Way to go, idiots.

Hawaii emergency officials say ballistic missile threat alert was a mistake
By Kathleen Joyce | Fox News

Hawaiians receive a false alarm of incoming missile
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard says push alert sent to phones was a false alarm.

Hawaii emergency officials confirmed Saturday an alert that a ballistic missile was inbound to the island was a mistake.


Earlier Saturday, Hawaiian citizens reported receiving an emergency alert on their phone that stated: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.”



House Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, tweeted in regard to the alert: “HAWAII – THIS IS A FALSE ALARM. THERE IS NO INCOMING MISSILE TO HAWAII. I HAVE CONFIRMED WITH OFFICIALS THERE IS NO INCOMING MISSILE.”

Hawaii Emergency Management Agency tweeted that there was “NO missile threat” to the state.

Hawaii Emergency Management agency spokesman Richard Repoza said the alert was a false alarm. He said the agency was working to determine what happened.

The alert created panic for residents on the island and across social media.

Fox News' Chad Pergram said he spoke to two people on the Kona side of the island who said they were told to stay in their hotel room and that there was a missile incoming.

Cdr. Dave Benham, a spokesman for U.S. Pacific Command, told Fox News they have "detected no ballistic missile threat to Hawaii. Earlier message was sent in error. State of Hawaii will send out a correction message as soon as possible."

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, tweeted “it was a false alarm based on human error. There is nothing more important to Hawaii than professionalizing and fool-proofing this process."

Schatz wrote in a separate tweet that what happened was "totally inexcusable."

"The whole state was terrified. There needs to be tough and quick accountability and a fixed process," the senator wrote.

The second alert sent by Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency telling citizens there was no threat arrived approximately 38 minutes after the ballistic warning threat.

Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, tweeted that she would work to find out what occurred.

“Today’s alert was a false alarm,” Hirono wrote. “At a time of heightened tensions, we need to make sure all information released to the community is accurate. We need to get to the bottom of what happened and make sure it never happens again.”

It was not immediately clear if President Trump has been briefed on the incident.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018...ert-was-mistake.html

I talked with a buddy of mine this morning. The message came in as they were driving to breakfast. He says they passed tons of folks just standing outside in their pj/shorts/etc with phones in hand looking out to sea.

Shelter? What shelter?

He said he thought about pulling over and trying to find a culvert pipe or something but he gave up and kept motoring on to the Waffle joint.

Hey, I'm sure if there really was one, they could get that Circuit Court idiot to write an opinion saying it didn't exist.

We are in Kona visiting my parents. It has been fun “calming” my children this morning. They were telling their grandma, “I don’t want to die!”

The younger ones had no clue of course. They were like their dad and didn’t panic. I knew we didn’t have anywhere to go if it was real...

I cannot imagine the panic and horror.

Takes the meaning of "fake news" to a whole 'nother level!

My son lives on Oahu, 17th floor, oh and today is his birthday.

He is saying lots of panic in the streets and a realization there's nowhere to go (bomb shelters) for the populous. He and my soon to be daughter in law were smart enough to realize the best they could do was sit and wait in the center of the apartment.

The accounts from Hawaii are wild. A moto group I follow on Facebook has a few people posting about how the roads turned into a race track and people really freaked out.

they're on an island - where they gonna go? To another part of the island?

morons and idiots

probably suffering from heat stroke and Trump derangement Syndrome

A wrong button was pushed during a shift change? Jesus, really? That caused this insane mess? Wow.

Yeah, that's nuts.

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he gave up and kept motoring on to the Waffle joint.

If you are going to die, might as well get some vittles.

My guess is that there will be a job opening shortly. Perhaps this time some training will be required along with a rudimentary screening.


I am sort of surprised as they seemed prepared for Tsunami warnings.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
My guess is that there will be a job opening shortly. Perhaps this time some training will be required along with a rudimentary screening.


I am sort of surprised as they seemed prepared for Tsunami warnings.

And maybe they'll finally move the "Missile INBOUND Button" so it's not right next to the shift change button, whatever that is.

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
My son lives on Oahu, 17th floor, oh and today is his birthday.

He is saying lots of panic in the streets and a realization there's nowhere to go (bomb shelters) for the populous. He and my soon to be daughter in law were smart enough to realize the best they could do was sit and wait in the center of the apartment.

They were panicked because their cell phones didn't have enough battery life left to video the incoming missile.

In times of stress like this, one must keep firmly in mind what is really important.

Charge your batteries!

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
And maybe they'll finally move the "Missile INBOUND Button" so it's not right next to the shift change button, whatever that is.

LOL! and maybe put a couple bucks on one of these...

Ren & Stimpy must work for the Hawaii Emergency Management agency.


Link to original video: https://youtu.be/dM3xL3tZChM


And Stimpy just couldn't resist.



Link to original video: https://youtu.be/Yx_fKg2Cn48

If everyone on the island would just run to the east side of the island, they could tip the west side up and the missle would fly under the island into the ocean.

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
If everyone on the island would just run to the east side of the island, they could tip the west side up and the missle would fly under the island into the ocean.

That would only work in Guam

Hawaii is officially out of clean underwear...