It's definitely understandable how Kimmel & Short were sacked for being dismissive of intelligence reports and not maintaining readiness.
And you can cite evidence where either Kimmel or Short ever "dismissed" a single intelligence report, or failed to order alert levels as ordered by Washington?
The truth of the matter is they were never warned of the coming air attack, and they did order and report to Washington alert levels appropriate for the warnings they actually received -- warnings against sabotage.