Off-Topic: False Alarm about Incoming Missile in Hawaii
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/us/hawaii-missile.html
“Someone clicked the wrong thing on the computer,” was supposedly the cause of the false-alarm. It’s odd, because you would think it isn’t that easy to accidentally trigger a state-wide ballistic missile alert. I couldn’t imagine how terrifying it was for the people in Hawaii.
January 13th, 2018 at 9:51 PM ^
This may be the only bit of non-University of Michigan sports news that might actually not be OT.
January 14th, 2018 at 10:40 AM ^
Do any of you remember the cold war when we all were told at Michigan that Ann Arbor was 4th on the Soviet strike list due to our physics program? (I was young at the time but I still vividly remember that fact). For me nuclear war is never OT.
However, I doubt NK would lob one towards Hawaii as he really doesn't want to lose face, and if he were to miss and hit water (easy to do), it would look mostly like a failure to his staff. The mainland is likely a barn door target he could hit. Here's hoping that re-entry technology never gets developed and we come to some permanent solution for the whole mess so that I can watch my sports in peace.
January 13th, 2018 at 10:26 PM ^
January 14th, 2018 at 12:49 AM ^
Note the Michigan Grad in this sequence:
January 14th, 2018 at 10:42 AM ^
The deterrence theory only works if people believe someone would be crazy enough to launch in the first place. If the majority doesn't believe its going to happen and isn't willing to launch a counter, it enables a maniac to consider a preemptive attack. That's why I always get a little queasy when people say it would never happen.
January 14th, 2018 at 11:46 AM ^
No.
Learn your history.
Deterrence works because people know that if they eff with us, they'll be wiped from the face of the Earth.
Kim's sabre rattling is what he needs to do to keep his masses in line; not that's he's actually going to launch. China won't tolerate that either.
January 13th, 2018 at 10:37 PM ^
The Honolulu newspaper has a timeline of the alert and the cancelation notification. http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/01/13/breaking-news/emergency-officials-mistakenly-send-out-missile-threat-alert/
January 13th, 2018 at 10:43 PM ^
January 14th, 2018 at 10:44 AM ^
Good grief, I hope nobody was injured or killed:(
January 13th, 2018 at 10:57 PM ^
January 13th, 2018 at 10:58 PM ^
Thank god
January 13th, 2018 at 10:59 PM ^
That was a close one
January 13th, 2018 at 11:31 PM ^
but my oldest son is stationed in Oahu at Schofield Barracks. I haven't heard from him today and not sure if he was called in to the base. However, really makes you wonder when your own kid is in the "threatened" area.
*Update*
He says "yeah, someone's ass is getting fired" and figured the whole thing was a bunch of BS from the get go.
January 14th, 2018 at 12:03 AM ^
Video footage of the military base
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January 14th, 2018 at 2:29 AM ^
Dude. Try not being brainwashed. Do your own research and approach indoctrination with skepticism.
January 14th, 2018 at 6:05 AM ^
Maybe you should quit putting your ignorance on public display.
January 14th, 2018 at 8:38 AM ^
January 14th, 2018 at 11:40 AM ^
Logic and reason has never stopped morons from regurgitating talking points.
January 14th, 2018 at 9:17 AM ^
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January 14th, 2018 at 6:09 AM ^
Is what it took to get you to join the mgoblog.
Welcome and stay safe. ;)
January 14th, 2018 at 11:24 AM ^
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January 14th, 2018 at 8:40 AM ^
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There is a screen that says are you sure you want to do this?’
And that same person clicked "Yes".
January 14th, 2018 at 11:38 AM ^
I go to Oahu 1-2 times a year for work. The folks there aren't the brightest bulbs in the lamp. Island time ya know brah.
January 14th, 2018 at 2:42 PM ^
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January 15th, 2018 at 9:31 AM ^
daughter-in-law is a native, born and raised on Oahu. She is a very bright young lady, but of course, making a generalization is easy when you don't know any better.
January 15th, 2018 at 4:03 PM ^
to downvote someone when they stand up for a family member.
January 15th, 2018 at 9:33 AM ^
the biggest sin in this thread is that you compared Hawaii to Florida.
January 14th, 2018 at 9:24 AM ^
January 14th, 2018 at 9:33 AM ^
So last week I made an offer on a house in Hawaii. Moments after the offer was rejected -- the reports about the false alarm hit the media. I'm not sure what to make of the coincidental timing, but maybe the gods were telling me not to be upset about the offer being rejected.
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At least they didn't report incoming Japanese Zeros.
January 14th, 2018 at 1:07 PM ^