Hawaii Gov. David Ige reportedly said he couldn’t notify the public during the 38-minute false missile alarm because he forgot his Twitter password. The missile notification system was accidentally triggered last week after an employee mistakenly pushed the wrong button. Hawaii Gov. David Ige said the panic that ensued during […]
A false alert warning of an inbound missile was broadcast in Hawaii on Saturday. Since then, people have discovered that a photo taken in Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency for a news article in July includes a sticky note with a password. Hawaii says the alert was sent was because “an […]
A worker who sent Hawaii’s false missile alert has reportedly been reassigned, not fired. The civil defence employee “feels terrible” about the situation. A two-step process is in place to send out alerts. The worker who sent a false missile alert to Hawaiian residents on Saturday has reportedly been reassigned. […]
A local news anchor from Houston who was in Honolulu, Hawaii on Saturday posted a screenshot showing several frightened text messages she received after a false emergency alert went out warning of an impending ballistic missile threat to the state. The anchor, Sara Donchey, said on Twitter that her family […]
A false alarm was broadcast to Hawaii on Saturday warning of an inbound ballistic missile, causing widespread panic. Officials quickly confirmed afterward that the alert was a false alarm and had been sent out by mistake. Hawaii Gov. David Ige said the alert was caused by an employee pushing the […]
An emergency alert went out Saturday morning warning Hawaii of an incoming ballistic missile threat. The alert turned out to be a false alarm. As state officials quickly worked to address the mistake, the White House released a statement in which it appeared to distance itself from the situation in […]
People in Hawaii woke up to a frightening emergency alert Saturday morning which warned of an impending missile targeting the state. It was a false alarm. The alert interrupted radio and TV stations across the state. Watch the harrowing moment when it disrupted a soccer game. People in Hawaii were […]
