The WORST Text Message Ever Sent: What Caused Hawaii's Nuclear False Alarm?

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[@johnnyguillotine1673]

You only have 8 down votes.

[@asdfreii]

I work in emergency management and this incident is famous. Employee 1 is a cause of debate. Employee 1 sent the message in error, but the processes and protocols to protect them from this sort of thing weren’t working. BUT Employee 1 acted swiftly and decisively in an emergency situation, exactly as you should. “In an emergency is better to make a decision which will keep people safe in error than to be indecisive and people die”

[@sweetjamesjones6554]

Well said. Those are my exact sentiments as far as I can tell.

[@Moreorlesss996]

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[@MaxieMeat]

I was even thinking during the video, even if it was an accident what's more important is that people didn't get killed.

[@taffysaur]

@@fireflocs We don’t know for sure that those words were actually included.

[@fawfulthegreat64]

One dude was out golfing when this warning happened. He recorded a video where he basically said he'd keep golfing and see what happens. Man was fully ready to go out doing what he loved.

[@ScubaSteveM45]

To be fair what Civil Defense protections does HI have? Hide under a really big palm tree? Stand beside some really rad waves at the beach? The man was right to keep golfing, wasn't like there were reinforced bunkers here there and everywhere

[@senzium]

@@ScubaSteveM45 don't you have underground nuclear bunkers?

[@ScubaSteveM45]

@@senzium there are plenty in the mainland, I don't think HI built as many or any at all

[@senzium]

@@ScubaSteveM45 flats dont have them? in my country flats mostly have them

[@ScubaSteveM45]

@@senzium only the ones from the 1950s and older. Fallout bunkers after that became more of a niche survivalist/prepper thing after that. There are super deluxe fortified luxury bunker estates across America in remote locations picked just for being furthest from obvious targets

[@BallerDan53]

I guess it is better to misinterpret a test warning as a missile threat than the other way around.

[@SievertSchreiber]

So true!

[@KarlMarcus8468]

was gonna say the same thing. I feel kinda feel bad the guy got fired, it was a huge mistake but I'd rather him be ready to send the real text immediately then hesitate and wait if it was real.

[@yaboiphilg]

Reminds me of what happened moments before Pearl Harbor. They saw it on the radar, and thought it was nothing to worry or about maybe the system acting up. Definitely would’ve saved lives had it been taken more seriously at that time

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

I was so happy that it almost made Jim Carey have a heart attack!! {0.o} 😆 😂 🤣

[@brockdenney9248]

I can tell you from experience “exercise” is also repeated 3 times BEFORE the drill begins. I don’t believe employee 1’s story. My man was probably hung over or hadn’t had enough monster yet

[@ErkanMehmedali]

He gave false alarm, gets fired. If he didn’t sent the alarm in a real case scenario, a catastrophe would have happened. It is better to be safe than sorry. I understand how those civilians were affected and the anxiety they faced but I prefer this to happen rather than getting vaporized without a warning.

[@realofficialbrandon]

Right, hesitation kills...I dont agree with this guy getting fired.

[@Andre-ee6gc]

But lets get real, how safe people would be anyways? Maybe 20% people will get saved by the alarm but i think most would unfortunately die

[@ErkanMehmedali]

@@Andre-ee6gc so how about they cancel the whole institution since few will survive.

[@Litepaw]

I'd rather just get vaporized. The real post-nuclear war world is nothing like video games. To me It's an abvious choice of instant painless death listening to my favorite music and smoking. Returning to the eternity where we came from -- or slooowly starving, dying from radiation sickness, nuclear winter, or thirst in a cold, toxic, poisonous and dark nuclear hellscape. It might be selfish, but at least it's gonna be beautiful and warm for a while And that employee 100% did the right thing if it wasn't clarified it is a drill. Because i think most people aren't gonna do what I'm planning in such a scenario lol

[@Andre-ee6gc]

@@ErkanMehmedali well that's your desire, don't quote me on that

[@mrcolegreat3595]

Honestly I forgive Employee 1. It sounds like he genuinely believed that Hawaii was getting nuked and he chose to inform the public instead of letting everyone die.

[@EpicTacoSenpai]

I mean no one got hurt from the false alarm. Can't believe people are giving the guy death threats. It's ridiculous. Literally tried to save your asses and this is how he gets repaid

[@MaxieMeat]

I wonder if Employee 1 was possibly overconsuming news at the time of North Korea and it's nuclear arsenal? Maybe he panicked with everything going even in combination with the ineffective protocols designed to prevent these type of mistakes.

