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Hawaii Issues Missile Warning in Error, Sending Panic on Social Media
KTLA ^ | JANUARY 13, 2018 | CINDY VON QUEDNOW

Posted on 01/13/2018 12:02:36 PM PST by gandalftb

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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To: doorgunner69

Lived in CA, home of FR for 41 years. I know the feeling.


61 posted on 01/14/2018 7:20:31 PM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: gandalftb

I bet there’s a run on the dry cleaners tomorrow.


62 posted on 01/14/2018 7:58:35 PM PST by Rebelbase (1/12/18 read the word 'shithole' more times in one day than in my entire life up to that that point.)
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To: Riley

Born and lived there 59 years, it still hurts what happened to my home.


63 posted on 01/14/2018 9:43:54 PM PST by doorgunner69 (Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
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