Okay, what's really going on?

A test warning for a tsunami went out this morning, but without being clearly marked as a "TEST."

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"The NWS warning also later appeared on other sources such as The Weather Channel and it even appears on some pages of the NWS own website as a real warning. The NWS is the original source of the information and displayed it as a real warning," the statement said.

  ABC News

We're getting hacked, aren't we? There wasn't a hapless Hawaiian employee who pushed the wrong button twice in a row, was there?

In an explanatory tweet today, National Weather Service of New York officials said the warning, which was received at least along the East Coast and in Texas, "did have TEST in the message.” But users would have had to open the alert to see it.

Wow. Another great system.

The official Twitter account for the Miami branch of the National Weather Service sent out a clarification on its feed at 9:04 a.m., saying an app made a mistake.

At least they didn't try to blame it on some poor schmuck, who may not even exist.

"We're currently looking into why the test message was communicated as an actual tsunami warning, and will provide more information as soon as we have it," the statement reads.

Some of us won't believe you.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Now THERE'S an emergency alert you don't want to see on your phone

But, so far, they're not saying how it got sent in the first place.  Russia, if you're listening...

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:

Hmmm.  For a message like that, maybe you ought to have to push two buttons.  One to confirm it.

UPDATE:

That's much more believable.  But still.  Shouldn't there be a block on that message for drills?  Of course, it could have been a hacking job, and they're making up excuses so we hopefully won't realize how easy it would be to fuck our shit up.

UPDATE:

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway!!