“BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.”
That emergency alert flashed across the screens of Haines vacationers’ and snow birds’ phones Saturday morning after a Hawaii Emergency Management Agency employee clicked the wrong button on a computer during a routine drill.
Hugh Rietze lives in a rural area outside of Naalehu, a small town with a population of less than 1000, on the southern tip of Hawaii. Rietze…
