii-missile-warning-set-off-by-bad-design.html
can we play the thought experiment with other events too? Suppose that the pyramids weren't built by humans. Who built them and why? Hmmm!!!
What is that leads so many to move towards outlandish fantasies as history? Slightly off topic...the long legacy of fake histories tied into extremist groups is interesting. Here is a lefty take on the backwaters of right wing fake histories. https://www.alternet.org/right-wing/guide-modern-far-rightAliens - for grain silos?