[@PeterGriffin11]

@@EpicTacoSenpai I don't blame people for being mad but death threats are too far.

[@bigbrisk8423]

@@EpicTacoSenpai naw they're perfectly OK I feel the same way when my phone goes off red alert. Whoever put put the alert cn die in a hole idc about it he's just blasting us with a massive annoying alarm

[@DeagleGamesTV]

@@bigbrisk8423 zero iq take.

[@quattrobajeena135]

My aunt and uncle just moved to Hawaii. My cousin died of an overdose and they are completely broken. When they got the message they just went outside and opened some bourbon and told my cousin they would see him soon. Ugh I don’t know why this always messes with me so bad but it’s one of those things that makes my chest hurt thinking about. I just had to vent somewhere

[@jayst]

Damn….

[@Providence..]

No worries, stranger, that's... pretty depressing though, all things considered... hurts just reading it, if I'm gonna be honest. Praying you and your family stay strong in trying times.

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[@privateemail9755]

Welcome to you're emo phase.

[@Evildandalo]

Reminds me of the end of Hotline Miami 2. “Leaving this world is not as scary as it sounds”

[@mattmarie1517]

I'm from Hawaii, and back in 2018, I woke up to this, thought "Oh shit" moved under my bed, and fell back asleep. My thought process was "I don't know where it'll hit, and if my house collapses, my bed could be able to protect me a little bit. If I die, I'm gonna die doing what I love, sleeping."

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[@HappyScamper]

Nice

[@Suwawako]

Such a beautiful way of thinking

[@Apudurangdinya]

We should die as we live

[@chystal9161]

@@alexdasliebe5391 this ain't tiktok or Twitter bud you can't @ people

[@noneedtoknowme9582]

As someone who deals with shift changes within a government capacity I can understand the chaos, often times things that should have been handled the shift prior they will leave for you to deal with. But literally having a nuclear ballistic missile threat during shift change... I applaud employee #1 because if a nuke had launched that day he would have saved thousands of lives, it's only because they had horrible standards and he was the scape goat that he was not the hero, which he proved to be by pushing the button when evidence told him too.

[@TommyTom21]

Yeah idk about that. He could have saved millions of people from a traumatic experience if he had just spent a few more seconds and double checked if the message said this is not a drill instead of being trigger happy.

[@TimSmith-ne5zs]

@@TommyTom21 more of a problem with the system then the employee

[@cooldjs8165]

@@TommyTom21 IMO I’d rather have that than the other scenario, it’s a tough call and in the moment I entirely get where employee 1 was coming from.

[@VentandInvent]

You sound like you work for the government. Even though he caused public panic it’s a good thing because if a missile was coming they’d be panicking ahead of schedule. Looking at the glass 1/8th full I see haha

[@nick5422]

@@TommyTom21 personally, I’d rather have a minor traumatic experience than have my flesh melted off my bones, but that’s just me.

[@eyer0nic155]

Im from north of Sweden, we were in Honolulu at the time when this happened. It was so surreal, that sound all our phones were making, i never knew it coumd do that! My gf ran to the neighbor and asked what to do? They told us to stay inside so we all sat down in the kitchen, looking at eachother, wondering what to do. After 20min i said fuck this and made a toast lol, im not gonna die hungry! The most surreal thing ive experienced ever! I will always remember this

[@captainweekend5276]

I still remember the 4chan post of a guy who claimed he and his sister had incestuous sex because they believed they were going to die and it was a sort of bucket list thing, and then after they did it believing they would die soon after they got the false alarm alert and he was wondering how they were going to both live with what they had done.

[@VTH223]

...What the *FUCK?*

[@ScubaSteveM45]

Its 4chan, odds are Anon was lying. I remember that greentext but also remember 4chan is full of sick bastards who would write fake fanfics about their own family like that

[@jakezepeda1267]

@@ScubaSteveM45 I feel like thats a very tame story for 4chan.

[@Coppergasm]

Idk imminent death sounds like a moodkiller

[@ScubaSteveM45]

@@Coppergasm that's why I think it's some kook's taboo fantasy rather than an incest confession posted anonymously to 4chan

[@Gelato__33]

Seeing that kid being placed in the manhole made me really think about how many poor children will forever face trauma in one way or another due to this. I remember how scared I was as a kid having to go down to the basement for a tornado warning in my area, and it still makes me a bit uneasy all these years later. I can’t imagine how they feel…

[@EpicTacoSenpai]

They will grow up and forget and laugh it off. It's hoe it goes. I'd be freaking out to don't get me wrong but the bigger picture everyone is safe. Yet there's people out there that want people did for this it's ridit

[@SplendidCoffee0]

@@EpicTacoSenpai do you personally know every child who was in Hawaii that day?

