government can quickly verify the accuracy of alerts with agencies such as the Department of Defense. She also said the Department of Homeland Security is examining how the U.S. Nielsen told a Senate panel the department had been unaware that Hawaii officials did not have a mechanism in place to address false alarms and retract them. 'This had the potential for being totally catastrophic,' Hirono said. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, said it's clear that human error initiated the false alert. But she worries that system failures allowed it to go uncorrected for too long, nearly 40 minutes. Joe Logan were on hand for a press conference at Civil Defense at Diamond Head Saturday, Jan. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Tuesday the agency will work with states to follow proper protocols when issuing safety alerts and quickly retracting incorrect alerts like Hawaii's warning of a ballistic missile. There was no system for retracting the false alarm. Officials said a state employee clicked the wrong link and activated a real alert instead of an internal test. Some changes have already been made, including requiring two people to approve emergency alerts. Kenneth Hara on Monday and said he will provide a report in two months. Ige appointed state Army National Guard Brig. David Ige has announced his plans to appoint a state Army National Guard official to oversee a review of Hawaii's emergency management process. The mistake led to the faulty alert which was sent to cellphones around the state, warning of an incoming missile attack last weekend. 'I woke up this morning in Hawaii with ten minutes to live,' the 'Truman Show' actor wroteīelow, officials say is the new screen grab which 'better represents' the design, according to the Civil Beat. Government officials revealed late Tuesday that the below screen grab represents an 'inaccurate image' of the computer screen the emergency official had been using at the time of the statewide alert. The Civil Beat previously reported that the emergency operator intended to click on the 'DRILL - PACOM (CDW) -STATE ONLY' link, but instead, clicked on the 'PACOM (CDW) - STATE ONLY' link, which was placed just two lines above. In the initial photo released by the Honolulu Civil Beat late Monday, ten links placed close together in a column are shown. The computer menu design behind the accidental missile alert that caused chaos across Hawaii Saturday has since been revealed. Some say they never received a second phone alert at all. The mistake was corrected by government agencies on Twitter 12 minutes later but it took 38 minutes for another phone alert to be issued confirming to residents that it was a false alarm. The above image released Tuesday night is a screen grab officials say 'better represents' the computer design the employee was looking at Saturday The all-clear phone alert was not sent until 38 minutes later. The false alarm was sent at about 8am local time by a Hawaii Emergency Management employee who 'pushed the wrong buttons' during an internal drill timed to coincide with a shift handover. Some sent heartfelt messages to their families and loved ones, convinced they might not make it. 'Please lord let this bomb threat not be real.' 'Under mattresses in the bathtub with my wife, baby and in laws,' tweeted American golfer John Peterson. Golfers in Honolulu for the US PGA Tour's Sony Open were also thrown into panic and confusion by the mistaken alert.
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On the H-3, a major highway north of Honolulu, vehicles sat empty after drivers left them to run to a nearby tunnel after the alert showed up, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. She added that doctors had told him that he 'died' briefly, but that now he is 'lucid and cognitive'. The stress brought on a heart attack,' Reichel told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
'The whole thing just took him over the edge.
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