Sunday, January 14, 2018

FALSE MISSILE ALERT SHAKES HAWAII


'He feels really bad': Civil Defense employee who sparked terror in Hawaii by accidentally triggering ballistic MISSILE warning will be 'retrained' say officials after thousands fled to bomb shelters

  • The alert was issued to residents' phones at 8.07am on Saturday morning
  • It told them to seek shelter and warned of an 'inbound ballistic missile threat'   
  • It took 38 minutes for a second phone alert to be issued across the state 
  • By then, terrified residents had flocked to shelters and into their garages 
  • Civil Defense employee accidentally hit alert, was unaware until his phone got it
  • An FCC investigation into the incident is underway, officials said
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