Current Events > People in Hawaii had no idea what to do during that ballistic missile alert.

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Eaglerulez posted...

I get that people are mad about this being a false alarm...shouldn't more people be upset that they had nowhere to really run to?

I mean even for me over here in Southern California I wouldn't know where to take shelter if this were to happen...my best bet would be to drive as far inland as I could.

Upset? No not upset, it does terrify me tho. I don't think there's really much you can do to protect an entire states citizens from a nuclear attack and it sucks to know that when you truly believe a nuke is headed your way. I mean a lot of people won't understand this if you didn't live through it, but I legitimately believed my life was about to be over. And that affects you more than you'd think. Even after it was declared a mistake, me and all my friends kept saying how it still felt as if we were in some kind of danger and that a missile might still hit at any time.

It was really scary. Like holy fucking shit scary.
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It was a very weird feeling when I thought I might die that day, but then I realized I probably couldn't do jack diddly about it, so I just went back to sleep :<

Too bad that chick wasn't just like "Oh crap, gonna die. Free strip show!" :3
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fuzzylittlbunny posted...

It was a very weird feeling when I thought I might die that day, but then I realized I probably couldn't do jack diddly about it, so I just went back to sleep :<

Too bad that chick wasn't just like "Oh crap, gonna die. Free strip show!" :3

Lol wow back to sleep huh? I was out the night before so I was planning on sleeping in but damn if I wasn't wide awake after that shit lol. I had a couple friends sleep through it, lucky fucks lmao.
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Well I mean part of it could be because I've gotten into a habit of going to sleep at 5 or 6 in the morning, so I'm usually really tired lol
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Yeah that's a bit later than I went to sleep lmao, you were probably pissed they woke you up at all of that's the case. What part of the island do you love on?
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By Nu'uanu/Liliha
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Ah bad place to be.... I'd have been worried I was next to ground zero tbh. Then again better there than somewhere where you wouldn't be vaporized but instead just burnt to a crisp while you walk around suffering more than anyone else can imagine before you eventually die, like a day later. Happened to choke people in Japan, I read about it and heard first hand accounts of the devastation and it was horrifying.
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Yeah, I can't imagine how much that would suck to just be suffering from radiation poisoning while trying to survive the aftermath :<
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Or the people that were in the blast but were just burnt to a black crisp without dying. There's a documentary that plays on the history channel or Nat Geo I believe that has first hand accounts of people who entire faces had been melted off and were crispy black from head to toe just trying to hobble their way to the river. Look up "hibakusha" if you have some time to see what I'm talking about. I mean it was scary enough with all the warnings we got.... Can you imagine to just be walking down the street, not thinking about anything, and all of a sudden there's a bright flash... And boom next thing you know you're surrounded by utter devastation, your entire body is burned and your skin is falling off and no one is around to help you or even tell you what is happening or what to do. Your entire city is a fire. And I don't mean that the buildings in your city are on fire, I mean that your entire city is literally one massive fire.
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I don't want to see melty-faced people :<
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EverDownward posted...

Let's be real, if a nuclear missile was headed straight for my city I'd pray to God, and then call my mom and tell her how much I love her and just wait for the inevitable. The likelihood of surviving a blast, let alone the fallout, is next to impossible.

Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived two nukes.
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fuzzylittlbunny posted...

I don't want to see melty-faced people :<

Well you'd probably be blind so hey, problem solved! Lol no but really, I don't think we have anything to worry about.

Foppe posted...

EverDownward posted...

Let's be real, if a nuclear missile was headed straight for my city I'd pray to God, and then call my mom and tell her how much I love her and just wait for the inevitable. The likelihood of surviving a blast, let alone the fallout, is next to impossible.

Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived two nukes.

I read about that story, dude is gangster af.
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Imagine North Korea launched a missile at Hawaii after everyone was told there was no threat lol
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http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/28/us/hawaii-nuclear-warning-trnd/index.html
In the event of an actual attack, Hawaii's 1.4 million residents are expected to seek shelter immediately after hearing the attack warning signal. An emergency alert system will broadcast warnings on TV and radio as well.
A fast warning is critical for the Hawaiian islands, which sit just 4,661 miles from North Korea. The state would only have about a 20-minute heads up before a missile launched by Kim Jong Un's regime hits the islands.
"Pacific Command would take about fives minutes to characterize a launch, where the missile is going, which means the population would have about 15 minutes to take shelter," said Vern Miyagi, administrator for Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency. "It's not much time at all. But it is enough time to give yourself a chance to survive."
Hawaii's emergency plan doesn't call for a mass relocation or evacuation of the islands, because there wouldn't be enough time with a 20-minute warning. Nor does the plan call for placing people in fallout shelters, because Hawaii's population has boomed since the 1980s so there are not enough shelters in the state to house everyone; whole neighborhoods are without even a single shelter.
In case of an actual nuclear strike, residents are instructed to go inside and remain sheltered for 14 days or until they are told it's safe to leave. While in shelter, residents should listen to local AM-FM radio stations for official information.

Why are they angry that the alarm went off instead of the fact that they got not enough shelter?
And I really love how long time it took until they sent out that it was a mistake.
Hey boss, a missile could have hit us and return back to North Korea by now, it must be a mistake!
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assassinCrash posted...

