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Shortly after 8am local time Saturday - Hawaiians were left to panic when an emergency alert system sent messages to cellphones with this tweet to its citizens:



until apparently 38mins later, when they were given the all clear - it was just a false alarm.

Hawaiians were sent scrambling Saturday morning after an emergency alert notification warned of a ballistic missile threat. It turned out to be an error.
A flurry of tweets, often with screenshots of the message, appeared to pop up on cellphones shortly after 8 a.m. local time. It read, "Ballistic Missile Threat Inbound To Hawaii. Seek Immediate Shelter. This Is Not A Drill."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ii/1031491001/


nothing to see kids....it's only a dud - go back to your cornflakes.