Hawaii ICBM Inbound.... False Alarm

[TDA]

That’s a pretty sweet Windows 3.2 display. I guess the dropdown text is distorted because of the curvature of the 15in CRT monitor?

[Peally]

Or hit enter a couple times and then add the dangerous real ones.

[Chance]

Meanwhile, in Japan...
Japan fugu blowfish meat scare sees Gamagori city turn to emergency loudspeaker system for recall - CBS News

The Simpsons warned us about this and we didn't listen!

WE DIDN'T LISTEN!

[Chance]

This story keeps getting dumber. From BBC News:

Forgotten Twitter log-in details have been blamed for delaying a public correction to Hawaii's missile alert earlier this month.

Governor David Ige was told two minutes after a text message was issued by the Emergency Management Agency (EMA) that the threat warning was a false alarm.

But his office did not share the information via social media until about 17 minutes later.

On Monday, Mr Ige acknowledged he had failed to recall his social media ID.

"I have to confess that I don't know my Twitter account log-ons and the passwords, so certainly that's one of the changes that I've made," he said after his State of the State address, according to local newspaper the Honolulu Star Advertiser .

[Hambo]

This story keeps getting dumber. From BBC News:

On Monday, Mr Ige acknowledged he had failed to recall his social media ID.

"I have to confess that I don't know my Twitter account log-ons and the passwords,

I understand. Not all of us stay logged in on social media all the time. My passwords are all different and I can probably remember three of them. If I had to warn P-F you'd all be OK, but if you have to have notice via Twitter or Instagram you can kiss your asses goodbye.

[blues]

I understand. Not all of us stay logged in on social media all the time. My passwords are all different and I can probably remember three of them. If I had to warn P-F you'd all be OK, but if you have to have notice via Twitter or Instagram you can kiss your asses goodbye.

I don't do social media and have no idea what my password is for P-F either. That's what LastPass is for. (Until I forget the master password and then all is lost. )

[Surf]

Late to this thread, but I had just landed on an outer island, plane was taxiing to the gate. Everyone's phone goes off at the same time on the plane. Sunny day, no weather issues throughout the islands, thinking WTF must be a Tsunami alert, shit. Look at my phone and I was "OH FUCK". First thoughts was to get the pilots to fly us right back to Oahu. Called my wife, no answer. Called my son (13 yrs old), he was calm. Ran down a list of things to do, made sure he was gtg with the safe combo. Had him put my wife and 11 year old daughter on speaker phone, had a brief conversation,stayed very calm and matter of fact, finished with telling them that I loved them.

Saying I was pissed was an understatement.

[RoyGBiv]

Late to this thread, but I had just landed on an outer island, plane was taxiing to the gate. Everyone's phone goes off at the same time on the plane. Sunny day, no weather issues throughout the islands, thinking WTF must be a Tsunami alert, shit. Look at my phone and I was "OH FUCK". First thoughts was to get the pilots to fly us right back to Oahu. Called my wife, no answer. Called my son (13 yrs old), he was calm. Ran down a list of things to do, made sure he was gtg with the safe combo. Had him put my wife and 11 year old daughter on speaker phone, had a brief conversation,stayed very calm and matter of fact, finished with telling them that I loved them.

Saying I was pissed was an understatement.

Oahu/Honolulu would the the last-best place to go in Hawaii under those circumstances...
Airborne for 45 minutes would be the bestest.

[Surf]

Oahu/Honolulu would the the last-best place to go in Hawaii under those circumstances...
Airborne for 45 minutes would be the bestest.

That means little when you kids and wife are there and you are not.

[RoyGBiv]

That means little when you kids and wife are there and you are not.

Copy that!