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Monday, January 15, 2018

Klein: For 38 Terrifying Minutes, Hawaii Experienced Israeli Life under Rocket Threat

TEL AVIV — For thirty-eight terrifying minutes on Saturday, Hawaii residents unfortunately experienced a sampling of life in Israel during recent wars here when Hawaiians received a mistaken emergency alert notification warning of a “ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii.”

Gov. David Ige said the false alarm was a human error caused when the wrong button was pushed during a shift change at the state emergency management agency. The warning was issued amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and North Korea, and some in Hawaii may have feared an incoming nuclear attack. The mistake was reportedly corrected 38 minutes later by a second message confirming the false alarm.

While Israelis have not contended with nuclear missile attacks, the entire country lives under rocket threat and has experienced sustained rocket attacks punctuated by alerts that leave only seconds to find shelter.

The scenes that unfolded in Hawaii, with people reportedly left “crying and screaming,” could have taken place in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa or Sderot. At this point, however, most Israelis, especially those living along the Gaza wire, have become so accustomed to rocket alerts that there seems to be a lot less panic.

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4 comments:

  1. Time to WAKE UP America !!!

    Do you Not remember Chamberlin tried to deal with Hitler ??

    You cannot Deal with a Devil , must take out NK and Iran !!!

    You just buy the Enemy More time by Negotiations !!!!!!

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  2. does Salisbury have a warning system in place for the next shooting, robbery, or rape?

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  3. Warning is a Waist of $$$$ No Need for it

    You only got 15 min before missile is here ....just time
    to Kiss your Butt Goodbye !!!!

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