WorthyNewsBot Posted January 15, 2018 Group: Bots Followers: 3 Topic Count: 39,879 Topics Per Day: 6.49 Content Count: 44,083 Content Per Day: 7.18 Reputation: 980 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/06/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted January 15, 2018 (Worthy News) - Human error and a lack of adequate fail-safe measures during a civil defense warning drill led to the false missile alert that stirred panic across Hawaii over the weekend, a state emergency management agency spokesman acknowledged on Sunday. Elaborating on the origins of Saturday’s false alarm, which went uncorrected for nearly 40 minutes, spokesman Richard Rapoza said the employee who mistakenly sent the missile alert “has been temporarily reassigned” to other duties. Rapoza said an internal investigation of the blunder would be completed by week’s end and that the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency welcomed outside review by the Federal Communications Commission, which has jurisdiction over wireless U.S. alert systems. [ Source: Reuters (Read More...) ] View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted January 15, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,989 Topics Per Day: 0.49 Content Count: 48,687 Content Per Day: 11.89 Reputation: 30,342 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted January 15, 2018 That had to have been very scary for Hawaii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted January 15, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 593 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 55,875 Content Per Day: 7.55 Reputation: 27,624 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted January 15, 2018 It actually shows how woefully unprepared we are for that kind of attack from any number of countries. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walla299 Posted January 15, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 9 Topic Count: 92 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2,158 Content Per Day: 0.67 Reputation: 1,719 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/19/2015 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/10/1961 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Yeah. Sad thing is I'm old enough that I grew up with that kind of thing during the Cold War. The Civil Defense stuff went along with our usual fire/tornado drills in Texas anyway. Then there was all that training in Strategic Air Command . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 The human who made that "error" needs to be fired. There is no margin for error in stuff like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angels4u Posted January 15, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 56 Topic Count: 1,664 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 19,763 Content Per Day: 2.39 Reputation: 12,160 Days Won: 28 Joined: 08/22/2001 Status: Offline Share Posted January 15, 2018 5 hours ago, other one said: It actually shows how woefully unprepared we are for that kind of attack from any number of countries. Very true , I wonder how many people had heart attacks from fear? Would there be any country prepared for those situations ? In Israel, they might be prepared ..but any other countries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angels4u Posted January 15, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 56 Topic Count: 1,664 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 19,763 Content Per Day: 2.39 Reputation: 12,160 Days Won: 28 Joined: 08/22/2001 Status: Offline Share Posted January 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, shiloh357 said: The human who made that "error" needs to be fired. There is no margin for error in stuff like this. VERY true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 5 minutes ago, angels4u said: VERY true! To me this in the same vein as when Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes comes to your home and tells you have won the "$5000 a week for the rest of your life contest," and then has to come back 45 minutes later and take back the prize because they got the wrong house. It was a different person with the same last name that actually won the prize. You just can't monkey around with people's emotions like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angels4u Posted January 15, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 56 Topic Count: 1,664 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 19,763 Content Per Day: 2.39 Reputation: 12,160 Days Won: 28 Joined: 08/22/2001 Status: Offline Share Posted January 15, 2018 Just now, shiloh357 said: To me this in the same vein as when Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes comes to your home and tells you have won the "$5000 a week for the rest of your life contest," and then has to come back 45 minutes later and take back the prize because they got the wrong house. It was a different person with the same last name that actually won the prize. You just can't monkey around with people's emotions like that. lol,that I would not believe if that happened ! But you're very right ,there should be 0 tolerance for those mistakes,they should not happen in the first place, I wonder how sharp they are with peoples mental health with people working in high positions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Just now, angels4u said: lol,that I would not believe if that happened ! But you're very right ,there should be 0 tolerance for those mistakes,they should not happen in the first place, I wonder how sharp they are with peoples mental health with people working in high positions? I wonder about that too. This "error" wasn't like some accidentally hit the button with their elbow when getting up to get a cup of coffee. It is a button on a computer screen that you have to move your mouse over and click on it. And most buttons like that would have a pop up message like, "do you really want to perform this action?" And then you have to answer yes or no before the action is taken. So I am skeptical that this was just an accident, but I am open to being wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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