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James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer
and amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.
Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i
with his best friend and spiritual adviser Ivanka-Obama Da Dog!
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The Hawaii fake missile warning and the rest of the story
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| Vern Miyagi, Administrator, HEMA, left, and Hawaii Gov. David Ige |
https://www.facebook.com/StephanieHNN/videos/1754904724543835/
I had just finished my morning routine of photographing the sunrise and walking my dog when on my smart phone and TV these words were flashed across the screen,”BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
There were no sirens? I took to Facebook, many were saying the Russians had hacked us, others were saying that Trump is mad at Hawaii that Attorney General Chin for blocking his immigration ban and that even though Trump was playing golf during this time he did not stop to say it was a false alarm.
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| Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin has decided to run for Congress |
Many others are saying they are beyond pleased Trump didn’t hear about it because they are afraid he may had fired back thinking it was real and started a real world war over some nitwit allegedly hitting a wrong button?
http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/politics/wire/hawaii-attorney-general-announces-run-for-us-congress/article_9bd74289-8e3a-50fc-be0a-cbd1d3aafc1d.html
Really, all this happened because some employee hit a button by mistake? I’m not as dumb as I look and my mama raised no fool. Somethings going on
"I firmly believe that a missile was coming in and it either failed or got shot down!! This is all a cover up!"
"When I buy something from Amazon I have to confirm like 3 times!!!! How in the world can this type of “button” be mistakenly hit!"
How does it take the state of Hawaii 38 minutes to issue a statement that it was a false warning? It took Hawaii Congress woman Tulsi Gabbard in Washington DC to calm the people of Hawaii while Hawaii Governor David Ige mirrored images of George W. Bush reading to children on 911 not knowing what to do with a stereotypical deer in the headlights look when eventually interviewed on TV.
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/rep-tulsi-gabbard-responds-false-alarm-incoming-missile-52339440
The false ballistic missile warning in Hawaii was "unacceptable" and points to a need for President Donald Trump to negotiate with North Korea directly,
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| US Congress woman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii |
Local politicians used this day as a platform and a day to promote their upcoming political agendas, most politicians were all jumping for the opportunity to get on the continuous TV coverage to subliminally promote their upcoming campaigns since this became a highway for anybody seeking political office since it was obvious that after this day Governor Ige would most likely not seek re- election and if he does, good luck. Even Senator Brian Schatz
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| Kauai Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. had the opportunity to be interviewed on statewide TV about the fake missile warning. Mayor Carvalho is running for LT. Governor this year! |
If this had been real most of us would not be here. There are no fallout shelters where I live on Kauai. Homes on the islands do not have basements , so there is no where to go and be safe unless your lucky enough to be stuck inside a Costco warehouse during a missile threat.
"Read my blog about the safest to be during a nuclear holocaust, Costco"
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-perfect-place-to-be-during-nuclear.html
People of Hawaii, it’s imperative you write your State and local representatives in the senate, congress and local city and county councils to start the process to initiate bills for fallout shelters.
What started out as “D”day became quite a day in local politics that will live on in infamy as one of the most opportune days ever for politicians.
Maybe We should all sue the State of Hawaii with a class action lawsuit with acquiring acute cases of PTSD! I still get the "Heeby Geebies" every time I look at my smart phone... Time to contact my favorite law firm of, "Duey Cheetum and Howe!"
This is one day that everyone will remember where they were at 8:07 AM on Saturday, January 13, 2018.
Additional reading from KHON-HNN-Garden Island News
With minutes to decide, what should you do in a real missile alert?
http://khon2.com/2018/01/15/with-minutes-to-decide-what-should-you-do-in-a-real-missile-alert/
Gov. Ige discusses Saturday's missile alert mistake-
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/37270842/in-address-to-state-governor-to-pledge-fixes-to-states-alert-system
Missile scare far more than an ‘unfortunate error’
http://www.thegardenisland.com/2018/01/16/opinion/missile-scare-far-more-than-an-unfortunate-error/
Hana Hou, (Encore)
Frank DeLima has a new parody song out about the fake missile attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FV8W958pbg&feature=youtu.be
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This is a case where the software was poorly designed. The person who pressed the button to send such an urgent, critical message must have some level of authorization (which he may have), but the party who can CONFIRM that the message should be sent should be 2 authorized other persons or at levels of management higher than the initiator. Anyone, even an intelligent, responsible person can make a mistake. The thing is, to prevent a simple mistake from becoming a BIG one. Another point, this event should turn out to be a wake-up call, so that procedures are in place and practiced if/when the unthinkable happens. This is a test of government.
