Fear. Alarm. And tears. For 38 minutes, Hawaii thought it was under attack

[Guest Larstrup]

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow)

People huddled in their bathtubs. They ran into businesses or rushed into basements. They got into storm drains.

For nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, Hawaii's 1.4 million residents thought they were under ballistic missile attack — and they did everything they could to try to get to safety.

At 8:07 a.m., this alert went out to all Hawaii cell phones: "Missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter."

It took city and military officials about 15 minutes to confirm the message was sent in error.

And it wasn't until 8:43 a.m. that an all clear message was sent to Hawaii phones, 38 minutes after the first message sounded.

In that time, many sought any shelter that they could find while others called loved ones, crying — and fearing it might be the last time they spoke.

"People were running ... they were all desperate," said Waikiki resident Vinicius Pereira. 

Adnan Mesiwala, a visitor, said he and his family was on the 36th floor of a hotel when they got the alert.

"We were actually terrified, and we didn't know what to do," he said. "We were kind of frantic. We put the baby in the bathroom and didn't know what else to do. My wife was in tears."

He added, "With the political climate that we are in today, there needs to be not only accountability but there has to be people thinking forward in terms of how their action will cause a response."

At the University of Hawaii at Manoa, panicked students ran across the campus, looking for any cover they could find.

One video on social media showed an adult putting children into a storm drain; other social media images showed residents huddling in bathtubs.

"When we got the alert, we were obviously very scared," said Heather Dygert, who was at home with her husband and two young girls when the alert went out. "We immediately got our emergency supplies and came into the bathroom. Water, a lantern, first aid kit, food and a radio and just kept our phones on and waited to see what happened."

Will Donald Trump find a method to correct Hawaii's error? He's our president. How will handle this?

Will Trump blame this on a failing Pacific island which has no connection to the United States, Let alone it's infrastructure.

http:// http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/37259815/biggest-fright-of-my-life-many-scramble-for-shelter-after-false-alarm-missile-warning

[MsGuy]

Let's see now:

There's the possibility that Rocket Boy has a missile of the requisite range  AND a guidance system sufficiently accurate AND  a warhead sized nuke AND a re-entry vehicle  AND the nerve to use it AND it all works just right the very first time.

There's the chance my way too expensive Sumatran roast will get cold if I go running about like Chicken Little.

I think I would bet on a fuck up in the warning system and finish my coffee.

[AdamSmith]

And that we have like four thousand more warheads (maybe after SALT II and Reagan/Gorbachev that is not true) and delivery vehicles, than anybody else.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Integrated_Operational_Plan

[BiBottomBoy]

"So what if people in Hawaii were terrified after that alert. Just another shithole nation populated by jiggs who bring drinks to people honeymooning with their third wives."

President Donald J. Trump.

[RA1]

What did the military do?  Same as last time?

Best regards,

RA1

[tassojunior]

On 1/14/2018 at 3:41 AM, AdamSmith said:

And that we have like four thousand more warheads (maybe after SALT II and Reagan/Gorbachev that is not true) and delivery vehicles, than anybody else.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Integrated_Operational_Plan

So we can kill them so many more times than they can kill us. Getting hit by one even one nuke scares me.

I guess because it was early there no suicides. I can certainly think of better ways to go than as a marshmallow over a campfire. 

[AdamSmith]

2 hours ago, tassojunior said:

So we can kill them so many more times than they can kill us. Getting hit by one even one nuke scares me.

I guess because it was early there no suicides. I can certainly think of better ways to go than as a marshmallow over a campfire. 

Your solution is eagerly awaited.