Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say
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Re: Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say
#2I woke up to this this morning on the island of Oahu. People running around on the street freaking out and police / fire engine sirens going off.
Everyone cheered when the “False alarm” SMS came through across the phones.
Secure your networks people - this electronic psyops stuff is real.
Re: Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say
#3I woke up to this this morning on the island of Oahu. People running around on the street freaking out and police / fire engine sirens going off. Everyone cheered when the “False alarm” SMS came through across the phones. Secure your networks people - this electronic psyops stuff is real.
Apparently it was some sort of test gone wrong not a malicious intrusion into an insecure network.
Re: Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say
#4I woke up to this this morning on the island of Oahu. People running around on the street freaking out and police / fire engine sirens going off. Everyone cheered when the “False alarm” SMS came through across the phones. Secure your networks people - this electronic psyops stuff is real.
Why are people running around in the streets freaking out when they are told to seek cover because there is an incoming missile?
Re: Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say
#5I woke up to this this morning on the island of Oahu. People running around on the street freaking out and police / fire engine sirens going off. Everyone cheered when the “False alarm” SMS came through across the phones. Secure your networks people - this electronic psyops stuff is real.
Why are people running around in the streets freaking out when they are told to seek cover because there is an incoming missile?
There’s not much of a consensus on “cover”, hence people seek insight on the concept from law enforcement officials.
Is it cover when you’re inside but 30 floors up in a high rise?
Re: Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say
#6I woke up to this this morning on the island of Oahu. People running around on the street freaking out and police / fire engine sirens going off. Everyone cheered when the “False alarm” SMS came through across the phones. Secure your networks people - this electronic psyops stuff is real.
I was Facetiming with my gf when our session was "paused". She sent me a pic of notification on her phone. [0]
Even more disturbing was the instructions of the initial warning which was to "hide in a safe place".
Terrifying.
Re: Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why are people running around in the streets freaking out when they are told to seek cover because there is an incoming missile?
There’s not much of a consensus on “cover”, hence people seek insight on the concept from law enforcement officials. Is it cover when you’re inside but 30 floors up in a high rise?
That is actually reasonably well-established - check out this:
http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/58cc34b9112f7043268...
Not common knowledge, though, in part because nuclear hazards have been painted in an exaggerated light by Hollywood (basically, no point in trying to survive, because everybody is going to die and what's going to be left is a 1,000-year lethal nuclear wasteland), and in part because we stopped worrying after the end of the Cold War.
Despite the goofy title, this is a remarkably good book from the 1960s, citing some actual science, that helps grasp the actual dangers and the survivability of nuclear attacks or accidents:
http://www.madisoncountyema.com/nwss.pdf
PS. For folks interested in less apocalyptic emergency preparedness tasks, I maintain a handy guide:
Re: Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say
#8Pro tip: if you are conducting a drill, refrain from using the words "THIS IS NOT A DRILL".
Re: Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say
#9I woke up to this this morning on the island of Oahu. People running around on the street freaking out and police / fire engine sirens going off. Everyone cheered when the “False alarm” SMS came through across the phones. Secure your networks people - this electronic psyops stuff is real.
Why are people running around in the streets freaking out when they are told to seek cover because there is an incoming missile?
Because they believe they and their entire families are about to be turned to dust. I don't know if I would act rationally in that situation.
Re: Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say
#10I woke up to this this morning on the island of Oahu. People running around on the street freaking out and police / fire engine sirens going off. Everyone cheered when the “False alarm” SMS came through across the phones. Secure your networks people - this electronic psyops stuff is real.
Why are people running around in the streets freaking out when they are told to seek cover because there is an incoming missile?
Because "seek cover" is known to be code for "you are about to die"?