Guam Alert system went off around midnight, scaring residents It was a false alarm

Some people in Guam got their socks scared off of them when "Alerts" went off on some TV and radio stations.

Right in the middle of the Un-scare from North Korea !!

Somebody says it was "Human" error !!

And the usual "This is only a test" was missing !!

I think it was a "Panic-Prank" and was politically motivated.


Alert system went off around midnight, scaring residents. It was a false alarm

Guam Homeland Security and the Office of Civil Defense wants to assure residents that the alert they heard at 12:25 am Tuesday was a false alarm.

Homeland Security Advisor George Charfauros clarified on NewsTalk K57 that the alarm went off as a result of “human error.”

Residents tuning in to their television and radio stations at 12:25 am were frightened by the alert as it did not specify that it was only a test. Homeland Security and the Guam Police Department became flooded with calls from concerned residents, said Charfauros, as a result.

To complicate matters, power to some villages tripped off-line for a couple hours in a number of villages just hours before the alert went off.

a reply to: xuenchen

I was over someone's house and the one of the kids piped this video over the cable TV signal:



Honestly, I almost had a heart attack. I was really pissed at the little Shiite. I didn't think it was funny.

What time was the 'earthquake' recorded in Pyongyang?
I wonder if the two were connected.

a reply to: dfnj2015

Some kids have too much time on their hands.
Your first clue should have been "Fallout Shelter"
They should have went all in and stated "Proceed to your assigned Vault-Tec Vault"

Was it really a false alarm?

a reply to: xuenchen
Hacked system.
Or was it the DHS itself ?
Find the person responsible and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.

originally posted by: GuidedKill
Was it really a false alarm?

Nobody knows for sure !!



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...waiting for official confirmation from North Korean Government...

originally posted by: Gothmog
a reply to: xuenchen
Hacked system.
Or was it the DHS itself ?
Find the person responsible and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.

What "law" ?

BwaaaHaHaHa

MSM "law"

originally posted by: dfnj2015
a reply to: xuenchen

I was over someone's house and the one of the kids piped this video over the cable TV signal:

Honestly, I almost had a heart attack. I was really pissed at the little Shiite. I didn't think it was funny.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I AM SO SORRY FOR LAUGHING SO HARD but oh my gosh that's something I would have done.

-Alee

i bet a bunch of people ran out of toilet paper real fast! maybe it was done to scare the literal sh*t out of people to boost stocks for a bathroom tissue company.

Twitter confirms that the quake hit at 9.32 pm local time.(NK time that is) Another one occurred about five hours later.

a reply to: Benderisfunny

That's a surefire way of losing too many "precious bodily fluids".

Dr Strangelove.

originally posted by: IAMTAT
What time was the 'earthquake' recorded in Pyongyang?
I wonder if the two were connected.

"Earthquake in North Korea on August 15 2017 03:12 PM (UTC)."
RSOE, not the best source but they're sticking with explosive.
hisz.rsoe.hu...

"Category CBRNE Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or High-Yield Explosive threat or attack
Certainty Observed Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Scope Public For general dissemination to unrestricted audiences
Severity Minor Minimal to no known threat to life or property
Urgency Past Responsive action is no longer required
Base data
EDIS Number EQ-20170815-59502-PRK
Event type Earthquake
Date/Time August 15 2017 03:12 PM (UTC)
Last update August 15 2017 03:14 PM (UTC)
Cause of event suspected nuclear test
Damage level Is not or not known Damage level
Affected area Local event : The affected area up to a few kilometers"~RSOE

a reply to: dfnj2015

God what i would give to be 15 again and not have to answer to that prank. 😆😆😆.

a reply to: xuenchen

Maybe the alert operator fell asleep with his arm on the button.
I am sure it scared the hell out of some people though.

a reply to: Tulpa

Ha Ha Ha!!

a reply to: Bigburgh

Huge.

Must have been "Russians" !!!

originally posted by: xuenchen
Some people in Guam got their socks scared off of them when "Alerts" went off on some TV and radio stations.

Right in the middle of the Un-scare from North Korea !!

Somebody says it was "Human" error !!

And the usual "This is only a test" was missing !!

I think it was a "Panic-Prank" and was politically motivated.


Alert system went off around midnight, scaring residents. It was a false alarm

Guam Homeland Security and the Office of Civil Defense wants to assure residents that the alert they heard at 12:25 am Tuesday was a false alarm.

Homeland Security Advisor George Charfauros clarified on NewsTalk K57 that the alarm went off as a result of “human error.”

Residents tuning in to their television and radio stations at 12:25 am were frightened by the alert as it did not specify that it was only a test. Homeland Security and the Guam Police Department became flooded with calls from concerned residents, said Charfauros, as a result.

To complicate matters, power to some villages tripped off-line for a couple hours in a number of villages just hours before the alert went off.

I keep reading this as "guac alert system". Guacamole -- coming in hot!

a reply to: IAMTAT

What earthquake?
There was no earthquake near Pyongyang.
It would have been reported.

earthquake.usgs.gov...

There was one in between Guam and Pyongyang though...

That must have been terrifying for the residents!

Could this accident been perpetrated by North Korean agents as a form of psychological terror? NK special operations are famously competent at carrying out these kinds of ops..