Basically, everyone received one of those emergency alert messages on their phones that said...
Quote:
BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
People were freaking out, thinking they were going to die. Damn.
Unless you have your own personal bunker, I don't think duck and cover is gonna do much against a nuclear weapon.
Yeah. I mean what exactly can you do? Heard ppl were freaking out, some stories of people putting their kids in manholes and stuff. I mean, this went to the entire state. It was 38 mins before a followup message saying false alarm was sent.
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:54 am Post subject:
someone posted a picture on Twitter of themselves and a large group hunkering down in their hotel basement...and Magic Johnson was down there with them.
Would be very interesting where the truth is in the whole matter
Read some guy claimed it was his fault..but is that the truth
The truth is the state of Hawaii embarrassed itself very badly with an unbelievable gaffe.
Yes might be a good idea to have some safeguards in place to avoid a false nuclear attack alert Brahs.....hang loose. _________________ Love, Laker Lanny
someone posted a picture on Twitter of themselves and a large group hunkering down in their hotel basement...and Magic Johnson was down there with them.
Then they were 100% safe because Magic always wins! _________________ Love, Laker Lanny
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 3:09 pm Post subject:
LakerLanny wrote:
sickside323 wrote:
someone posted a picture on Twitter of themselves and a large group hunkering down in their hotel basement...and Magic Johnson was down there with them.
Then they were 100% safe because Magic always wins!
I know he influenced my own smile some..
At least they had some dude down there that beat HIV? and was probably SMILING most of the time..
Will anyone survive an ICBM attack on Hawaii? What's the point of getting an alarm? I'd rather not know or expect it and just end it. The only thing I get out of the warning is if you have time to seek your loved ones and meet the end together, which in itself can be really horrific. _________________ “Properly read, the bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.”
― Isaac Asimov
Will anyone survive an ICBM attack on Hawaii? What's the point of getting an alarm? I'd rather not know or expect it and just end it. The only thing I get out of the warning is if you have time to seek your loved ones and meet the end together, which in itself can be really horrific.
Nope, but the unlucky ones will live a bit longer.
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:57 am Post subject:
Hammett wrote:
The kid who cried wolf...
Now, when there is a real alert, people are going to ignore it. Good going, guys.
It's not like there would be much you can do if you didn't ignore it.
The thing that strikes me most about this story is that if this had happened a year and a half ago, people would have been "WTF? is this some kind of sick joke?" and not have believed it was really possible.
Thanks to our current PO(tu)S and the climate of aggression and fear of nuclear war becoming a plausible reality, people now take this kind of thing as a genuine possibility. _________________ HARRISWALZ2024
lets just pretend that NK has the capability to launch a full blown assault on the US and its allies. if they do, who will have their back? how can they sustain? why would Kim Jong destroy his isolated paradise with an attack that no one will support? doesn't make any sense.
and if we flip this around and the USA attacks NK, who will join us in that fight?
I personally don't think a war between a sovereign nation like NK will ever happen. neither do I think a war between 2 large economic powers will happen. There is just too much to lose for both sides
lets just pretend that NK has the capability to launch a full blown assault on the US and its allies. if they do, who will have their back? how can they sustain? why would Kim Jong destroy his isolated paradise with an attack that no one will support? doesn't make any sense.
and if we flip this around and the USA attacks NK, who will join us in that fight?
I personally don't think a war between a sovereign nation like NK will ever happen. neither do I think a war between 2 large economic powers will happen. There is just too much to lose for both sides
I think China will join N.Korea. China can't have a US ally unified Korea right at their border
Two governments want us to believe something as impossible and so eerily connected is just coincidence?
Wonder what the Dotard is thinking lol
It does seem unlikely 2 separate countries made same error within days. If this is the work of N.Korea, it gives the sense of fear to both US and Japan without firing a single shot (leverage?)
lets just pretend that NK has the capability to launch a full blown assault on the US and its allies. if they do, who will have their back? how can they sustain? why would Kim Jong destroy his isolated paradise with an attack that no one will support? doesn't make any sense.
and if we flip this around and the USA attacks NK, who will join us in that fight?
I personally don't think a war between a sovereign nation like NK will ever happen. neither do I think a war between 2 large economic powers will happen. There is just too much to lose for both sides
I think China will join N.Korea. China can't have a US ally unified Korea right at their border
China is in it for China. China isn't going to jump into a nuke war with their biggest trading partner to save NK
lets just pretend that NK has the capability to launch a full blown assault on the US and its allies. if they do, who will have their back? how can they sustain? why would Kim Jong destroy his isolated paradise with an attack that no one will support? doesn't make any sense.
and if we flip this around and the USA attacks NK, who will join us in that fight?
I personally don't think a war between a sovereign nation like NK will ever happen. neither do I think a war between 2 large economic powers will happen. There is just too much to lose for both sides
I think China will join N.Korea. China can't have a US ally unified Korea right at their border
China is in it for China. China isn't going to jump into a nuke war with their biggest trading partner to save NK
Disagree with you. The Kim family regime is possible because of China's assistance for decades. China will continue to support a divided Korea, as far as nuclear war, I'm not sure any country is ready/can say they would join in
lets just pretend that NK has the capability to launch a full blown assault on the US and its allies. if they do, who will have their back? how can they sustain? why would Kim Jong destroy his isolated paradise with an attack that no one will support? doesn't make any sense.
and if we flip this around and the USA attacks NK, who will join us in that fight?
I personally don't think a war between a sovereign nation like NK will ever happen. neither do I think a war between 2 large economic powers will happen. There is just too much to lose for both sides
I think China will join N.Korea. China can't have a US ally unified Korea right at their border
China is in it for China. China isn't going to jump into a nuke war with their biggest trading partner to save NK
Disagree with you. The Kim family regime is possible because of China's assistance for decades. China will continue to support a divided Korea, as far as nuclear war, I'm not sure any country is ready/can say they would join in
we spend more money with China than NK ever will. China is in it for China. they have no loyalty. China will side with which ever country that makes them rich
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