Posted on 11/03/2017 3:23:10 PM PDT by Jyotishi
The trip is Donald Trump's first to the Pacific state, which residents fear could be in the firing line of a North Korean missile.
Image: Hawaiians fear they may be in the firing line if the war of words escalates
Donald Trump will arrive in Hawaii later as the islands step up emergency preparations to deal with a possible nuclear strike from North Korea.
The US President is making his first visit to the country's Pacific outpost en route to a critical 12-day swing through Asia.
And Hawaiians are growing increasingly nervous that Mr Trump's war of words with Kim Jong Un is putting them in Pyongyang's firing line.
A nuclear warning siren, not used since the height of the Cold War, will be reinstated next month. Public meetings are being held to advise people on how to be prepared for an attack and its aftermath.
Video: Hawaii faces possibility of N Korea attack
Vern Miyagi, the head of Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency, denies that it is causing unnecessary alarm to islanders. He says that although the risk of attack is small, preparation is vital.
He told Sky News: "It is the elephant in the room and we can't ignore it.
"We have to take measures to educate the public and facilitate our early warning notification to the public.
"I can't be doing this when something has happened. We have to get this done ahead of time."
It is estimated that it would take just 20 minutes for a missile from North Korea to reach Hawaii.
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“And Hawaiians are growing increasingly nervous that Mr Trump’s war of words with Kim Jong Un is putting them in Pyongyang’s firing line.”
Yep, Trump’s words, not the madman’s threats, are what make them nervous.
Eight years of mushy foreign relations and a mushy Hawaii liberal state government, not President Trump who makes this world more dangerous.
Maybe we should have let the Japaneses have the islands. ikn 1941.
Japanese Hawaii: It would still be a North Korean target.
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