Hawaii officials say missile alert was mistake

[voidsherpa]

Language (visual) warning...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LRF2-d2CjM

This was supposed to be people putting their kids in a storm drain for shelter in Hawaii.

SHOCK VIDEO: CHILDREN PLACED IN STORM DRAINS During Hawaii Ballistic Missile Warning

In all fairness it seems like a solid strategy since there are no Vaults.

 

[Methane Herder]

I would dare say that there are more bunkers and tunnels (per square mile) in HI than any other state. They may WW2 leftovers but they would be better than a storm sewer barrel.
MH

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

I didn't see any of the news outlets even getting into the question of what was learned about readiness for a real missile attack. A lot of the footage I saw made it look like not many of the residents had a real plan. If those people really are so concerned about N. Korea, you'd think the false alarm would used as what they like to call "a teachable moment".

 

[Leadeye]

What if you wanted to see how things would go it it really happened? Post up the warning and watch for 30 minutes, it would certainly tell you what would be going on if it was for real. Leadership could use that info to correct problems with their planning.

 

[KittySlayer]

Priorities?

Interestingly the morning shows had a clip of some basketball game being broadcast in Hawaii. At the bottom of the game was a scroll about the incoming missle yet they continued to broadcast the game. If death is flying through the air wouldn't it be appropriate to stop broadcasting the game and instead air information reminding the unprepared what to do NOW?

Hope this was a wake up call for the unprepared. Unfortunately it will be all about how it was Trump's fault.

 

[printcraft]

Meanwhile at Hawaii Emergency Management.......

 

[jamil]

A spokesperson for the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency was quoted as saying, "Oops!"

I want to see a meme with the baby Groot indecisive over which button to push. “Drill” or “not a drill”.

 

[Sylvain]

Priorities?

Interestingly the morning shows had a clip of some basketball game being broadcast in Hawaii. At the bottom of the game was a scroll about the incoming missle yet they continued to broadcast the game. If death is flying through the air wouldn't it be appropriate to stop broadcasting the game and instead air information reminding the unprepared what to do NOW?

Hope this was a wake up call for the unprepared. Unfortunately it will be all about how it was Trump's fault.

Can you really prepare for a direct nuclear missile strike?
Unless you have your own mil-spec nuclear shelter built deep underground you're not going to survive no matter how prepared you are for other stuff.

Besides leaving the area really fast by helicopter (if you are warned long enough in advance and know where the missile is aiming) you can't do much.

Going indoors will only somewhat protect you if the missile hits a nearby town, not against a direct hit on your city.

The whole "duck and cover" thing and telling people to just go indoor is just a way to make them feel safe.

If you have no spent a few million dollars building your own shelter you're not ready for a nuclear attack.

 

[Hookeye]

Guy I know built his house on edge of "fire ring" should a nearby AFB get hit (directly).
Design and construction to help.
Had detection equip too.

But like he said............that assumed the missile hits the target. His luck, it'd miss by 25 miles and land on his house LOL.

 

[Hookeye]

Wonder if Gerbil Boy crapped his pants when Hawaii had the "oops".
Didn't a Hawaiian judge challenge the Travel Ban?
Convenient test..........real or faked.

People look to the gov for help..........even when they (the gov) can't do simple stuff right.

Hollyweird blaming Trump...........like NK did all nuke development in the last yr.


Wonder how many on Hawaii opened their best bottle of booze on this fiasco.
I'd be kinda PO'd about that.

 

[KittySlayer]

Can you really prepare for a direct nuclear missile strike?


Going indoors will only somewhat protect you if the missile hits a nearby town, not against a direct hit on your city.

Direct hit kiss your butt goodbye.

Military succesfully stops it before the direct hit on Hawaii but it still detonates too close so they are dealing with fallout. A plan, preparation and reaction can make a difference.

Helped prompt the conversation with my prepper tolerant non-prepping wife of our plan for a strike on Chicago with fallout.

 

[printcraft]

Wonder how many on Hawaii opened their best bottle of booze on this fiasco.
I'd be kinda PO'd about that.

Or said or did something they normally wouldn't have...... for good or ill.

 

[Sylvain]

Wonder if Gerbil Boy crapped his pants when Hawaii had the "oops".
Didn't a Hawaiian judge challenge the Travel Ban?
Convenient test..........real or faked.

People look to the gov for help..........even when they (the gov) can't do simple stuff right.

Hollyweird blaming Trump...........like NK did all nuke development in the last yr.


Wonder how many on Hawaii opened their best bottle of booze on this fiasco.
I'd be kinda PO'd about that.

Who's "Gerbil boy"?

 

[Sylvain]

Or said or did something they normally wouldn't have...... for good or ill.

Like called their mother in law to tell her they never liked her and eat dinner without pants on?

 

[Alamo]

Can you really prepare for a direct nuclear missile strike?
.

About as well as you can prepare for a direct gunshot to the brain. But there are lots of possible outcomes besides a direct hit. The reliability and accuracy of the NorK's missiles have yet to be demonstrated. If LRM does launch one at Honolulu, he may very will hit some unoccupied bit of the Pacific instead, or the far side of the Island of Hawaii, in which case many parts of the chain would be sheltered from blast and radiation, especially if the winds are favorable. If the NorKs. have the tech to program an air-burst that's a somewhat different problem, but even so it has to get close enough.


For the next couple years I'd be more worried about a disguised North Korean ship sailing into the harbor with a bomb on board than a NorK ICBM.

The best solution is to not let the NorKs have nukes.

 

[Hookeye]

Sounds like a great day to watch the movie Dogma and drink some Zombie Dust.........

 

[snapping turtle]

Open the best bottle of booze. Get in a quickie with the wife. Smoke a cigar and watch to the west for incoming.

I mean you have 30 minutes left what you going to do maybe make some phone calls to loved ones far away.

I keep having dreams of three nuke hits in the western distance from my hammock in the backyard. Weirdness and madness. Yet I have not picked up the shovel and started digging a shelter. The dreams are the same screen over and over.

 

[voidsherpa]

and drink some Zombie Dust.........

artificial scarcity!

 

[femurphy77]

I want to see a meme with the baby Groot indecisive over which button to push. “Drill” or “not a drill”.

 

[Hookeye]

Not the end of the world, but the end of the weekend........

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