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Why (And How) EVERYONE Should Make a Survival Shelter Plan (+ Printable Checklist)
Why (And How) EVERYONE Should Make a Survival Shelter Plan (+ Printable Checklist) The false alarm in Hawaii yesterday should be an enormous wake-up call. It should inspire everyone, everywhere to make a survival shelter plan. While people who panicked are busy pointing fingers at the person who allegedly “hit the wrong button” and sent […]
Reflections On “Pushing the Wrong Button” and US Drone Policy
Reflections On “Pushing the Wrong Button” and US Drone Policy A “ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii” notification was caused by an employee who “pushed the wrong button.” Wrong Button ABC News reports an [emergency alert notification] (http://wnep.com/2018/01/13/wrong-button-pushed-during-shift-change-blamed-for-false-hawaii-missile-alert/) sent out on Saturday claiming a “ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii” was a false alarm caused […]
Missile False Alarm in Hawaii: How Wrong Buttons Can Wreak Havoc
Mobile phone users in Hawaii saw this message. Missile False Alarm in Hawaii: How Wrong Buttons Can Wreak Havoc Should the survival of humanity hinge on bureaucratic protocols? On Saturday at 8:05 am, residents of Hawaii were terrified by a text message that said a missile was heading their way, and they should “seek shelter […]
Hawaiian Officials Issue False “Inbound Ballistic Missile Threat” Emergency Alert
Hawaiian Officials Issue False “Inbound Ballistic Missile Threat” Emergency Alert Shortly after 8am local time Saturday, Hawaii’s emergency alert system sent out a shocking tweet to its citizens: “Ballistic Missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek Immediate shelter, This is not a drill.” The emergncy alert was sent to all cellphones… And interrupted Hawaiian TV… Timothy […]
Hawaii’s existential choice: Tourism, food and survival
Hawaii’s existential choice: Tourism, food and survival Hawaiians used to feed themselves quite easily on this island paradise. With the arrival of Europeans and Americans came European and American ideas about plantation agriculture. Hawaii became a producer of coffee, sugar, pineapple, papaya, rice and other plantation crops. While destroying Hawaii’s diverse food system, the growers […]
76 Years of Pearl Harbor Lies
76 Years of Pearl Harbor Lies Donald Trump is tweeting about a particular spot in Hawaii. He visited it recently on his way to threaten war in Asia. It’s a big feature this week in lots of U.S. magazines and newspapers. It has a lovely name that sounds like murder and blood because Japanese airplanes […]
Trump Summons Generals To War Room After Hawaii Students Get “In The Event Of A Nuclear Attack” Email
Trump Summons Generals To War Room After Hawaii Students Get “In The Event Of A Nuclear Attack” Email Here is what not to do when addressing your student population at a time when tensions with a nuclear-armed adversary are running at fever pitch: send an email to the student population with the subject title “in […]
Trouble in Paradise: Fatal Blight Threatens A Key Hawaiian Tree
Trouble in Paradise: Fatal Blight Threatens A Key Hawaiian Tree The ʻohiʻa is Hawaii’s iconic tree, a keystone species that maintains healthy watersheds and provides habitat for numerous endangered birds. But a virulent fungal disease, possibly related to a warmer, drier climate, is now felling the island’s cherished `ohi`a forests. Rikki Cooke/The Nature Conservancy An ‘ohi’a […]
Puerto Rico Is Greece, & These 5 States Are Next To Go
Puerto Rico Is Greece, & These 5 States Are Next To Go As Wilbur Ross so eloquently noted, for Puerto Rico “it’s the end of the beginning… and the beginning of the end,” as he explained “Puerto Rico is the US version of Greece.” However, as JPMorgan explains, for some states the pain is really just beginning as Municipal bond […]
Permaculture as a Method for Ecological Healing
Permaculture as a Method for Ecological Healing MAUI CASE STUDY WITH NATIVE PLANTS AND STREAM RESTORATION. It may not seem readily apparent when viewing scenic photos, or strolling along the beach shoreline if you’ve been there, but something like 90% of Hawaii’s species are invasive. In other words, a species had no chance of getting […]
