Sentences with phrase «false emergency alert»

The error followed the false emergency alert that prompted mass panic in Hawaii this past weekend, but in this case, the mistake was corrected in a matter of minutes.

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Emergency authorities reversed the warning with a second mobile alert sent 38 minutes later confirming «no missile threat or danger» and «false alarm.»

The Hawaii emergency management worker who sent a false alert last month warning of an imminent missile attack says he was convinced the threat was real and «100 percent sure» he was doing the right thing.

The emergency alert about an incoming «ballistic missile threat» that jolted Hawaiians awake Saturday morning was a false alarm caused by someone hitting the «wrong button,» Gov. David Ige said.

Because a quake's strength isn't clear at first rupture, emergency response managers face a choice when issuing warnings: Issue alerts early and often (left), which could provide as much as 48 seconds of warning that light shaking might occur but risk false alarms; or wait to issue alerts until the size of the quake is better known (right) but risk the warnings arriving too late — providing an 8 - second warning in this hypothetical case.