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'I'm Really Not To Blame': Fired Hawaii Worker Says False Missile Threat Was 'System Failure'
The former state employee responsible for sending out the emergency ballistic missile alert that froze the state of Hawaii for 38 minutes last month said that he felt terrible about what happened.
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Hawaii False Missile Alert Sent By Worker Who Thought Attack Was Imminent
The Hawaii employee who sent out a false alarm earlier this month warning of an incoming missile attack said he misunderstood a drill and believed that a ballistic missile had actually been fired, authorities said Tuesday.
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Hawaii Missile Alert: How One Employee 'Pushed The Wrong Button' And Caused A Wave Of Panic
Shortly after 8 a.m. local time Saturday morning, an employee at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency settled in at the start of his shift. Among his duties that day was to initiate an internal test of the emergency missile warning system: essentially, to practice sending an emergency alert to the public without actually sending it to the public.
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US Official Defends Early-Warning Systems After Hawaii False Missile Alert
A top US official on Sunday defended government early-warning systems after a false missile alert terrified Hawaii, in what a congresswoman called an epic failure that emphasized the need for talks with North Korea
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'Is This The End Of My Life?': False Missile Alert Sends Hawaii Scrambling
For 38 harrowing minutes, residents and tourists in Hawaii were left to believe that missiles were streaming across the sky toward the Pacific island chain after an erroneous alert Saturday morning by the state's emergency management agency.
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No Ballistic Missile Threat To Hawaii: Officials After False Alarm
Social media ignited Saturday after apparent screenshots of cell phone emergency alerts warning of a "ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii" began circulating, which US officials quickly dismissed as "false."
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Hawaii To Resume Cold War-Era Nuclear Siren Tests Amid North Korea Threat
Hawaii this week will resume monthly statewide testing of its Cold War-era nuclear attack warning sirens for the first time in about 30 years, in preparation for a potential missile launch from North Korea, emergency management officials said on Monday.
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'I'm Really Not To Blame': Fired Hawaii Worker Says False Missile Threat Was 'System Failure'
The former state employee responsible for sending out the emergency ballistic missile alert that froze the state of Hawaii for 38 minutes last month said that he felt terrible about what happened.
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Hawaii False Missile Alert Sent By Worker Who Thought Attack Was Imminent
The Hawaii employee who sent out a false alarm earlier this month warning of an incoming missile attack said he misunderstood a drill and believed that a ballistic missile had actually been fired, authorities said Tuesday.
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Hawaii Missile Alert: How One Employee 'Pushed The Wrong Button' And Caused A Wave Of Panic
Shortly after 8 a.m. local time Saturday morning, an employee at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency settled in at the start of his shift. Among his duties that day was to initiate an internal test of the emergency missile warning system: essentially, to practice sending an emergency alert to the public without actually sending it to the public.
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US Official Defends Early-Warning Systems After Hawaii False Missile Alert
A top US official on Sunday defended government early-warning systems after a false missile alert terrified Hawaii, in what a congresswoman called an epic failure that emphasized the need for talks with North Korea
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'Is This The End Of My Life?': False Missile Alert Sends Hawaii Scrambling
For 38 harrowing minutes, residents and tourists in Hawaii were left to believe that missiles were streaming across the sky toward the Pacific island chain after an erroneous alert Saturday morning by the state's emergency management agency.
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No Ballistic Missile Threat To Hawaii: Officials After False Alarm
Social media ignited Saturday after apparent screenshots of cell phone emergency alerts warning of a "ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii" began circulating, which US officials quickly dismissed as "false."
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Hawaii To Resume Cold War-Era Nuclear Siren Tests Amid North Korea Threat
Hawaii this week will resume monthly statewide testing of its Cold War-era nuclear attack warning sirens for the first time in about 30 years, in preparation for a potential missile launch from North Korea, emergency management officials said on Monday.
