What the Hawaii missile alert was like for us and for our governor.
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I was there for an over 50 soccer tournament (as a player). I was watching TV that morning (inevitably a soccer game) when the emergency broadcast started on the TV. I called my wife in, who was just out of the shower. We couldn’t believe it…..we went down to the basement of the hotel….called our son on the mainland….and then our friends who are his guardians, if we die. Those were fun conversations. Thankfully the all clear came just as we got to street level. We had a game later that day and our striker was a bit off form. Like me he’s Scottish….and confessed he’d gone immediately to the nearest bar, when the alarm was sounded, and downed three single malts in 10 mins.
I had just landed at the airport in Maui. I mostly remember that for my entire stay that was the bulk of TV news coverage.
Hoping to return in a coupe of weeks.
My daughter and I were at a Science Olympiad competition. We were all in the cafeteria waiting for events to start when cell phones began blaring the warning. It was surreal. We were told to shelter in place, but after a few minutes, we chose to go into a restroom instead, because we thought a smaller room might be safer. On the walk there I held my daughter’s hand. She said, “Mom, I don’t want to die.” I told her I didn’t either, but that at least we were together. I’ll never forget…
I was working in Kapaa when I got the alert. First thing I did was look to see if Sleeping Giant was still sleeping! Only on Kaua’i,,,
On Tuesday Jan 11th the FAA briefly grounded west coast flights due to North Korea launching a Mach 10 hypersonic missile. This is a clear and present danger to all Hawaiians. According to the New York Times Magazine in a 2018 article the hypersonic missile would reach Hawaii in 15 minutes. At least nobody will have to endure 38 minutes of panic if the attack is real next time.
Hoping this passes muster, my favorite story from the alert: Two workers were bored that Saturday morning and wanted some music to pep up the office. A worker said, “Hey Siri, play me so horny.”
Siri responded as she sometimes doesn’t hear clearly, “Okay, playing missile warning.”
I was sleeping late that weekend, with my cellphone turned off, so missed the whole thing. Jesus is my Savior, so I’m seriously ready to go at any time. Which is a good thing, given the news reports of Communist China’s on-going massive military & nuclear build-up, which could turn this “drill” into a reality one day. Certainly hope not, but only God knows.
Well I am very pleased, indeed, that I did not vote for Mr. Ige.
Does not inspire confidence nor leadership driven decision making.
Frankly I am surprised that the Hawaii government has stood up to and appears to be prevailing over the U S military regarding the 8 year old fuel leakage into our precious Hawaii water source.
Still have front page Maui News. We’d been on Maui couple days. When I saw alarm, simultaneously wanted to laugh & freak. Thought it had to be a mistake, but…I thought, we’re in a concrete building, on 3rd floor, just go sit in the interior hallway to wait, I’m in my happy place, my kids are safe on mainland, faith in God strong. Speakers I didn’t know existed in our TS went off telling us to leave our rooms, only take stairs to ground floor, stay in bldg. Maui Ocean Club did good job IMO.
It wasn’t quite as funny for the Tourists on the Beach in Waikiki, being told to hit the Sewers, a few Heart Attacks, then Mazie Hirono blamed the USN in Pearl Harbor, when the culprit was a City or County Employee who failed to follow Protocols! There’s something about Governor Ige, that should have told the Electorate, this guy is not ready for this job!