Clickbaity as Hell
My wife and I are spending some time in Hawaii this week to finally decompress after the wedding and just yesterday, during our morning prep for a beautiful day out, my phone started to go OFF with this little friendly message -
Now, I’ve received warnings of snowstorms and flash floods, even the rare police chase based on my GPS location. But this was quite the first. My wife’s phone went off with the same alert just a few seconds later. I could hear other hotel stayers scuttling by, talking about the message as well on the way back to their rooms. I was admittedly shell-shocked, not knowing what my first course of action was. Should I call my family? Should I run for cover with my wife? Should I check Donald Trump’s Twitter to see if there was any social-media spat that led up to this?
Just a mere 30 or so minutes later, we were reassured with the following spam -
The least they could do was include a few Hawaiian emojis in the follow-up...
Unsurprisingly, this was the biggest news to come across Hawaiian news desks in quite some time. Apparently it was a simple mistake, a wrong button pushed in the military offices of Hawaii. No biggie.
Upon some further digging, and I had no idea this was happening before booking our tickets, Hawaii has decided to reinstate their emergency alert program just last month, allowing mass messages and an islands’-wide siren alert. Apart from almost soiling myself in my lion-printed bathing suit, at least this little mishap made the honeymoon all that more memorable.
Anyway, I wanted to share that unique experience with you all and just to let you all know that if you have friends or family in Hawaii, they’re probably lounging out more so than ever. Steem on!
P.S. greetings from Kauai!