[@adventureboy7855]

@@EpicTacoSenpai so your saying a traumatizing event that traumatized millions of people is something that you can shrug it off? What about the kids living through the 50’s knowing the A-Bomb could drop on them any moment? Do you think they could shrug it off? What about the kids who homes were destroyed doing mt St. Helens eruption? Would that be easy to shrug off? What about the 4 state tornado that destroyed thousand of homes? Are those things not traumatizing? If they are not to you, you should consult a psychologist before replying

[@IxKILLxZ0MBIES]

kids wouldn't understand the severity of the situation unless they had terrible parents or guardians that let them think they were going to die

[@StarGazerTom1991]

Also, you shouldn't go down intonthe sewers if a nuke launch does happen. The water would get super heated and boil you alive, leaving you with such extreme burns they aren't on a scale. And its filthy, nasty, bacteria ridden water. Which means even if you do survive, you'll die of sickness.

[@bella5942]

i remember this. my sister lives in hawaii and when she got that text she was literally preparing her and her daughter for it by wrapping themselves in a big blanket so my niece wouldn’t be scared. that may have been an “accident” but it made many people truly believe they were going to die and a lot of people did drastic things because of it.

[@themischief420]

that doesn't sound very drastic, just wrapping up in a big blanket

[@NoblesNobule]

@@themischief420 alot of people did drastic things, not everyone. Their sister did not do something drastic.

[@RisingRevengeance]

When the system is that bad I really wouldn't blame that guy too hard

[@Providence..]

I am ashamed to say that I completely forgot this happened. Needless to say, I live on the opposite end in Florida, but hearing the details from how the atmosphere was in the moment gave me chills, I can't even begin to imagine what it was like to be in that situation, emotionally and physically.

[@drizzolovesbenjamin]

Nothing gives me the creeps as much as the EAS sound

[@spider3755]

It was almost the greatest prank ever, the fake alien invasion was a better prank though 🤣👌

[@Uvuv6969]

I didn’t. I was at Ross with my mom. I was probably 10 or 11? But I was terrified. On my limited knowledge of nuclear war at the time, I knew that there would be more nukes, and being in Miami, we’d be fucked. So I just prepared. Luckily I didn’t die Lmao

[@yougoslavia]

I live in the UK and I never knew about it.

[@lautreamontg]

I had to evacuate an entire Farmer's Market by myself. Working security is 99% slacking, and 1% stuff like this.

[@warrenbailey5469]

Wavy seems like the kind of dude you want to grab a beer with, nice bloke

[@wavywebsurf]

hell yeah brother

[@jordy9606]

subsciibed

[@dainluke]

Don’t make fun of 2018. The last two years have been inexcusably bad.

[@Ginkrepeerc_]

It take 2020 over 2018 any day

[@dainluke]

@@Ginkrepeerc_ nice

[@KOOK_78]

I'm good

[@neonyzr]

what was so bad about 2019 anyways

[@dainluke]

@@neonyzr last two years = 2021 and 2020 2021 is basically a wrap already, December might as well not happen with this new strain or whatever

[@potatotus]

if employee 1 genuinely thought that it wasn't a drill then he's not in the wrong, definitely not warranted death threats.

[@cw9155]

I live in Hawaii (Oahu) and was there when I received the message. As soon as I got the text I took my old timer (15 year old) dog out for a walk. I figured if it was real we should both be spending our time doing something we loved. Thankfully it was of course a false alarm and he lived another 3 years to the ripe old age of 18 1/2 years old 😊

[@Mudkip971]

Despite the panic it caused I think what Employee 1 did was justifiable. In a serious situation like this it's better to be safe than sorry. That being said I'm still wondering did he mishear the message or was the wrong message sent out?

[@luciferkotsutempchannel]

He probably put the phone down immediately after hearing the "this is not a drill" part.

[@lolo27234]

always got mad respect for that one boomer that once he got the text went out to golf and recorded a video saying thats how he wants to go out

[@nostalgicumbry3279]

Semi related, my mom went to school during the cold war and they had nuclear bomb drills from time to time. It was similar to a tornado drill where you go in a hallway and put a book over your head. When my mom told me this, that's when she realized and said "What is a book going to do with protecting me from a bomb?"

