In a related development, Vern T. Miyagi, the administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, resigned on Tuesday. In the call, the supervisor said, “Exercise, exercise, exercise,” as required when tests are conducted. But the general emphasized that the shift leader had some “flexibility” and did say “exercise, exercise, exercise” before and after his message. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe employee then chose from options in a drop-down menu that included test and real alerts. On the morning of the alert, the command’s operations center did not have immediate access to the state’s unclassified alert system.

Source: New York Times January 30, 2018 17:35 UTC