Hawaii prepares for 'unlikely' North Korea missile threat

"Hawaii tourism officials say they are concerned misinformation about the state's efforts may deter travelers." sounds like the mayor in the movie Jaws.

The Hawaiian Islands have been vulnerable to missile attack since 1952. Just not from North Korea. In fact, with some limited missile defense in place now, I would venture to say that Hawaii is safer from missile attack than it has ever been.

Starting in November, Hawaii will begin monthly tests of an "attack alert" siren the state hasn't heard since the end of the Cold War in the 1980s.

That's the way; keep the masses in a constant state of fear.

What a shame; Hawaii is an amazing place and fabulous welcoming people; it doesn't need this scaremongering.

The THAAD should be relocated from South Korea to Hawaii.

Toasted HereticToday  10:48 am JST

That's the way; keep the masses in a constant state of fear.

What a shame; Hawaii is an amazing place and fabulous welcoming people; it doesn't need this scaremongering.

A bit of an exaggeration, don't you think? I've lived in several places with regular alert system drills like this (usually for natural disasters, sometimes for other) and it doesn't result in a "constant state of fear". Ideally it reminds the public to be aware of how to care for their own safety, but even if it doesn't work it rarely amounts to little more than a minor nuisance people quickly learn to tune out.

And really, while my posting history here should clearly show I don't support saber-rattling towards North Korea, it's hard to reasonably argue there is anything wrong with disaster preparedness. Even if the odds that you would need to know what to do in a missile attack are minuscule, it doesn't exactly hurt anything to be ready just in case.