HONOLULU — Hawaii disaster response officials say they are trying to figure out which cellphones didn’t receive an alert an employee mistakenly sent warning of a missile attack.
HONOLULU — Hawaii disaster response officials say they are trying to figure out which cellphones didn’t receive an alert an employee mistakenly sent warning of a missile attack.
Hawaii Emergency Management Agency Operations Chief Victor Gustafson told state lawmakers on Wednesday the Federal Communications Commission doesn’t allow tests of the Wireless Emergency Alert system.
Gustafson says his agency has talked to the FCC about how it could, without sending test alerts, find out why some cellphones didn’t receive the mistaken alert on Jan. 13. He says it’s a work in progress.
State Rep. Andria Tupola asked him whether the state could ask people directly. The Republican representing Nanakuli and Ko Olina says she’ll ask on social media. She says it won’t be a scientific poll but will be a start.
I own a Google Pixel phone and found Emergency Alert switches in my Apps & Notifications settings. Everything was set to notify me by default. My co-worker did not receive the notification, so I asked him about this. He owns a Verizon phone from Walmart and couldn’t find any Emergency Alert switches. However he found that his “Do Not Disturb” function was set on so that was probably why he didn’t receive the emergency alert.
If I were the County, I’d do some research on default settings of the Emergency Alert switches and Do Not Disturb overrides for different types of phones.
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Why even bother with an alert in future.. now if happens again, everyone will jam up the system, calling to see if it is real. You effed up big time hawaii, there is no going back. Love living here, but this state is, and has always been run by dumb asses.
“Hawaii disaster response officials say they are trying to figure out which cellphones didn’t receive an alert…” Childish behavior. Attempt to divert attention away from facts. Now I’m starting to think there’s more to the story than incompetence.