False Alarm

1.       False alarm

·       On January 13,2018 Hawaii got a scare of a lifetime when the emergency system set off a false alarm sending the people into a frenzy. To dive deeper into how this happen CNN news reported that “The employee who triggered the alarm, referred to as Employee 1, said he didn't know they were going through an exercise, even though five others in the room heard, "Exercise, Exercise, Exercise," which informed people that it was a drill, said Brigadier General Bruce E. Oliveira, the investigating officer heading the internal investigation.

·       The employee "therefore believed that the missile threat was real," the FCC said.

·       The employee "had a history of confusing drill and real-world events," said Oliveira. He has confused drills in at least two documented occasions. Colleagues had been concerned about the employee's performance for years, according to the internal investigation.

·       The employee activated the real-world alert code instead of the test missile alert. The computer asked him to confirm the choice and he clicked yes, according to the investigation's timeline.”

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