{"id":57342,"date":"2018-01-13T21:27:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T21:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=57342"},"modified":"2018-01-13T23:45:58","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T23:45:58","slug":"hawaii-alert-faux-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=57342","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii alert, faux news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; &#8220;this is not a drill&#8221; &#8212; maybe it should be ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hawaii-warning-image-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"281\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hawaii-warning-image-1.png 459w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hawaii-warning-image-1-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>The time elapsed between the first (8.07) and second (8.20) official messages tweeted here was 17 terrifying minutes. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Omg <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZbDTL1rcaF\">pic.twitter.com\/ZbDTL1rcaF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michelle Broder Van Dyke (@michellebvd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michellebvd\/status\/952241113158463488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/QUO-double-video-blank.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"105\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/QUO-double-video-blank.png 387w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/QUO-double-video-blank-300x81.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NO missile threat to Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hawaii EMA (@Hawaii_EMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hawaii_EMA\/status\/952243912415985664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**.<\/p>\n<p>17 minutes between the alarm and the announcement it was a false alarm? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/hawaii-just-heard-what-a-north-korean-nuclear-attack-would-sound-like\">Hawaii had a drill not so long ago, and the report<\/a> tells us how long it would take for a missile from North Korea to hit Hawaii:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In a public presentation on Oahu, HI-EMA administrator Vern Miyagi said that with only 12-15 minutes advance notice in case of a North Korean missile launch against the islands, his agency has a responsibility to inform the public how to prepare and what to expect.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/840060\/North-Korea-news-bomb-Hawaii-missile-range-how-far-attack\">Alternatively<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lt Col. Charles Anthony from the US Department of Defense, told CNN: \u201cIf North Korea uses an intercontinental ballistic missile, from launch to impact in Hawaii is approximately 20 minutes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vern Miyagi, of the Hawaii\u2019s Emergency Management Agency, also predicted that Hawaii\u2019s residents will only have 15 minutes to seek shelter.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;Pacific Command would take about fives minutes to characterise a launch, where the missile is going, which means the population would have about 15 minutes to take shelter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not much time at all. But it is enough time to give yourself a chance to survive.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Okay, 4660 miles, more or less. I&#8217;ll take my guidance from <strong>Mr. Miyagi<\/strong>. Poor man, I&#8217;ll bet he gets a ton of ribbing &#8212; he&#8217;s actually a General, retd &#8212; and I for one am contributing to his load.<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>17 minutes is way too long for an alert of this sort to be cancelled. Those 17 minutes were terrifying for those who were aware of the initial alert &#8212; and those who weren&#8217;t should alert us all to the dangers of inefficient signaling in case of emergency.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hawaii-warning-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"433\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hawaii-warning-image.png 564w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hawaii-warning-image-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Okay. <\/p>\n<p>Gen. <strong>Barry McCaffrey<\/strong> dialed the &#8220;scary&#8221; factor down close to zero on MSNBC &#8212; I&#8217;ll add the link when available.<\/p>\n<p>General purpose note: always dial <strong>worst case<\/strong> down by a factor of ten, then verify.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, okay.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, we have a god-given opportunity to think though our <strong>preparations for one of the unthinkables<\/strong>: we usually turn a deaf ear to God, whether or not we are believers. <\/p>\n<p>Maybe that&#8217;s not such a great idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron &#8212; &#8220;this is not a drill&#8221; &#8212; maybe it should be ] . ** The time elapsed between the first (8.07) and second (8.20) official messages tweeted here was 17 terrifying minutes. Omg pic.twitter.com\/ZbDTL1rcaF &mdash; Michelle Broder Van Dyke (@michellebvd) January 13, 2018 NO missile threat to Hawaii. &mdash; Hawaii EMA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1559,1059,526,1558,98,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alert","category-ballistic-missiles","category-charles-cameron","category-hawaii","category-north-korea","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57342"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57364,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57342\/revisions\/57364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}