Paradox wrote:
BBC wrote:A midnight supervisor at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency decided to conduct a spontaneous drill during a shift transition. The incoming day supervisor was then said to be unaware the 08:05 drill would involve any incoming day officers, who were then not told about the exercise.
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The drill message, which was called in pretending to be from US Pacific Command, began and ended with the words: "Exercise! Exercise! Exercise!". But the warning also said "This is not a drill", in a script that the FCC say was different from established procedure.
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According to the federal report, the employee [who pressed the button] was one of three who received the call but did not hear the exercise warning. Believing it was real, they said they sent out the genuine alert out using the agency's software.
BBC wrote:A state report also released on Tuesday said the employee had a record of "poor performance" on the job.
Reports say he had been a source of concern for colleagues for 10 years, having confused emergency drills with real life incidents on at least two occasions.
A Combustible Lemon wrote:Death is an archaic concept for simpleminded commonfolk, not Victorian scientist whales.
CarrieVS wrote:I'm not entirely clear how the guy is supposed to have not heard the warning, since it was part of the same call if I understand correctly, and repeated beginning and end in case he missed it once.
D-LOGAN wrote:It's a mistake I probably woulda made if I was in his shoes. I can see me doing that.
iMURDAu wrote:Surprise drills are another reason I could never be President.
Their frequency would result in a "crying wolf" scenario.
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