[@gingerbihhh]

It’s to protect your head from debris but I still feel the same. Last thing I’m worried about during a nuclear bombing is the ceiling 😩

[@ScubaSteveM45]

Same with my dad who just turned 75. Even a young student like him spotted the uselessness of hiding under his desk vs. the destructive power of a warhead pointed at a major city one would be in or close by to.

[@ScubaSteveM45]

@@gingerbihhh yeah agreed, I'm more worried about not being vaporized instantly nor getting horrifically burnt like in Terminator 2

[@SirEggo2412]

It will protect you from rubble but will it protect you from having your cells disintegrated

[@nguyenduyphuc3924]

I mean to be fair, the book wouldn’t do shit, but the building might. It’s better to tell the kids to put the book on their head to keep them calm than to have a bunch of panic kids running around when there is a nuke dropping.

[@plasmicats2000]

I wonder if someone is still in their fallout shelter right now because of this, thinking the world outside is gone but everyone is just living normally.

[@Disknode]

This is funny and symaltaniously can't describe iy

[@tavadaardendrian319]

Sounds similar to this movie from the 90s with Brendan Frasier-“Blast from the Past” I think

[@uselesscrap2701]

Joke is good, but textbooks and other civil defense and military sources (from poland 1980s) state that it is mostly safe to go out after a month.

[@jinjunmei]

Something similar happened here in southern Ontario last year. A mass text notification went out during a training exercise informing everyone of an "incident" at the nearby nuclear power plant. It was quickly corrected with another mass text, but it caused mass confusion and some panic. Of course it all happened in the morning so I slept through the entire thing.

[@pandap4ntz]

I love your comment, because it reminds me of my roommate, we live in Missouri & summer time is tornado watch & warning season, and no matter how terrible the weather is, or how close the tornado came, my roommate is always at home, sleeping peacefully through the chaos.

[@gameliking]

I never forgot this happened because I always wondered how someone could mess up that bad. I never really looked too much farther into it but I remember reading stories about people who lived in Hawaii at the time and just could not imagine what they went through

[@ShadowDemon_4]

If you've seen it you also know that the infamous McDonald's coffee burn incident wasn't as stupid as they made it sound. An elderly woman accidentally spilt coffee on her lap in her parked car and suffered third degree burns and needed a skin grafting operation. The coffee they served was dangerously hot and she just wanted her medical bills payed off but the company flipped the situation and made it sound like she was a greedy Karen that just wanted money. I remember joking about it until I heard the truth, then I just felt horrible.

[@yellowjacket1714]

I remember I was in 5th grade when this happened. My family heard it on the radio. Lots of trembling and wailing from fear and panic as my parents quickly went to get supplies and water. My friend’s parents called my mom, saying how they were going to go to Walmart for shelter. I also heard a lot of people driving away. To this day I don’t fully understand that but fear makes you do crazy things. I remember at night I stared out into the view of the city and pondered over the fact that if that alert was real, I wouldn’t be standing here looking at the view. I had to keep my phone around because I would get distressed if it was gone because I needed to know if another alert was sent, even at home, where my family’s phones were everywhere. I also had to have the radio on at night so I could always hear it. And then when I woke up, if I heard the radio and heard a lot of people driving away, the memories would come flooding back and I’d have a mini panic attack. In the heat of the moment, my parents treated it like it was real just in case, but they were really calm and determined and had a feeling that it wasn’t real because the sirens would have gone off. There were no sirens to be heard the entire time. The affects of the alert lasted for a month and a half for me. Soon I completely got over the PTSD, but it did take time. Now it’s a joke at school, a light thing to talk about with your friends at lunch sort of thing. One time my friend wanted a “throwback Friday” and sent a screenshot of the alert in the groupchat, and it was funny to see everyone who experienced it laughing, including me, and everybody who didn’t experience it have their faces grow pale and exclaim in surprise. I still get a small hint of dread every time I hear about the situation in detail as well as when I hear the amber alert despite me only knowing of the alert through the radio. And I still have a hard time believing that the terror lasted for more than 5 minutes. Seriously, looking back it felt like only 5 minutes, but it’s probably my mind blocking memories to cope. But this event did help me better write the PTSD of one of my characters in my novel because he went through a similar situation as this, so at least I was able to learn something out of it.