Imagine North Korea launched a missile at Hawaii after everyone was told there was no threat lol

Lol dude no joke, that's what we were all feeling like that night.

The morning was so freaky that even after it was known to be a mistake and there was nothing to worry about, it still felt like something might go down. Lmao I can't explain it, bit it felt like the threat was still a reality somehow.
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assassinCrash posted...

Imagine North Korea launched a missile at Hawaii after everyone was told there was no threat lol

"Nevermind guys there is a threat! THERE IS A THREAT"

nuclearratchet posted...

assassinCrash posted...

Imagine North Korea launched a missile at Hawaii after everyone was told there was no threat lol

"Nevermind guys there is a threat! THERE IS A THREAT"

"Oh wait, it was North Korea who launched the missile. No threat lol"
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We already ignore every single tsunami warning in we get because nothing ever happens, people literally partying on the docks by Waikiki. It'd suck if that started to happen with missile warnings.
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nicklebro posted...

We already ignore every single tsunami warning in we get because nothing ever happens, people literally partying on the docks by Waikiki. It'd suck if that started to happen with missile warnings.

Were you born in Hawaii?
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nicklebro posted...

assassinCrash posted...

Imagine North Korea launched a missile at Hawaii after everyone was told there was no threat lol

Lol dude no joke, that's what we were all feeling like that night.

The morning was so freaky that even after it was known to be a mistake and there was nothing to worry about, it still felt like something might go down. Lmao I can't explain it, bit it felt like the threat was still a reality somehow.

You should use that feeling to prepare yourself in case it happen.
Have an emergency backpack ready at all time and make up a plan of where to go and how to get there.
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assassinCrash posted...

nicklebro posted...

We already ignore every single tsunami warning in we get because nothing ever happens, people literally partying on the docks by Waikiki. It'd suck if that started to happen with missile warnings.

Were you born in Hawaii?

Yup, born and raised.

Foppe posted...

You should use that feeling to prepare yourself in case it happen.
Have an emergency backpack ready at all time and make up a plan of where to go and how to get there.

Well I'm likely moving to California pretty soon for work, and tbh I don't think there's really any kinda plan that would be viable on case this really did go down. First I don't think we'd be getting just one nuke if it did happen, I also don't think we'd know where it'd be hitting, and I just don't believe that there's any viable way of avoiding death from a nuclear blast on such a small island. I mean I do know where the closest shelter is now, but how helpful would that even be? My mom's house does have an emergency pack that I got for her but on a small island like this, you're dependent on being saved to avoid the fallout.

Really it's just pointless in my mind to believe that you can do anything to avoid the inevitable.
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Yeah I would rather die instantly then seek shelter and possibly survive but with missing limbs and so much radiation poisoning. What happened 2 days ago was inexcusable though, people could have committed suicide.
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All I could imagine honestly was this 80s movie called Miracle Mile which is really stressful. I imagine that's what Hawaii was like.
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Muffinz0rz posted...

...People got a missile alert and their first reaction was to live-stream?

Fucking milennials
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nicklebro posted...

We already ignore every single tsunami warning in we get because nothing ever happens, people literally partying on the docks by Waikiki. It'd suck if that started to happen with missile warnings.

People always say shit like this as if it's something to be proud of when it comes to ignoring storm warnings, not just in Hawaii either. I'll never understand it.

Edit: Not saying you were saying it that way, nicklebro, just in general
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Vyrulisse posted...

nicklebro posted...

We already ignore every single tsunami warning in we get because nothing ever happens, people literally partying on the docks by Waikiki. It'd suck if that started to happen with missile warnings.

People always say shit like this as if it's something to be proud of when it comes to ignoring storm warnings, not just in Hawaii either. I'll never understand it.

An overwhelming unprecedented volume of stress caused by the realization that you are going to die soon... it causes people to do some crazy things that to an outside perspective might seem illogical or stupid.
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Vyrulisse posted...

nicklebro posted...

We already ignore every single tsunami warning in we get because nothing ever happens, people literally partying on the docks by Waikiki. It'd suck if that started to happen with missile warnings.

People always say shit like this as if it's something to be proud of when it comes to ignoring storm warnings, not just in Hawaii either. I'll never understand it.

Idk anyone that says it's something to be proud of, it's just acknowledging that our tsunami warnings are useless and have 0 credibility. I guess it's a way of showing that you're a local when you know what kinda warnings to ignore since we have so many haoles moving here and trying to act as if they're not transplants. But even then it's not pride in shirking the official recommendation. We'd love it if the tsunami warning system wasnt completely useless.
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I hear ya nickle. It's like living in Maryland we get a hurricane warning every year or two and maybe if you live on the Eastern Shore (you know like actually on the ocean) you might experience some of the storm but if you're on the mainland it might just be a little more wind than normal. But they almost always let us go from work to go home just in case. Can't complain but it's just funny to me.
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Exactly man. And these are freaking tsunami warning telling us to avoid fast moving water and sometimes even evacuate low lying houses and seek higher ground. You know what happens? Literally nothing. I live across the street from the beach, like almost exactly sea level, and nothing ever happens.

Just don't get why they haven't come up with something better yet.
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