At
Instapundit, Glenn Reynolds has a photo of the supposedly erroneous Emergency Alert sent to phones in Hawaii. It said:
EMERGENCY ALERT
BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO
HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS
IS NOT A DRILL.
Responding to this, anonymous blogger
Allahpundit tweeted:
Minor conspiracy theory: It was a hack, but
will be played off as an error by emergency
warning services
Major conspiracy theory: There was a
missile, we shot it down, and now it’s all
being played off as a false alarm
Responding to that tweet, Bill Hangley, Jr., tweeted:
Very major conspiracy theory: It was a hack by Russians or some
other enemy hoping to trigger a retaliation by us on NK, dragging us into war & crippling our economy, etc. i.e. a cheap, easy 9-11
COTTonLINE’s take: A screw-up by a low-level civil service doofus, bored out of his gourd and possibly “on” some controlled substance.
