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Re: Oct. 3, 2018 EAS Presidential Alert test


From: "Scott Weeks" <surfer () mauigateway com>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 14:51:11 -0700



--- maxh () maxh me uk wrote:
From: Max Harmony <maxh () maxh me uk>

I got it, but not until 14.34. For a system that's 
supposed to be able to warn people of incoming 
nuclear attack, that seems unacceptably slow.
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You mean like the one we got in Hawaii?

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

"BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK 
IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL."

Parents were putting their children into storm drains...

scott


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