The false ballistic missile warning to Hawaii cause an employee hit the wrong button has had me cracking up for the past 24 hours. Can't even be mad at the guy. I'd brag to my grandchildren about the day I told an entire state they were about to die, I'd hold my finger in the air and say "This is the finger that brought a state to it's knees".
I'll be curious how many sue for PTSD and how many death threats the poor guy or gal receives.
30 minutes is enough time to go to the nice beach, sit down and just spend the remainder of your life thinking about all the good things you experienced.
You can't get off the island and you can't hide. Why fight it?
If you ask my opinion, it's better that folks don't know a missile is coming so they can die peacefully instead of spending the last minutes of their lives in a panic and chaos.
I was there when Tsunami Warning Sirens went off due to an earthquake near Japan. Two small boat docks in Honolulu has a few rough waves that seemed more like boat wakes.
Under Diamon Head Crater is a giant military bunker built around WWII.
One of the Mountains near Honolulu was converted into a giant bunker after WWII to protect the islands fuel supply and/or be converted to a giant bomb shelter.
Shelters are there, concrete bunkers are there.
I agree, it's a paradise, might as wel sit on the beach and wait for the incineration to happen.
If I were to launch a balistic missle, I'd aim it at the active volcanos on The Big Island. Might as well cause those volcanoes to erupt like all Hell was released.