Going Ballistic, maybe
January 12th, 2018
Josh and I woke this morning to our iPhones bzzzzing loudly. Confusing, but then sometimes we have practice announcements. I got up and looked and what do I see but an Emergency Alert, all bold letters….saying….BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
So said to Josh, please get up and check your phone, sure enough he had the same message. My immediate thought was, someone made a mistake, disbelief, then it occurred to us, well, if one is coming it's too late now, so we made coffee to wait, and just enjoy our remaining time in Hawaii! Where would we go?
Yes, it was sent out in error! I would imagine whomever pushed that button may not have the opportunity to push another. It frightened a good many people. I later asked some locals where they would go should it ever happen again and was told there is nowhere to go! I mean it's an island, how you going to get off in minutes?