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Hawaii alert: False missile alarm sparks panic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42677604
Quote:
An incoming missile alert plunged residents of Hawaii into panic on Saturday morning before it was declared to be false.
Mobile phone users received a message saying: "Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill."
State Governor David Ige apologised to Hawaiians, saying an employee had pressed the wrong button.
The US government announced there would be a full investigation.
An alert system is in place because of the potential proximity of Hawaii to North Korean missiles.
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I can’t begin to imagine how people felt during those forty minutes (and I lived in West Berlin during the height of the Cold War).
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