Sometimes a little mistake has quite large consequences (1 Viewer)

[Ahsoka]

Some of the older Americans on here might know about this but in 2018, someone tried to send a test alert (I believe) to people in Hawaii (I don’t recall whether it was over radio, phones, or other media). But the person sending the alert pressed the wrong button and sent an alert to Hawaii that there was a ballistic missile threat. Ofc people panicked (apparently around that time there was a lot of news about North Koreas missile program so the timing would definitely be worse if so). It kind of sucks for the person who pressed it because it’s not a clearly malicious act that they purposely did, pressing the wrong button happens. But when you mess up and send something like that it’s hard to say “it’s okay, we all make mistakes” when so many people thought their lives were in imminent danger Hopefully it doesn’t happen again

 

[StrayMixx]

I can faintly remember this... lol

 

[Ahsoka]

I can faintly remember this... lol

Ngl I don’t. Maybe I was too sleep deprived from school to remember

 

[ning]

If i got that, i would scream and run around, shit..

 

[Ahsoka]

If i got that, i would scream and run around, shit..

Yeah I would be pretty terrified too

 

[motorp77]

it was quite known at the time

 

[Day]

I remember that LMFAO

 

[Villains]

didn't this happen somewhere else as well? i don't remember where but they accidentally sent an alert that north korea was going to fire missiles everywhere so everyone started freaking out

 

[Ahsoka]

didn't this happen somewhere else as well? i don't remember where but they accidentally sent an alert that north korea was going to fire missiles everywhere so everyone started freaking out

I found an article about it happening in Japan, but I'm confused about whether it was on purpose or accident because the one government branch seemed to say it was warranted based on the information they had at the time and another government branch said it was an accidental alert. So I'm not certain.