Posted on 01/15/2018 7:34:38 AM PST by BenLurkin
“How seriously are people going to take this system?” Hawaii State Rep. Matt LoPresti told CNN. “I’m going to suggest that if there is ever … another alert that goes out, we’ll have to send a confirmation notice — that second notice this really is happening. Because people will be waiting for a second notice to see that it’s another false alarm.”
Hawaii’s emergency management agency keeps its eyes on the many potential disasters other than North Korea — such as hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquake activity in the region, volcanic activity or flooding.
Vern Miyagi, the agency’s administrator acknowledged on Sunday that damage had been done to the agency.
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Hawaii has been testing its sirens since December. The nuclear warning siren system blares at 11:45 a.m. on the first business day of every month, sounding for 50 seconds, followed by a 10-second pause and then a wailing “attack warning” signal for another 50 seconds.
The emergency sirens didn’t go off on Saturday, officials said. Had it been a real threat, they would’ve sounded.
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In the summer, Hawaii published its guidance on ways to survive a nuclear detonation, with advice including seek shelter, stay away from windows and don’t look at the flash of light.
Hawaii sits less than 5,000 miles from North Korea. The state would only have about a 20-minute heads up if a missile is launched from there.
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Miyagi apologized Saturday for the false alarm, saying “this is my responsibility and my team.”
But he reiterated the need to be prepared. “Please keep in mind again, the threat is there. If this comes out, you’re only going to have 12-13 minutes for actual event.”
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Government is here to help you and is best suited to make decisions for you.
Government credibility must never be questioned...unless it somehow damages Trump.
Why should it be any different than all other rat enclaves.
I loved that comedy! LOL!
Honey, after shoving that loser Obama down our throats, any credibility Hawaii might have had, is long gone.
We were in Maui at that moment and the family took a few minutes to gather to a common location.
As soon as we were all together my first comment was, “This is Bull!”
“Kim has no targeting, no re-entry vehicle, and we would have shot it down.”
Much more likely an errant message.
Of course the family preferred to believe the god of their smart phone, than listen to me.
They weren’t comforted when I later said it would have been here already, before the error was publicly acknowledged.
Who knows what they think of my dismissive attitude now, but I’m happy to have introduced some sanity amid the panic.
Whoever that was, has both incredibly good luck, and incredibly bad luck.
Hawaii would have less than 20 minutes in a scenario involving a SLBM off the coast.
Someone was pushing this theory as the true story behind the Hawaii alert, claiming an actual missile intercept occurred at sea.
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