What will top this?

[TomK]

You know some other piece of incompetence will happen soon, I just have a hard time figuring out what it will be.

"'Get it together': False emergency sirens spark deja vu on Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Maui"

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati...371745001/

[dan d]

Oh boy. So how many peps actually pay attention when the horn blows now?


HPP

[randomq]

Everyone is used to seeing those useless "NO TSUNAMI THREAT" messages for earthquakes in Fiji, Alaska, etc, so when there is a "TSUNAMI THREAT" half the people will just misread and ignore it.

ETA: Well, only the ones that signed back up for CD alerts.

[geochem]

There is no plan, or program, or policy that is so flawless that Hawaii can't F*** it up....

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

no plan, or program, or policy ... so flawless that Hawaii can't F*** it up....

It's a design feature built into the system. How do they correct their own screw-ups? They establish new departments, hire consultants and "temporary" County workers, hold meetings and hearings, compile findings and post the PDF online, develop a plan to counteract past mistakes, quietly retire one department head who "wants to spend more time with his/her family," hire more County workers to implement the plan, raise taxes...

[kander]

Unless Hawaii has installed the most recent technology how the sirens are remotely activated they can be hacked.

[DoryGray]

They weren't hacked, some bozo hit the wrong button again according to the police chief.