CDC confirms that Hawaii’s false missile alarm was scary

guest · Feb 22, 2019

CDC confirms that Hawaii’s false missile alarm was scary
February 21, 2019
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/21/18234901/cdc-hawaii-false-missile-alarm-reactions

A Twitter analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that people were terrified when they were alerted that a ballistic missile was hurtling toward Hawaii. But when they learned that the alert was actually a false alarm, they were livid.

The communications disaster unfolded last January when a series of major mistakes sent a terrifying alert to the phones and televisions of Hawaii’s residents. It said a ballistic missile was on its way to the islands, and people needed to seek shelter.

One of the key themes that emerged in the aftermath was that some people didn’t know what to do during a ballistic missile attack, according to the new CDC paper published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
They ended up with more than 14,000 tweets sent during the 38-minute span when people thought the missile alert was real and in the 38 minutes after it was revealed to be false.
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After the alert was retracted, the tone changed: people were [...], and they vented their frustration on Twitter.

The study included some highlights, although it redacted the profanity: “How do you “accidentally” send out a whole [expletive deleted] emergency alert that says there’s a missile coming to Hawaii and to take cover. AND TAKE THIRTY MINUTES TO CORRECT?!?”
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