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Ballistic Missile False Alarm Terrorizes Hawaiians
2018-01-13
[Breitbart] Across Hawaii, residents got an ominous message on their phones’ Emergency Alert System (EAS) telling them to "seek immediate shelter" from a "ballistic missile threat."

White House Deputy Press Secretary Lindsay Walters later implied the false warning stemmed from a state, rather than federal, mishap. "The President has been briefed on the state of Hawaii’s emergency management exercise. This was purely a state exercise," he said in a statement

According to the Associated Press (AP), Hawaii Emergency Management Agency spokesman Richard Repoza confirmed a false alarm.

"Hawaii Emergency Management Agency spokesman Richard Repoza said it was a false alarm and the agency is trying to determine what happened.," the AP reports.

The message, initially thought authentic, spread quickly on social media, prompting some panic, as Fox News reported Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) estimated over one million Hawaiians received the erroneous alert. The EAS protocol should only be available to government officials.
Posted by:Besoeker

#11  What happened to the flashing red popup: "Do you really really really want to send this?"
Posted by: KBK   2018-01-13 23:47  

#10  Maybe a "this is my last day, screw you" employee moment?
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2018-01-13 19:30  

#9  Susan Rice says it's OK, couldn't possibly happen. Settle down
Posted by: Frank G   2018-01-13 19:14  

#8  It's a government system, meaning it's available for Russian, Chinese, Nork and well, just about anybody in the world with a little computer skills.

Government and computer security apparently does not go hand in hand.
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2018-01-13 18:57  

#7  Oh, the EAS should only be available to government officials, I presume above a certain rank. Please, do go on Ms. Gabbard.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2018-01-13 18:33  

#6  Nice work! Next time when it is a real alert, people will just roll their eyes and say "Not again!". Just like in that fable, "The Boy Who Cried Incoming".
Posted by: SteveS   2018-01-13 17:51  

#5  Video surfaced showing parents putting their children into storm drains and culverts for protection.
Posted by: Cheretle Angeans6218   2018-01-13 16:34  

#4  Wonder if there's a chinese tourist stampede home?
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-01-13 16:34  

#3  ...How
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-01-13 16:28  

#2  Had those last 8 years of Obama worked out for you?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-01-13 16:27  

#1  "The EAS protocol should only be available to government officials."
So what I assumed was correct. If they knew, they wouldn't warn the rest of us. They'd be too busy running.
Posted by: ed in texas   2018-01-13 15:49  

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