[@ceasinghornet40d40]

imagine being a college student and you see an email from your school titled "in the event of a nuclear attack" like man that would be terrifying

[@alexhvrvey]

i was on maui when this happened and i was HYSTERIC. we were staying on a resort and they piled everyone into the hotels ballroom and we asked why and the worker straight up told me, a child, "it's to take accountability for all the bodies." 😭😭 i definitely lost it, it was terrifying

[@cw9155]

Do you think by “bodies” he may have really meant “people” (hotel guests) as opposed to an actual body count of potential casualties?

[@noneofurbusiness3133]

i hope your okay ❤️

[@JRenee141]

​@@cw9155I wonder if she misheard him say "to take accountability for everybody"

[@lampionmancz]

"I did what I was trained to do" If Stanislav Petrov did the same thing on the 26. of September 1983 the world or at least the USA, Soviet Union and their neighboring states would cease to exist.

[@MapleMilk]

Sometimes I just sit around think about this event Note: This text happened to people outside of Hawaii, I think it was basically a regular emergency alert across the states Nuclear War has always felt like it was just a flick away and this really solidified it for me I have never had such fear in my life There are no words to describe the stabbing shock of it It's one of the times I thought I was gonna die It really should been like one of those "where were you" moments like when JFK died But for some inexplicable reason, everyone just up and forgot about it

[@wawazaza1785]

It's the AI under control of the La-li-lu-le-lo that is encouraging our minds to forget

[@PartnershipsForYou]

@@wawazaza1785 is this a reference to something or what

[@JoeyJ0J0]

@@PartnershipsForYou Metal Gear Solid

[@heathers6508]

lmao

[@Thepurking]

Because so much other worse shit has happened since then

[@Wangchung405]

I remember playing rocket league with my buddy that lived there. He was basically just like “ well let’s get a couple more games in before i die” lol

[@whitescalp420]

Aw that's sad my g lol

[@ylondes9927]

Y'all aint got no parents caring about you then?

[@MajorJakas]

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@@MajorJakas That game is good wym? I bet u play hoi4 lol

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[@CharlieApples]

My cousin lives on the Big Island, and when this happened he ran to his elderly neighbor’s house and found him having a heart attack. Luckily my cousin used to be a firefighter and was able to resuscitate him and carry him out of the house. Unfortunately his neighbor shit and pissed himself while he was unconscious, and my cousin just had to accept that he was going to die covered in old man shit lmao. No good deed goes unpunished.

[@AdamIsUrqed]

I live 2.5 miles from a key military target in the US. Once the alert goes out, I'll setup a chair and table outside, break out a bottle of The Glenlivet 18, and toast the Divided States of America goodbye.

[@genghis_connie]

Same. I'm not even a Mike from an active AFB. Cheers. Ironically, I'd bid adieu to our left/right half-morinic cretin Nation drinking a White Russian in my pool.

[@userequaltoNull]

I have good news for both of you: you are far enough away that you could survive. A bunker in your backyard deep enough to shield from the gamma-ray burst will protect you initially, and with an air filter and enough provisions for everyone for a month (or two to be safe) you can outlive the fallout. 2.5 miles is roughly the "instant death" radius (gamma rays and firestorm) iirc, so you're actually further away than you would think. Just get underground, or if it isn't possible, shelter *lying down* against the basement wall that most faces the target. Gamma ray bursts are quick, and they only come from one direction, so putting earth between you and the bomb using defilade/angles might be enough to save your life. Fallout is dangerous for about 30 days, so don't go outside in that time, if you can avoid it. If you lack shelter, but have survived the gamma rays (hiking in a valley or driving through a tunnel or something), then you still have time to find it before the radioactive dust settles. Roads will likely be clogged, but use back roads to get to shelter if you must. If your house is intact, you may want to use duct tape to seal drafty areas. Place a tarp in the bathtub prior to the blast, and fill it up with water. Your tub is dirty and soapy, and poses a contamination risk. Still, risky water is better than no water at all. Society will not end with a nuclear war, but it will damn well be disrupted. The biggest risk to our society from a nuclear war is, I think, in our reactions to it. If we allow our leaders to seize power in the crisis, then we will be destroyed.

[@genghis_connie]

@@userequaltoNull Cool info. It is truly fascinating. My back is shit, I'm about a mile away, and I watched my dad dies from cancer, likely from Agent Orange dropped at Chipyong-Ni in the Korean War. Also, humans are a volatile mess in the U.S these days. Hard pass. Happy to let survivors take all the canned soup from my pantry.

[@genghis_connie]

Did my original comment get deleted because I mentioned I would be drinking a white Russian? WTH?

[@bknight045]

Here in The Philippines, we got a similar case where Japan government warns on a terrorist threat to South East Asia this last September. It was all over social media and covered by some news outlets.

