01-16-2018, 10:57 AM
TomK...
On our street in Keaau town, 3 different neighbors heard what we initial thought was a house/car alarm, that had the varietable tone like the new alert... this sound was lower volume than the Dec. test, which was already very low volume
I was not certain what I was hearing & checked my phone, then the computer... & sought shelter
My other neighbors dismissed it & continued with their chores.... we only realized we had all heard the same tone with different reactions afterwards...
Was it the Keaau CD alarm on very low volume??? as it was very similar to the Dec test, I am going to guess that is what it was (mainly because I have no idea what else would be heard just after 8am on Sat by the 3 neighbors...) ... but I am not even sure there is a way of actually KNOWING which sirens went off.... & even if there is, doubt we we ever really know...
I have shared the following insight, gained from talking to many people over this weekend
as more of this is made public, the ease of instituing a false alarm has become very apparent.
This was not just the one individual, this was the programmer of the system, the multiple people who approved of & used this alert system daily & did not realize the implication of an incorrect selection of the pull down menu.
But I have to admit, I was not totally prepared for this, either & I am sure that each & every every one of us, looking back, were not so thoroughly prepared for this alarm that we are now saying "we did every thing right"
Each of us should now look at our response, and learn from it... It is not a joke, there are things each of us can learn from this to decrease the potential for harm...
This is the true REASON we have the alerts, not to eliminate the potential of hazard, but to reduce the extent of harm that could happen...
On our street in Keaau town, 3 different neighbors heard what we initial thought was a house/car alarm, that had the varietable tone like the new alert... this sound was lower volume than the Dec. test, which was already very low volume
I was not certain what I was hearing & checked my phone, then the computer... & sought shelter
My other neighbors dismissed it & continued with their chores.... we only realized we had all heard the same tone with different reactions afterwards...
Was it the Keaau CD alarm on very low volume??? as it was very similar to the Dec test, I am going to guess that is what it was (mainly because I have no idea what else would be heard just after 8am on Sat by the 3 neighbors...) ... but I am not even sure there is a way of actually KNOWING which sirens went off.... & even if there is, doubt we we ever really know...
I have shared the following insight, gained from talking to many people over this weekend
as more of this is made public, the ease of instituing a false alarm has become very apparent.
This was not just the one individual, this was the programmer of the system, the multiple people who approved of & used this alert system daily & did not realize the implication of an incorrect selection of the pull down menu.
But I have to admit, I was not totally prepared for this, either & I am sure that each & every every one of us, looking back, were not so thoroughly prepared for this alarm that we are now saying "we did every thing right"
Each of us should now look at our response, and learn from it... It is not a joke, there are things each of us can learn from this to decrease the potential for harm...
This is the true REASON we have the alerts, not to eliminate the potential of hazard, but to reduce the extent of harm that could happen...