{"id":391405,"date":"2018-01-14T09:03:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T09:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=391405"},"modified":"2018-01-14T09:06:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T09:06:10","slug":"hawaii-missile-alert-false-alarm-sparks-panic-us-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/hawaii-missile-alert-false-alarm-sparks-panic-us-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii missile alert: False alarm sparks panic in US state"},"content":{"rendered":"

An incoming missile alert plunged residents of Hawaii into panic on Saturday morning before it was declared a false alarm.<\/p>\n

Mobile phone users received a message saying: “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.”<\/p>\n

State Governor David Ige apologised and said it was caused by an employee pressing the wrong button.<\/p>\n

The US government announced there would be a full investigation.<\/p>\n

An alert system is in place because of the potential proximity of Hawaii to North Korean missiles.<\/p>\n

In December, the state tested its nuclear warning siren for the first time since the end of the Cold War.<\/p>\n

How was the alert released?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The false warning message was sent to people’s mobile devices, and was also broadcast on television and radio stations.<\/p>\n

The phone message notification, all in capital letters, went out at 08:07 (18:07 GMT).<\/p>\n

It was corrected by email 18 minutes later\u00a0but there was no follow-up mobile text for 38 minutes, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports.<\/p>\n

Governor Ige said human error during one of the thrice-daily shift changes at the state’s Emergency Management Agency (EMA) was to blame for the false alert.<\/p>\n

“It was a procedure that occurs at the change of shift where they go through to make sure that the system, that it’s working. And an employee pushed the wrong button,” he explained.<\/p>\n

“It was an inadvertent mistake,” said EMA administrator Vern Miyagi. “The change of shift is about three people. That should have been caught… it should not have happened.”<\/p>\n

Television and radio broadcasts across the state were interrupted with a recorded emergency message instructing people to stay indoors.<\/p>\n

“If you are outdoors seek immediate shelter in a building. Remain indoors well away from windows. If you are driving pull safely to the side of the road and seek shelter in a building while laying on the floor. We’ll announce when the threat has ended. This is not a drill!”<\/p>\n

How did Hawaiians react?<\/strong><\/p>\n

People in the US state have been sharing stories of momentary frenzy and the panic-stricken messages they exchanged with loved ones after they received the alert.<\/p>\n

Videos posted on social media appeared to show students at the University of Hawaii running for shelter after the missile threat was issued.<\/p>\n

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Matt Lopresti, a member of the Hawaiian House of Representatives, was at home when he received the alert on his mobile phone.<\/p>\n

He described how he and his family had sought shelter in a bath tub.<\/p>\n

“We got our children, grabbed our emergency supplies, put them in our most enclosed room in our house which is our bathroom,” he told local broadcaster KGMB.<\/p>\n

“We put them in the bath tub, said our prayers, tried to find out what the hell was going on because we didn’t hear any alarms, any of the sirens.<\/p>\n

“There’s not much else you can do in that situation. You know, we did what we could… and I am very angry right now because it shouldn’t be this easy to make such a big mistake.”<\/p>\n

Golfers were also thrown into alarm\u00a0ahead of the US PGA Hawaii Open in Honolulu, with US player Talor Gooch tweeting that “birdies didn’t seem too important for a few minutes”.<\/p>\n

What happened <\/strong>with the button?<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the US military confirmed no missile threat had been detected, and the alert had been released in error, Governor Ige explained:<\/p>\n

“It was a procedure that occurs at the change of shift which they go through to make sure that the system is working, and an employee pushed the wrong button.”<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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