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Hawaii preparing for year's first siren test
POSTED: 04:12 a.m. HST, Jan 03, 2011
LAST UPDATED: 04:26 a.m. HST, Jan 03, 2011
State Civil Defense is preparing the new year's first statewide test of Hawaii's outdoor siren warning system.
Sirens around the state are due to blast for 45 seconds at 11:45 a.m. on Monday
Television and radio stations are due to participate in a test of the Emergency Alert System by broadcasting emergency information and instructions.
State civil defense says it tests its civil defense sirens and the Emergency Alert System simultaneously, normally on the first working day of the month.
State Civil Defense officials say a contractor involved in a project to modernize the outdoor siren warning system inadvertently caused sirens to be activated at dawn today, the Associated Press reported.
No emergency exists, the city Department of Emergency Management said.
Sirens went off at 5:30 a.m. in parts of Oahu covering Makiki, Hawaii Kai, Waimanalo and Waikiki.
The sirens were immediately turned off by the Honolulu Police Department’s dispatch center.
I did not hear it, unless i was sleeping. Definitely no one heard it at Laie, lol.
