This past weekend, we had arguably one of the biggest “false alarms” in American history.
With one simple mistake, a Hawaii Emergency Management Administrator sent an entire state into a panic… But luckily for EVERYONE, it was just a simple WHOOPSIES!!
Now understandably so, we as Americans are a little more concerned these days of a nuclear war, what with North Korea being a bunch of maniacs and Washington DC being, well, a bunch of maniacs too (just in a different way), but once the dust had settled, it was nice to know we could all joke around about this.
Without further ado, I give you “The Best of Twitter: The Hawaiian Missile Crisis“!!
*First date*
Her: I love surprises
Hawaii Emergency Management Agency button guy(trying to impress her): Oh, uh
— Gina (@ginadivittorio) January 15, 2018
An earlier prototype of the #Hawaii Warning System. Eventually dropped for the web friendly version.#HawaiiMissileScare #MissileWarning #webdev #Windowshttps://t.co/gDAfsl3vxG pic.twitter.com/xeMhHWieWm
— Randy Olson (@randal_olson) January 16, 2018
"So, class; what UI lesson did we learn this weekend? OK, next weeks assignment is to review your own implementations to see how many of these you can find and fix. Winner gets a trip to Hawaii!" pic.twitter.com/9Q5fo9YaTf
— Mike Amundsen (@mamund) January 15, 2018
#Hawaii needs to get a more foolproof warning system! pic.twitter.com/bLBFjSgsNr
— 🇺🇸USA🇺🇸Freedom🇺🇸Trump🇺🇸 (@realbevscheer) January 16, 2018
ACTUAL screen capture from the #Hawaii Warning System. #HawaiiMissileScare #MissileWarning #webdevhttps://t.co/n9BQ31sdOd pic.twitter.com/gO2gcLZi6j
— Randy Olson (@randal_olson) January 16, 2018
The #Hawaii alert system was activated by a dropdown with “test missile alert” and “missile alert” next to each other. Confusing labeling aside, this is an example of @MrAlanCooper’s UI axiom (paraphrased) “Don’t put the ejection seat button near less consequential stuff.” pic.twitter.com/RVQ3II5bZG
— Michael McWatters (@mmcwatters) January 15, 2018
To residents of Hawaii. pic.twitter.com/sHlHfFoFEd
— PaulMay↩️ (@PaulMayATL) January 16, 2018
No joke. A local news affiliate just teased “coming up, more reaction to the nuclear missile false alarm in Hawaii, and speaking of nail biting moments, a close call tonight for the UCONN women’s team…”
— Seton (@HiMyNameIsSeton) January 16, 2018
Democrats are incompetent 🤔
Hawaii governor: DEMOCRAT
Hawaii senate: 25-0 DEMOCRAT
Hawaii representatives: 46-5 DEMOCRATHawaiian emergency worker who sent the wrong message is reassignedhttps://t.co/4osy677gNz pic.twitter.com/4yEiQ7Op45
— Deplorable Lori (@LiberatedCit) January 16, 2018
Hawaii Emergency Management remedial training block of instruction 😵 pic.twitter.com/If0VaLCH8u
— Doc D (Deplorable)😎 (@MikeE5037) January 15, 2018
My favorite BY FAR is the “close call” one comparing this to the UConn women’s team ALMOST losing a game… Like, dude, Hawaii thought it was getting nuked into the Pacific Ocean, and you’re comparing this “close call” to a women’s college basketball game?? SAVAGE!!
Probably Still Too Soon,
@WCS_Taylor