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My cell carrier is Sprint. I did not get the alert. Assuming that someone could live through a missile attack if they had notice to take shelter, I'd be dead if I had been depending on my cell phone to deliver the warning.
I did get the cancellation. Of course by that time a half hour had passed since the warning was sent, so it was obvious by then that the initial alert had been an error.
I'm going to be watching on what is learned about which cell phone customers got warnings, and which didn't, and why. Also, if there are additional "sign up" procedures that need to be done on a cell phone to get all alerts. I do get the Civil Defense alerts (earthquake/tsunami/high surf), but does the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency alerts have a separate sign-up?
Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.
l'm lmao, only one person is in trouble, the lowly button oopser.
they have nothing to offer for any emergency let alone a catastrophe, in the case of a nuke... bfd, we're gone.
the first 10 min was spent securing Ige et al in their safe place, only then did they get around to anything else for us.
the best chance of pathetic 'survival' is being as deep down in our sewer system as possible, the door is the nearest manhole ...if you can get it open.
I was not all that convinced it was "real". And if it was, I knew there was not a thing I could do about it, even shelter in place was not going to be all that effective. If my house was the target area, I was going to die. If the blast happened far enough away (a different island), I would probably stay indoors for a few days. But the reality is that there is simply NO PLACE in my house to hide from radiation. Wood double wall construction, lots of windows, asphalt shingle roof. None of that offers much protection from radiation.
My family was panic-free. But I have a relative that actually needed to be sedated.
Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.
Can someone share their true feelings? It's not real, so some are joking about it, takes fine. But at that time, what were your thoughts?
At the time, I was sleeping. 8:07 a.m. on a Saturday?! Are you kidding? By the time I looked at my phone, the “false alarm message” had arrived. So obviously, my first thought was, “why do we always have idiots working in high places?” My next thought was, “take a photo.” Hence the first post in this thread. And finally, “what do I want for breakfast?” It was going to be a great day to watch live press conferences from Governor Ige on Facebook Live and see the reaction in the news and on social media.
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