“The only thing I can think is: I would run,” said Sabrina Shephard, 45, of Manhattan.
The error - and the public’s severe reaction to it - has left some cringing over the thought of how residents of New Jersey and New York would react if a similar warning flashed across their cellphone screens. The alert flung the islands into a 38-minute panic that left fearful Hawaiians and tourists sheltered in tunnels, buildings and bathtubs until its cancellation at about 8:45 a.m. Blazing yellow-and-black signs screwed to the library walls claim it still is, though government plans relying on such havens wilted long ago.īut nuclear disaster planning has been thrust back into public view after an employee of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency mistakenly sent a cellphone alert to residents last week warning of an impending ballistic missile attack.
The government sent these things in the mid-20th century, when the 115-year-old building on Third Street was an active fallout shelter.
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