Hawaii Missile Alert: False Alarm Sparks Panic In Us State

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42677604

Just who did they think was attacking Hawaii......zee Germans, or perhaps the Japs again ?

[Islay]

Well unfortunately it could any number of parties attacking them, but its good to see that the system works.

[mikey4444]

Not sure that it worked at all. If there really had been a ballistic missile attack on Hawaii, 100,000's of people would have been killed.

[Islay]

The purpose of the system is to give a warning and to try and save as many people as possible - the system worked as in it gave out a warning.
Now it could be argued that if there are not enough shelters then people will die - but that's a different matter!

[naomi24]

Mikey, the answer to your question is in your link.

//An alert system is in place because of the potential proximity of Hawaii to North Korean missiles.//

[DTCwordfan]

wonder if they had the system in place when Capt. Cook 'attacked'?

[Gromit]

// the Japs //

Oh dear.

[Zacs-Master]

Yet another example of someone asking a question where the answer is contained in the article.

[mikey4444]

Looks like this was an accident waiting to happen :::

"It was corrected by email 18 minutes later but there was no follow-up mobile text for 38 minutes, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports"

[Togo]

Japs Mikey? Perhaps we should nip this in the bud.

[-Talbot-]

Gromit
// the Japs //

Oh dear.


Zee Germans is fine I take it?

Personally, it doesn't bother me but to have one thread ongoing shouting 'racist' and another typing Japs and Zee Germans appears to be somewhat hypocritical.

Doesn't it?

[Zacs-Master]

It does indeed Talbot. But it seems to have been......overlooked?

[ichkeria]

Re Japs I think mikey was using the language of the Yanks :-)

I hope that this mistake is as bad as it gets

[ichkeria]

...meaning the Hawaiian one (!)

[douglas9401]

The operative who sent the message by mistake has been into his supervisors office and given a rocket.

[Old_Geezer]

Rocket man, probably. (That Elton has a lot to answer for.)
One would have thought such a group text send would have a confirmation asking if one is sure.

[ichkeria]

It is good to know that while all this was going on The President of the US was out on the golf course: braving the skies rather than cowering in a bunker (at least not a nuclear one) .
His 120th day's holiday of the year ...