[dirtboy]

Around 8:05 a.m., the Hawaii emergency employee initiated the internal test, according to a timeline released by the state. From a drop-down menu on a computer program, he saw two options: “Test missile alert” and “Missile alert.” He was supposed to choose the former; as much of the world now knows, he chose the latter, an initiation of a real-life missile alert.

Looks like a single point of failure - not double or triple check that the user really, really wanted to do that. Poor system design, but that happens all the time on government systems.

[Vermont Lt]

In the system I use there is an event code and password. Then there is a “hold” where you approve or change the message. And finally, you get asked if you want to do this.

It would appear that if the test is checked daily, they go through it without even looking at it.

Human error is the issue. The system just does what St supposed to.