Washington (CNN)An emergency alert notification sent out on Saturday claiming a “ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii” was a false alarm, according to state leaders and emergency officials.
“BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL,” the emergency alert read.While the message caused concern on social media, the Hawaii Office of Emergency Management quickly responded on Twitter, saying, “NO missile threat to Hawaii.”Hawaii Gov. David Ige told CNN that human error caused the alert to go out.“It was a mistake made during a standard procedure at the change over of a shift, and an employee pushed the wrong button,” he said.
My bet is nobody will be fired over this one.