False Hawaii Missile Alert Sent After Drill Recording Said 'This Is Not A Drill'

[elleng]

'A false ballistic missile alert in Hawaii was sent on January 13 because an emergency worker believed there really was a missile threat, according to a preliminary investigation by The Federal Communications Commission.

The report finds that the false alert was not the result of a worker choosing the wrong alert by accident from a drop-down menu, but rather because the worker misunderstood a drill as a true emergency. The drill incorrectly included the language "This is not a drill."'>>>

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/30/581853255/hawaii-missile-drill-stated-this-is-not-a-drill-resulting-in-false-alert

[pangaia]

1. This is NOT a reply to your OP.

I repeat - This is NOT a reply to your OP.

[elleng]

2. ;-)

[pangaia]

3. See, you made the same mistake that guy in hawai'i did.

[elleng]

4. This s NOT a response!

[pangaia]

6. Did you post a no reply to my no reply?

I guess not..

I don;t see one.

[elleng]

7. ;-???

[Iggo]

9. I didn't type this. (n/t)

[Initech]

5. Wait, so this was Siri's fuck up? Bad Siri! Bad!!

"I am bad!".

[Phoenix61]

8. When I worked on an AF base the same thing happened

They were running drills and sent the "this is not a drill" message instead of the "this is a drill message"." Caused utter chaos for about 5 minutes until they got it squared away. At least we all knew they were running drills so the first thought was someone screwed up rather than "OMG, we are all going to die!