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Hawaii issues missile warning in error, sending panic on - social media.

Posted: Jan 13th, 2018 - 2:08 pm

Residents and visitors in the Hawaiian Islands Saturday received a missile warning alert in error, but not before creating a panic on social media.

The alert read in all capital letters: “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.”

The alert was sent sometime after 8 a.m. local time, and many people took to Twitter to share screenshots of their phones.

A second emergency alert went out about 40 minutes later clarifying that the first alert was a false alarm, CNN associate producer Amanda Golden tweeted. “Repeat. False Alarm” the second alert read.

The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency eventually tweeted “NO missile threat to Hawaii.”

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Hawaii issues missile warning in error, sending panic on - social media. (Views: 417, 2018-01-13, 2:08 pm)
- We are going to find out what happened and why. This better - not be a hack. I read an article on Tech Times (Views: 252, 2018-01-13, 2:49 pm)
  - Someone pushed the wrong button to send the ballistic - missile alarm, Hawaii governor says. (Views: 478, 2018-01-13, 2:51 pm)
    - Why did it take 40 minutes to regain control? What button? - Imagine setting up a warning this (Views: 416, 2018-01-13, 2:56 pm)
      - I'm sure this system is handled by a computer these - days which means a deliberate action (Views: 290, 2018-01-13, 3:03 pm)
  - Heard on the radio that whoever pushed the button did it - a second time even after the warning came (Views: 273, 2018-01-14, 5:34 am)