Just received this alert in Hawaii (apparently it IS a drill, but WTF?!)

[demmiblue]

Amanda Golden‏ Verified account @amandawgolden

Just received this alert in Hawaii



1:09 PM - 13 Jan 2018

[TalenaGor]

1. omg are u sure it's a drill?

[babylonsister]

2. My sister's son and family are stationed in HI.

He's been told it is not a drill. SHIT! I don't know, what can anyone do?

[demmiblue]

3. Tulsi Gabbard:

Link to tweet

[babylonsister]

6. I sure hope she is right, and thank you.

Apparently everyone got msgs on their phones that it is not a drill... I hope they get a false alarm msg. This sucks either way; the next one could be real.

[demmiblue]

8. I can't imagine how frightening it would be to receive that type of text.

Really, really ill-thought-out. False messages make people complacent (not to mention scared shitless).

[babylonsister]

9. They got the all clear text. Phew! Scary! nt

[msongs]

4. no attack here so far. 8:28am. nt

[pandr32]

5. We got this as well on the Big Island

The alert explicitly says "not a drill!"

[Eliot Rosewater]

7. KGB now has access to our emergency alert system. This was their test to see if

their hack worked.

Thanks GOP

[bearsfootball516]

12. That's the immediate conclusion you're jumping to?

[NightWatcher]

10. What if trump were in Hawaii and saw this on his phone?

Does he have the ability to launch our nukes without input from military officials?

This is not good. We must secure our shit.

[Deuce]

11. False Alert...hopefully, what happened will be found out.

[disalitervisum]

13. No surprise that the previous president's home would be subject to this

[meadowlark5]

14. They're talking about this on MSNBC right now

[demmiblue]

16. Tuned in... wow, the hotel being discussed evacuated people to an underground garage. n/t

[doc03]

15. I hope that fool in DC doesnt read

that.