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> and an employee pushed the wrong button I would assume that was how it was explained to the governor, and that the actual system is software based (right?) -
by politelemon 9y ago
> and an employee pushed the wrong button
I would assume that was how it was explained to the governor, and that the actual system is software based (right?) - there couldn't possibly be an actual physical 'ballistic missile alert' button right next to the 'shift change' button.
In which case, the triggering of this alert is probably a bit more complex. However, this is treated as a sensitive system so there likely will not be an actual post-mortem on the incident
- MicroBerto 9y agoThey are clearly lying, that much is certain. The question is why, and there are far too many rabbit holes to go down for this one. For now I'll just settle for "bad people stirring things up for terrible reasons".
- newfoundglory 9y agoNot a public one, but I expect there will be an internal one.
- intrasight 9y agoCall me a cynic, but I'm willing to believe that there was a 'ballistic missile alert' button in the wrong place. Sometimes bad placements are only clear after the fact. I walked into a building once and the lights were out. I walked along the wall and pulled the first switch I found - which turned out the be the fire alarm.
- dbbk 9y agoAccording to the Washington Post, it was a dropdown with two options next to each other - "Test missile alert" and "Missile alert". It's really that bad. https://twitter.com/ericuman/status/952719318688718850 https://twitter.com/ericuman/status/952719318688718850
- jmcqk6 9y agoIt's shocking it doesn't happen more often then.