Days After Hawaii Alert Gaffe, Japan Issues False Alarm About Missile Launch

Clairmont said he understands why the public was upset, and he said the employee could face reprimand or even termination over the mistake.

This comes days after Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency mistakenlysent a warning alert to residents about an incoming ballistic missile Saturday.

But it took almost 40 minutes for a corrected message to be issued – with Hawaii’s governor saying there was no automatic way to cancel the false alarm, meaning it had to be done manually.

Officials in Hawaii say an employee doing a routine test hit the live alert button by mistake.

“[It’s] truly unlikely, given our new system, given our new protocols in place, and just given the way that Vermont uses the system”, said Bornemann.

Japanese public broadcaster NHK issued an on-air apology Tuesday after issuing an alert incorrectly claiming that North Korea had launched a ballistic missile.

Governor Ige told CNN officials that human error caused the alert to go out.

We spoke with Maine Emergency Management Agency officials about the alert process.

Campuses have had their fair share of challenges with their mass notification programs.

Hawaii’s false alarm should put us all on alert. “No government J alert was issued”.

Residents and holidaymakers in Hawaii awoke to a message which read: “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii“.

Bornemann says the hazards and threats that exist for Hawaii are different than those in the Green Mountain State. The Federal Communications Commission is investigating.

The false alarm also should raise concerns about the reactions from US enemies, Kirby wrote.

The two Democrats questioned whether U.S. Pacific Command, which oversees all U.S. military forces in Hawaii and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region, should have the authority and capability to unilaterally broadcast emergency messages, including overrides of false alerts. But how will the second or third shifts perform when an emergency happens at 3 a.m. or during spring break or summer vacation?

The option is also visible in a slightly different mockup of the system that HIEMA provided to BuzzFeed News Tuesday. Two people, rather than one, will now be necessary for the activation and verification of the alert.