Humboldt man recounts Hawaii missile scare
What started as a beautiful day in the state of Hawaii turned into 38 minutes of chaos and confusion Saturday.
The ordeal started when the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency issued a warning to hundreds of thousands of cell phones that read: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.”
Humboldt resident Blaine Weyland was walking on a beach near his rented condominium when he was informed by another tourist.
“I just shrugged my shoulders and kind of thought it must be a fake,” Weyland told northeastNOW. “If there was a missile attack I thought there would be sirens going off and a little more panic.”