How the hell could the Americans make this mistake?!

[brizzledrizzle]

They announced an incoming missile alert for Hawaii which is in range for North Korean missiles. The mistake wasn't corrected for nearly 20 minutes according to the BBC.

[SideOrderofSprouts]

I saw that. As dh put it. Must have been a brown trouser time

[Plentyoffishnets]

I'm wondering if something got hacked?

[Leigha3]

Guessing it was the mistake of a few geniuses rather than Americans as a whole.

[W0rriedMum]

Copying my comment from another thread.

I am NOT a conspiracy type person but two things don't add up:

• why did it have a "this is not a drill" message when this goes through a chain of command to go out
  
• how come a correction text didn't go out sooner?
  

Something doesn't add up here.

[Kursk]

A wrong button was pressed. But on a positive note the residents got an excellent unannounced practice drill.

I bet a few families are going over there backup plans

[brizzledrizzle]

Kim Jong un must be rubbing his hands in glee.

[Kursk]

W0rriedMum

The messages are pre written and get sent when ordered.

I assume it took a while to cancel it because the guy didn’t realize he accidentally sent it

[InionEile]

Stable genius strikes again! Probably a Trump voter who fell asleep at the control desk after eating one too many cheeseburgers...

[W0rriedMum]

The whole state is calling their loved ones and the responsible people (because one person alone cannot send it out - there are multiple steps) doesn't realise it was sent?

I don't buy it.

[VladmirsPoutine]

Yanbu. Some mistakes can never be rectified. Must have been a very hairy moment for all involved!

[TheWineHasRunOut]

I blame Trump!!

[lookingforthecorkscrew]

I read about a family that put their kids in the bathtub, because it was the most enclosed part of their house, and completely broke down. What awful scary times we live in.

[DressAndGo]

They are lucky there were no panic suicides

[MelanieSmooter]

I’m not buying it either.

[werewolfhowls]

Petrov is a true hero

[AcrossthePond55]

The news here is reporting that 'someone' pushed a button by accident. Luckily (so far) no one was hurt or died as a result of the mistake. I'm sure a big lesson will be learnt and new safeguards will be put in place to see this doesn't happen again.

[Palavra]

It took nearly 40 minutes for a correction. I’ve seen a clip of a woman putting her children down a storm train. People were apparently calling their family to say goodbye. Sounds like it’s a ticket to statewide PTSD

[brizzledrizzle]

Petrov saved many, many lives.

[DorisDangleberry]

How the hell could the Americans make this mistake?!

It’s amazing isn’t it. A British person have never made a mistake. Because we all know the British public sector is the best in the world, and definitely not shit at all.

[7Days]

Those poor people .
There are surely steps thst are taken, a few people must sign off on it before the text was sent?
What were the media saying ?

[VladmirsPoutine]

@Doris I fear you don't know a single thing about anything.

[MakeMisogynyAHateCrime]

I can’t stop thinking about this.