The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #163436 Message #3899460
Posted By: robomatic
13-Jan-18 - 09:47 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'This Is Not A Drill'
Subject: BS: 'This Is Not A Drill'
At 0800, AKA 8:00 AM local time this morning, Friday 13 January, residents in Hawaii received on their cell phones the following message: ?BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL."
Needless to say, this was a foul-up. Probably those not driven immediately to panic noticed that no other media were releasing similar messages, and the cell-phone message was rescinded within fifteen minutes. But this was fifteen minutes too long. I'm waiting with interest to observe the fall-out of this major malfunction and if anyone will be held responsible.