Glad that I didn't receive the message, but reading many articles, responses of people's first reaction about their families, I sincerely hope that people will demand an end to missiles, nuclear weapons, militarization, aggression. Probably need replace the President, VP, and most of Congress.
Japan also has a false missile warning attack, what’s going on?
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/world/asia/japan-hawaii-alert.amp.html
Japan’s public broadcaster on Tuesday accidentally sent news alerts that North Korea had launched a missile and that citizens should take shelter — just days after the government of Hawaii had sent a similar warning to its citizens.
The broadcaster, NHK, corrected itself five minutes later and apologized for the error on its evening news. The initial texts cited J-Alert, a system used by the government to issue warnings to its citizens about missiles, tsunamis and other natural disasters. But NHK later said that the system was not to blame for the false alarm.
Makoto Sasaki, a spokesman for NHK, apologized, saying that “staff had mistakenly operated the equipment to deliver news alerts over the internet.”
The broadcaster’s swift rectification of its error stands in contrast to the 38-minute delay by officials in Hawaii on Saturday to cancel warnings of an incoming ballistic missile. It took a further five hours for Hawaii’s governor, David Y. Ige, to apologize for the mistake.
That blunder was blamed on a veteran employee at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency who had sent the missile alert to cellphones across the state by picking the wrong option on his computer for a routine drill, and then confirming his choice.
Continue reading the main story
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The mistake sowed panic; a missile launched from North Korea would land in Honolulu in about 30 minutes, giving people little time to prepare.
After NHK’s announcement about making an error, Twitter users expressed their frustration and disbelief.
“I thought I would die,” one Twitter user wrote in Japanese, followed by a “LOL.” Another, using the name Michiya Hayashi, wrote: “Following Hawaii, NHK did it too. Don’t become the boy who cried wolf.”
Read more;
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/world/asia/japan-hawaii-alert.amp.html
Apparently the guy who triggered the false alarm was sent to Japan to see how they do things there. During his tour of the Japan operations room, he was like,"What does this button do?"
sn't it interesting there was a false missile alert in Japan too?
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/16/asia/japan-false-missile-alarm-intl/index.html
The state could have a lawsuit ion it's hands.The person responsible hands down needs to be fired. http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/37280121/hawaii-kai-man-survives-heart-attack-during-missile-alert-scare?utm_content=buffer1e6e6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
a Hawaii Kai man suffered a heart attack during the missile scare....
There is an interesting conspiracy theory that missiles were fired and shot down that many believe as the truth? This is why it took 38 minutes to notify the public?
He is stationed at North Korea? What does that mean? He is in the North Korean armed forces? He has top secret information? Really?
I didn't know a thing about it until hours after it was over. I was home alone & don't keep my cell phone on at home because I got my land line. I joined people for a social event in the evening & that's when I found out. I guess I'm lucky I didn't know, but I would have been in worse trouble than everyone else if it had been real.
Excellent coverage of this event, Kimo. As you said, SOMEONE has to take blame for a possible worldwide catastrophy to take place. Someone has to get fired. For 20 years I have sat and listened to this same type of problem on the council and administration with never a person or persons being blamed and that is discouraging.
Your pal,
Glenn
A saw a 2nd hand report in a humor group that Steven Colbert said the guy should stay in his position, because he would NEVER make that mistake again!
So, you still don't know what really happened...although Greg Gutfeld showed a photo of post it notes on the screens inside the H-EMA that allegedly had the "passwords" listed for this alert. (On Tucker Carlson last night!) It IS the biggest news story on the mainland about Hawaii since 12/7/41 (I guess)
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