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Charles Valderrama Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 14 January 2018 at 11:22am | IP Logged | 1
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It was a mistake by an employee at Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency who "pushed the wrong button" during procedures that occur during the handover of a shift.... but residents and tourists alike were very shaken for a short period of time Saturday over a BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT!! (Trump was out golfing!)
*sigh* The times we're living in!! Imagine getting this alert--with no way of knowing it was a false alarm!!
-C!
Edited by Charles Valderrama on 14 January 2018 at 11:23am
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Robbie Parry Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 14 January 2018 at 11:33am | IP Logged | 2
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Did 45 tweet about it? Apologize? Reassure a whole state? Promise a review of policies?
Erm, no, as I type this, he's tweeted about that book and the Democrats.
What an absurd 'leader'.
Let me stress I am not blaming 45. But surely a head of state could offer an apology (on behalf of Hawaii authorities) and reassure people, e.g. "I will have policies examined."
But Mr Self-Absorbed could only tweet about the book.
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Paul Gibney Byrne Robotics Member.
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Posted: 14 January 2018 at 11:37am | IP Logged | 3
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There is one positive thing we can take from this, though. Trump did NOT "push the button". Make of that what you will.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 14 January 2018 at 11:40am | IP Logged | 4
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This is one of those scenarios where I wonder why the "right" button and the "wrong" button are not on opposite sides of the room!
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Kevin Brown Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 14 January 2018 at 11:51am | IP Logged | 5
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I'm wondering why the "wrong button" was so easy to press....
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Bill Mimbu Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 14 January 2018 at 11:56am | IP Logged | 6
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I'm sadly reminded of this scene from THE GREAT RACE...
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John Byrne
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Posted: 14 January 2018 at 12:56pm | IP Logged | 7
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Reality here is that there was probably no "button" involved, but rather the entry of an erroneous code on a keyboard. Which is disturbing enough on its own!
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Paul Gibney Byrne Robotics Member.
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Posted: 14 January 2018 at 3:27pm | IP Logged | 8
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When I say he did NOT "push the button" I am referring to him not launching nukes in retaliation. Somehow, there was no over-reaction. This time...
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Brian O'Neill Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 14 January 2018 at 5:44pm | IP Logged | 9
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This was completely on Hawaii's state government.
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Michael Roberts Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 14 January 2018 at 5:51pm | IP Logged | 10
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This was completely on Hawaii's state government.
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No. Hawaii screwed up, yes, but the lack of any sort of response from the federal government between the alert and the correction is problematic as well.
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Bob Simko Byrne Robotics Security
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Posted: 14 January 2018 at 10:53pm | IP Logged | 11
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Was it really a mistake...or did Jack Bauer do what he does best in 38 minutes?
...beep...beep...beep...
The following takes place between 8:07 and 8:45 AM...
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James Woodcock Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 15 January 2018 at 1:43am | IP Logged | 12
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This reminds me of a documentary I once saw about nuclear power stations - with control rooms designed to look lol white, pretty and uniform.
The employees who worked in the control room had retro-fitted all sorts of buttons to make sure the most dangerous ones were easily identifiable nd they didn’t ccidentally cause a nuclear meltdown. One button had. Massive ‘NO!’ Written next to it.
Form and function people, form and function.
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