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Hawaii has a robust emergency siren warning system. It sat silent during the deadly wildfires (www.cnn.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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Hawaii has a robust emergency siren warning system. It sat silent during the deadly wildfires::Some Maui residents are questioning the effectiveness of the emergency warning system employed as the wildfires spread rapidly across Lahaina and other parts on Tuesday. Hawaii’s attorney general is leading a review of the emergency response.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't that due to someone manually activating it because they thought there was an actual credible threat?

Might be misremembering though.

[–] mr_tyler_durden 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sort of, it was during an unscheduled drill and even though they said it was a test before the message they read said “this is not a drill” and an employee sent the message.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Hawaii_false_missile_alert

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Just think, the same mistake could've happened the opposite way.