Isle residents seek shelter and answers
The question remains how people across the islands will respond if they get another warning that the unthinkable is about to happen. Read more
Hawaii missile scare
Stories related to the Jan. 13, 2018, false alert warning Hawaii of an incoming missile.
Alarm’s impact on tourism remains unclear amid widespread publicity
California visitors Danny Stewart and his girlfriend, Julianne Jouglard, were on a quest for malasadas when they saw the emergency ballistic missile alert that derailed their Hawaii vacation Saturday. Read more
Golfers start the day with missile warning
By the 11:05 a.m. start time for the third round of the Sony Open in Hawaii on Saturday, everything was back to normal. Read more
Public fury could mean trouble for Ige’s re-election
Frightened people are sometimes angry people, and there was plenty of outrage following Saturday’s false missile attack alert and the official response to it. Read more
Messages of love, anger and relief spread far and wide
“Twenty minutes of sheer terror, followed by celebratory cinnamon rolls,” read one Facebook post. Read more
Botched test of alert system leads to 38 minutes of terror
After people across the state were told for months to prepare for a possible nuclear attack from North Korea, for 38 terrifying minutes on Saturday morning the deadly moment seemed to have arrived. Read more
Pro golfers’ tweets mar isles’ image as serene locale
Celebrity golfers making positive testimonials about Hawaii’s weather and activities were supposed to be part of the $2.1 million marketing contract signed Tuesday by the PGA Tour and the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Read more
Hawaii’s mistake adds to long history of nuclear-era false alarms
As strange, serious and scary as the erroneous emergency notification today about a missile attack against Hawaii may have been, it was far from the first such false alarm the country has faced. Read more
FCC to probe Hawaii’s emergency notification misfire
A false alert sent to cell phones across Hawaii today warning of an incoming ballistic missile is calling attention to an emergency notification system that government officials at all levels say needs major improvements. Read more
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Honolulu’s 911 system overwhelmed during panic
Honolulu’s 911 dispatch system was overwhelmed with more than 5,000 telephone calls — “more than they could handle” — in response to this morning’s false alert of a missile attack, Mayor Kirk Caldwell said today. Read more
False alarm on missile creates uneasy moment at Sony Open
Charles Howell III was eating breakfast in his hotel when the restaurant at the Kahala started buzzing. Read more
State lawmakers to grill emergency management officials on what went wrong
State Rep. Matt LoPresti, vice chairman of the House Public Safety Committee, said he hopes to get detailed answers about today’s false missile attack warning at a committee hearing on Friday. Read more
Tourism industry fears repercussions after erroneous missile warning
This morning’s false alarm placing Hawaii under threat of a ballistic missile attack was short-lived, but some fear the repercussions to Hawaii’s lead tourism industry could be longer term. Read more
Bogus missile alert sends frightened Hawaii residents scrambling
A mistaken alarm about a ballistic missile attack caused panic throughout Hawaii. Read more
False alarm ‘absolutely unacceptable’ says Schatz
U.S. Sen Brian Schatz said both the error that caused the false alarm of a missile attack on Hawaii and the response to that error were “absolutely unacceptable,” and lawmakers said today both the state House and Senate will hold hearings to get to the bottom of what went wrong. Read more
‘Wrong button’ sends out false missile alert
State emergency management officials mistakenly issued a missile threat alert at about 8:07 a.m. today, sending Hawaii into an intense, short-lived panic before they started correcting their error about 20 minutes later. Read more
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