[@mrmanpersonguy5812]

My favorite person in all of this is the man who saw the warning and decided to spend what he thought was the rest of his life playing golf instead of getting caught up in the panic. A true Chad

[@stephunnie_EXO]

The amount of PTSD this must have caused is sad and horrifying...

[@methanseagullamine]

my dad has PTSD from something else but he acts normal

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

You know, what if a real event happens, and the person in charge of sending out the warning message remembers this and thinks, "you know what, I don't want to end up like that guy, this has to be a false alarm, I'm not taking this chance" and then, boom (literally)?

[@01kilik10]

I don't blame employee 1. This was a systematic failure.

[@KATinBLACK]

My relatives that lived in Hawaii texted us after that happened. They said they knew they'd be helpless against a nuke so they stayed in bed and just prayed it'd be quick & painless. That was so fucked man. Well at least it was better to be safe than sorry.

[@robloxpro947]

i live there and as a small innocent child, i played roblox with my cheetos

[@EviLRiskie]

I was personally effected by this in a unique way living on island at the time, it actually led to me suffering from anxiety about living on island and i had to move back to the mainland. I think verizon should have to answer for this, i miss the islands so much... To expand on this, I was in the jungle outside of cell service, I got the first message alerting to the missile, but never got the second message so I waited for about 2 hours in a small group of people to get "vaporized". Thanks for covering this topic :D

[@Crocogator]

I'd rather a false alarm than the opposite.

[@oliverleimer3521]

I like how wavy is just smiling while recording this

[@thegreendank1]

you're officially old when you think "damn that happened in 2018, felt like last year" having kids really screws with your sense of time and space. i feel like i've been time travelling for the last 12 years.

[@nathannate9928]

I lived on Big Island, Hawaii in the evacuation zone due to the volcanic eruption up until 2019 and none of us were panicked at all we were so used to hearing we were all gonna die 😂 I honestly never even heard about it til this video

[@sarcasm4905]

.... if you never heard of it, until this video, makes sense you didn't panic then.

[@Blehhd]

I remember those days when the worst thing that happened was that there were false missile threats. No COVID or Russian war.

[@coddrew4618]

We need a fallout game that takes place in Hawaii

[@johnnyguillotine1673]

Dead Island?

[@MajorJakas]

Sounds better than London. .

[@themangledangle1760]

Ok but am I the only person that felt like he visibly disliked the Hello Fresh food ? Lmao

[@pizzamozzarella2786]

@Bo Sann have you even tried them?

[@mordredhansen3317]

I was stationed in Hawaii when this happened, I remember getting a call from my SSG saying for me to get to shelter, but I just went back to sleep. I felt if I was dying on my 4 day weekend I'm doing it in my sleep.

[@donlad]

My Dad's friend was in a coffee shop in Hawaii at the time. He said he heard the loud blaring sirens, but since he figured a blast so large would indefinitely kill him, he just continued drinking his coffee.

[@CraftyCheshire]

Can you imagine how hard Kim must have been laughing?

[@jschnei3]

"Oh my god... WE'RE ALL GONNA DIIIIEEEE"

[@yuniji5505]

2018 was a bizzare year for humanity Also what did the animals do to survive?

[@Galaxy-ke9mf]

Agreed

[@Coopersville]

"Your safety is an illusion" Semper Fi brother. This event, and the film HyperNormalization were the two eye-openers that made me realize that all of the laws passed after 9 11 were for nothing. I can never take an American patriot seriously again, and I mean that without hyperbole, since the country is going straight down the drain within my lifetime with 0% chance of recovery.

[@olderoscendant]

I went through this.... I still have a small panic attack when I hear a siren. I have to remember that it's the first of the month before I can calm down. lol

[@heckman2912]

'Stay indoors' Yeah, like that will help

[@DrKleMENGIR]

@11:55 "... and some of the employees involved in this fiasco were either suspended or *terminated* " > SCP Foundation liked this

[@christianprattx]

My family and I are all Kānaka 'Ōiwi (Native Hawaiians) born and raised on the island of Oahu. Unfortunately we here are all too used to dealing with this type of chaos considering we are still an illegally occupied country by the U.S. and it's military.

[@burnsynyy5833]

I love the music choice at about the 5 minute mark: “Streets” from Goldeneye

[@DBZVelena]

Better a false alarm, than no alarm and it being needed.

[@Myusernamerulez]

You neglected to mention the theory that a missile was fired, was shot down and the government covered it up to prevent mass panic.

