[EAS] Can this be true?

[Dave Kline]

Couldn't it be just as much of a mess to have "everybody" trying to get the word out. How does that work? Twitter lighting up like a Christmas Tree, everyone's phones constantly ring-toning because every person in the state government who thinks he is important feels the need to be THE person to fix the problem with a tweet? This, even though they themselves might not have all of the pertinent information? Is it really possible for all of these people to verify within two or three minutes that canceling a false alarm isn't really canceling an actual alert?

An alert sent by EOC officials, redacted almost immediately via Twitter seems like a great way to keep everyone out in the open for maximum effect of an attack. Maybe immediate assurance isn't the best way to go, especially coming from unverified sources. The problem was that the originating entity had no way themselves to cancel a false alarm. The same guy who accidentally pushed the wrong button should also be able to push a "Sorry, False Alarm" button.

A lot of stuff went wrong that day. Rather than obsessing over what someone should have done that morning, shouldn't we focus on what can be done if (when) something like this happens again. Some folks here are doing that and I'm sure a lot of other folks in EOCs around the country are as well. What is important is how the folks in HI and anyone else, who could find themselves in a similar situation, are working to harden their systems to prevent a repeat, and recover more quickly, in an official manner if another mistake happens.
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Dave Kline
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On Jan 24, 2018, at 11:16 AM, Rod Simon wrote:

>That is what the EOC and Emergency Management are for not the Governor's office. It doesn't need to come from the Governor it's just another method of reassurance and getting the word out.

>If you read the Washington post report they were not saying this was the only attempt to cancelation or even the "official cancelation" it was everyone trying to get the word out.  The story  goes on to say " some officials, such as Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, rushed to Twitter to reassure everyone it was a mistake. But one Twitter account was deafeningly silent for 17 minutes: that of Hawaii Gov. David Ige"

>Now let's suppose that he sent the tweet 3 to 6 minutes after the event; WE WOULD CRUIFY HIM FOR TWEETING and not working with his Emergency Management Team in getting the proper IPAWS/WEA/EAS cancelation sent out.  In my opinion he should have been in route to the state's EOC in constant contact with them, skipping the paper bag lunch and having his wife drive if necessary......

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