Crazy story in Hawaii
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Other breaking news.... Lincoln shot in theater.
But this was news today. People there were genuinely scared for a brief while.
Reminds me of Homer hitting the wrong button as well:
It is a blue state, national defense is not a issue. Spent 2 years there in the 25th ID. They were more concerned about leaving the US. Every Sunday they would have demonstrating about getting out of being a state.
Ug, PR is a worse disaster than Hawaii (and not because of the hurricane). Perhaps we can kick Hawaii out and group DC, Northern VA, and the surrounding part of MD into a new state? Isolate the establishment wackos.Hawaii is only a state because in the pre-nuclear world it had some strategic value.
CVNs don't need it. SSBNs certainly don't need it. To be honest, I'd be perfectly okay with booting Hawaii and adding Puerto Rico just to keep the flag from getting f*cked up.
we should let the idiot south leave now.
This. The real wackos.
we should let the idiot south leave now.
Amazing part of the story for me is that the decision to issue the alert came from one individual in the organization. No one else needed to approve it before the alert was issued.
Of course there is not much time involved to make a decision but a single point of failure seems incredibly risky.
OTOH, given these are civil servants, having dependencies drastically increases the chances of not getting an alert out.Amazing part of the story for me is that the decision to issue the alert came from one individual in the organization. No one else needed to approve it before the alert was issued.
Of course there is not much time involved to make a decision but a single point of failure seems incredibly risky.
Apparently they were doing an in house alert systems test and the dude hit the wrong button. For Pete's sake at least put a piece of tape over the button. Seems anyone could have pushed it by mistake at any time.
Or was it this?I'm sure it's not an actual button. It's a mouse click.
This is funny. There has been a piece of black electrical tape over the switch at the top of my basement stairs that cuts the gas. Been there since I bought the house in 2011. Never hit it once.Apparently they were doing an in house alert systems test and the dude hit the wrong button. For Pete's sake at least put a piece of tape over the button. Seems anyone could have pushed it by mistake at any time.
Of course, that would make the birthers correct either way. I suspect that with all the infrastructure already in Hawaii.. they might make out pretty well. They would basically get to say.. all those federal taxes businesses and individuals pay now stay here. Charge the US rent on all those military bases.. or maybe the US would keep Pearl like they do Guantanamo. Heck.. ISIS fighters might end up in prison in Hawaii.Hawaii is only a state because in the pre-nuclear world it had some strategic value.
CVNs don't need it. SSBNs certainly don't need it. To be honest, I'd be perfectly okay with booting Hawaii and adding Puerto Rico just to keep the flag from getting f*cked up.
It just occurred to me.. if Trump was trigger happy and looking for any reason to launch a war.. wouldn't he have seized on this to do something rash in North Korea?
Of course, that would make the birthers correct either way. I suspect that with all the infrastructure already in Hawaii.. they might make out pretty well. They would basically get to say.. all those federal taxes businesses and individuals pay now stay here. Charge the US rent on all those military bases.. or maybe the US would keep Pearl like they do Guantanamo. Heck.. ISIS fighters might end up in prison in Hawaii.