[@DaveInSnitchel]

Where?

[@04superdaddy]

Living in hawaii, we have heard the missile was shot down outside of Maui. People actually saw the flash of light in Maui.

[@bestrafung2754]

@@04superdaddy Interesting theory. Is there any better proof for it? Not denying it or anything, but I would like to see more evidence than just a couple of youtube comments (no offence).

[@beansandbandaids8667]

If that "theory" was even remotely true, North Korea would be a glass parking lot 🙄

[@userequaltoNull]

@@beansandbandaids8667 that's probably the best evidence that it didn't happen.

[@sarahm8695]

Honestly, if Employee 1 DID ignore the message, he would hav gotten fired regardless. It's a lose-lose situation with him all around.

[@alexanderlevy158]

It's been over 10 years in parsdise. It was early in the morning. I woke up before my mom, and was watching youtube on my phone. Suddenly I get an alert... '😮‍💨 ... fuck...' I get up to go see my mom and ask her what we should do. She's still asleep... I now have to decide whether I want to get beat for waking my mother up, or just embrace death... I went back to sleep...

[@BurzaNox]

When this happened I was with a hospice family. We all thought we were going to die, I texted my parents that I loved them as we all prepared for the worst. It was really scary :/ Greetings from the big island of Hawaii (lol)

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

Incoming missile, this is not a drill... Employee 1: My time has come

[@pablowentscobar]

I like how "employee 1" in the interview says "I heard 'this is not a drill' and I did what I was trained to do." but omits the first part of the message said "Exercise exercise". Did he do some jumping jacks before sending out the warning?

[@melvin8d671]

I mean it told him to exercise

[@Crowvithian]

It’s said numerous times throughout this video that he claims to have not heard it. If you’ve gotten to the part where he gives the interview, you should’ve already heard that multiple times.

[@espurrseyes42]

@@Crowvithian The real question is how the heck did he miss it the first time at the beginning and the second time at the end.

[@Vanished_Mostly]

Why does a drill contain the phrase "this is not a drill" anyway? I'm genuinely asking. I'm sure there's a good reason; it just seems counterintuitive to my civilian brain.

[@GrimGraphics]

How quickly humanity can descend into chaos...by seeking shelter from a percieved threat.. Such chaos...

[@maxinefinnfoxen]

For many Japanese lives, they experienced the same panic but it didn't turn out to be a false alarm.

[@cl-vision5029]

I'm glad I don't live in Hawaii because I always said if ny was getting nuked I'd take my whole bottle of meds and never even know when the blast came. Now I know to make sure it's not a false alarm first. I wonder if that happened in Hawaii?

[@manorstang]

When that one girl says she didn't want to go through that again you're not going to be for awhile

[@canaanwb1]

I was there working on JBPHH when this happened. I was off that day drinking a cup of coffee and, ironically, watching KZbin what I got the message. I didn’t know I could shit my pants and make up so many swear words at the same time.

[@KhunShawn]

I remember the guy playing golf while everyone was running

[@MilkmanCR]

Wavy gettin to 900k by end of the year 100%. REMEMBER US WHEN YOU AT 1 MILL!!!! LOVE U

[@flameflox]

I heard once that there was apparently this father who had to choose which of his two sons who lived in different parts of Hawaii he wanted to spend his last moments with. Poor guy

[@spergalicious27]

Though it is a dead meme whenever some task seems undoable, whether my own, others, or hypothetical, I remember they did surgery on a grape and that always makes it seem more possible

[@r4v4g3r]

“THIS IS NOT A DRILL” is the part that always gets me lmaooo

[@GibMoarRam]

All I heard was "Yea I'm eating a lot of meat here, but don't get the wrong impression...." and my internet cut out. BEST THING THAT HAPPENED WITH INTERNET ISSUES

[@LukaNaeole-zx1ok]

I remember that day. I woke up to the siren and message alert. I immediately started filling up a 5 gallon water container, grabbed some snacks, and decided to head towards the “basement” that had a concrete foundation and walls. I was so scared. My mom called me crying saying that she loved me and that she was headed for the tunnel because they had nowhere else to go. In those moments you think of everyone you love and how you dont have enough time to say goodbye. You just have to brace for impact. Once everyone got the memo that it was a false alarm, it was like the island let out a collective sigh. The rest of the day was one of the most beautiful days i can remember. The sun was out. Everyone packed their cars with all their beach needs; fishing poles, surf boards, boats, barbecues, and coolers. We rejoiced because we felt like we all escaped death. It went from being one of the worst days of my life to such a beautiful one. Since then its been easy yo be grateful for my life and the health of my friends and family. I think back to that a lot.

