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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

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I 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.

In Ala Moana lots of people were looking out their windows but most people seemed to think it was just a mistake, and were waiting for more confirmation, from what I saw.

Re: Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say

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Earlier 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?

Nobody teaches anyone about cover during a nuclear strike anymore. In fact, the concept is frequently mocked as cynical Cold War era propaganda.

Yeah, because putting your head down against an interior wall or under a desk is going to make any difference.

Re: Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say

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I 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.

What part of the island were you on? Out in Hawaii Kai no sirens sounded so it was a collective “meh, probably a mistake.”

Waikiki - it was super confused here.

Re: Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say

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Doesn't everyone know that the best defense against such an attack is: "duck and cover"? Further, the desks of school children could be used as shelter/cover since everyone knows that these desks are made of the most powerful adamantium/vibranium alloy.

To play devils advocate here, because I agree those old videos were stupid, I think the point was survival in the case of indirect hits. If a building is bombed nearby and you're not close, hiding under whatever is similar to protecting yourself from an earthquake .. that is any debris that could fall from the shock.

Re: Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say

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Pro tip: if you are conducting a drill, refrain from using the words "THIS IS NOT A DRILL".

Now that they've already said that, next time they have to add "WE REALLY MEAN IT THIS TIME".

Do we really use capital letters for an alarm?

Re: Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say

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post #14

Doesn't everyone know that the best defense against such an attack is: "duck and cover"? Further, the desks of school children could be used as shelter/cover since everyone knows that these desks are made of the most powerful adamantium/vibranium alloy.

I also keep an old refrigerator in my house to climb into.

Re: Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say

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post #23
post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What part of the island were you on? Out in Hawaii Kai no sirens sounded so it was a collective “meh, probably a mistake.”

Waikiki - it was super confused here.

That makes a lot of sense. What a shitty way to start a day.

Re: Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say

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So either this was a security breach, a human mistake or a psyops/test on a small isolated American population.

In the first case, we'll probably only be told about it if they actually make an arrest and the system is patched.

The second is an interesting case, we'll come back to.

The final one: it was intentional and used to track what happened on the islands, and to also watch that information propagate back to the mainland. I feel like all of America has forgotten about PRISM/the NSA. With their immense data collection architectures and ties to large tech companies, they could easily filter the keywords and images they want, and get measurements of how quickly this information propagates and how people react.

Even more freaky, they can use language processing to even get numbers about what people might be feeling! I think we've all forgotten about this and it should be a chilling affect.

In the final case, we will, of course, never know. Anyone who suggests it will be called a conspiracy theorist (even though there is evidence the US government has preformed operations like this in the past, e.g. COINTELPRO) and the official line will be either reason 1 or 2 .. possibly with a patsy to arrest if need be. The truth will be declassified in 30~40 years so some people will be able to say "I told you so," but long beyond the time period anyone will actually care.

Re: Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, Officials Say

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Doesn't everyone know that the best defense against such an attack is: "duck and cover"? Further, the desks of school children could be used as shelter/cover since everyone knows that these desks are made of the most powerful adamantium/vibranium alloy.

Your crap humor could use work.
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