[EAS] False EM alarm in HI

[Rich Parker]

...and this is why EAS/CMAS/et all can't have nice things.....

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-hawaii-missile-alert-20180113-story.html

On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 10:28 AM, Barry Mishkind <barry at oldradio.com> wrote:
> There was a false alarm today from the Hawaii Emergency Management
> ... apparently it was on telephones and regional outdoor alarms.
> So far, I've not seen that it was run on any radio station, although
> some reporters have compared this with AMBER alerts.
>
> What is interesting, it seems it took over 35 minutes and
> a politician to get the word out that it was a false alarm.
>
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