[@Hamuel]

I remember accepting that thousands of innocent people would die that day :|

[@e2011ugdia]

2:49 this alert was also paired with a duolingo notification saying: looks like you missed your korean lession you know what happens now. And this made for a hillarious meme

[@silvercordmusic]

So here is my story when living in Oahu during this time: 1. Received push text message. 2. Heart beat rate 200% above average. 3. Decided to call fiancé (now wife) in Thailand...the call went something like this: Me: "Baby, wake up, I dont have much time...there is a missile coming from North Korea to Hawaii. I'm calling to say I love you and goodbye." Fiancé: "Baby it's so late, why do you call me so late about Miso soup?" [Hangs up] fuck you employee 1

[@JoshuaKingTheDream]

Damn. That was sad af seeing the little girl being dropped in the sewer. Imagine the ptsd she'll have when shes older

[@boomer3767]

Idk man I think a lot of the people involved deserved to be fired but Employee 1 instead of running out into a hallway and asking around to see if it is a drill or hunting down a supervisor who should’ve been in the room with the dude to begin with, he did what he thought would save the most lives and I can’t blame him. If it was real then his decision would’ve undoubtedly saved thousands

[@rodbelding9523]

I forgot about this, its so insane. An entire state literally thought they were going to be obliterated all because of an accidental text.

[@pyp2205]

I remember back when I was in Hawaii in 2018. The only thing is that I had no clue that it even happened. Might be because my epilepsy at the time erased some old memories. But at least it's been two years since I had brain surgery which put an end to my epilepsy forever.

[@BeefZone]

A part of me still feels that there was a missile launch from North Korea and that the U.S intercepted it but didn't want to release that info because the idea of citizen panic and the idea of war during the political climate during 2018 would be detrimental.

[@Spaghetti742]

NK would've launched more missles if that were true. Also if it would be so detrimental, wouldnt they drop a propaganda campaign saying it was?

[@j2dge]

This reminds me of a few months ago. I got this push presidential emergency notification on my phone telling me to seek shelter out of overly populated areas and take enough food for a least 2 weeks and await further instructions. I called some family and friends but no one had got it, my mom had recently watched "the greenday" movie and joked that i got it because i was selected lol. 1 hour latter i got this alert telling me to ignore the previous alert lol

[@splinte111]

I am just saying, i have not seen Hawai since the alleged nuke attacl... Coincidence? I think not.

[@philmastick2073]

"Don't let anybody fool you. Your safety is an illusion." Wavy is that a fuckin threat

[@caitlinsnowfrost8244]

0:25 I cannot *believe* you're making me nostalgic for *2018*.

[@Anaximanderification]

Man, can you imagine the glee on that one doom prepper who thought "man, I didn't waste my retirement plan on this shelter" and then the fantasy was taken away from them.

[@tredaman4382]

One of my favorite KZbinrs easily. Keep up the good work. Your subs are growing. Looking forward to seeing them hit and surpass 1 mill my guy!!

[@AlpsBulky]

Why did you copy someone else's comment

[@bogdanilic7346]

The day shift supervisor in charge of Employee 1: "I was in the toilet."

[@iDropBodiez-]

Never pressed a button so fast in my life

[@DrDunsparce]

Unfortunate comment for this video

[@PrimetimePrestyn]

WHICH BUTTON

[@sirhawkjames]

This was terrifying. For 30 glorious minutes I thought I might actually die without seeing my family again.

[@DesolatorMagic]

You know how many times I saw a post it on a monitor with passwords when I worked at a large hospital? I'll give you a hint: NOT ZERO.

[@SpookyTanukiGaming]

I'm just glad it didn't result in US retaliation thus triggering a nuclear war.

[@Folfah]

Yuck a furry

[@SpookyTanukiGaming]

@@Folfah Yuck an unoriginal person

[@alexc8253]

@@SpookyTanukiGaming Retaliation against what ? the false alarm ? smh a degenerate brain's

[@annexedd]

@@alexc8253 If a state connected to the USA is under supposed threat. It is a guarantee that the USA would absolutely strike back within a few hours.

[@yoshie8706]

Dang, the terror those people must've felt. I probably would've literally dropped dead from fear.

[@cherrybomb9115]

*LETS GET WAVY 1 MILLION SUBS BEFORE THE YEAR ENDS!!!!*