I remember, some years ago, reading about a false alarm that went out on the “emergency broadcast system”. Somebody inserted the “real thing” tape instead of the “this is only a drill” tape. Most of the TV and radio stations apparently ignored it.
I’d be curious about how many Hawaiians actually sought shelter.
There is a video on YouTube which contains a recording of that incident. I’ve listened to it several times and I believe it happened in either January or February of 1971. I was only a couple of months old at the time it happened, but I bet the people who heard that alert were in hysterics.
I apologize for not including a link to the YouTube video, but I’m currently on my iPad and have trouble linking videos on the iPad.
You can find the video by going to YouTube and searching for “WOWO False Alarm”.