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JohnnyRingo

(18,696 posts) Sun Jan 14, 2018, 05:37 AM Jan 2018

If the false alarm in Hawaii was caused by "pushing the wrong button"....

What did the right button do?

Was a nearby button used for turning on the lights or ordering a pizza? Was there a button next to it labeled "Do not send a nuclear alert" and the worker got confused?

So many questions, but I want a picture of those damn buttons.

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If the false alarm in Hawaii was caused by "pushing the wrong button".... (Original Post) JohnnyRingo Jan 2018 OP

From what I understand, the other button involved a test of the same system. BzaDem Jan 2018 #1

The right button gets you a latte. Duh. Downtown Hound Jan 2018 #2

It's just the modern computer version Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #3

BzaDem

(11,142 posts)

1. From what I understand, the other button involved a test of the same system.

Reply to JohnnyRingo (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 06:58 AM

Jan 2018

When the employee pressed the non-test button, there was a confirmation dialog, and the employee continued anyway.

http://abc30.com/primal-fear-as-people-across-hawaii-get-false-alarm-of-imminent-missile-attack/2941655/

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)

2. The right button gets you a latte. Duh.

Reply to JohnnyRingo (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 11:14 AM

Jan 2018

Ms. Toad

(34,127 posts)

3. It's just the modern computer version

Reply to JohnnyRingo (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 12:41 PM

Jan 2018

Of the '71 screw-up of the emergency broadcast system test. The "button," then, was a tape. One was the actual alert, the other was the weekly test. The hapless soul loaded the wrong tape. Here, there were two "buttons," likely on screen hot spots-one for the test, one for the actual emergency.

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