For your consideration–a petition received from Hawaii Island activist Jim Albertini.
To: Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency
STOP HAWAII’S MONTHLY NUCLEAR ATTACK WARNING SIREN
Campaign created by
Ann Wright
Petition Text
Governor Ige and Hawaii Emergency Management Agency: Stop the monthly nuclear attack warning siren.
Why is this important?
The State of Hawaii is war mongering and scaring its citizens with its monthly nuclear attack warning siren which began in December 2017.
Hawaii citizens are demanding the State Emergency Management Agency stop the fear-mongering with the nuclear attack warning siren and call on State officials including Hawaii’s Congressional delegation to make a firm stand for diplomacy, not military action, to resolve the crisis on the Korean peninsula.
The sirens heighten the anxiety and stress of impending conflict and devastation, make citizens afraid and in their fear, accept whatever the government feeds them on how great threats to our nation are. We know that successive administrations have lied our country into wars –from Vietnam to Iraq. We do not agree for the need for war with North Korea and refuse to accept the attempted US intimidation of North Korea which could lead to war. The sirens normalize the potential for war.
Certainly, If the U.S. initiates military action against North Korea, militarized Hawaii with its four major military bases on Oahu—the headquarters of the U.S. military Pacific Command that covers half the world, the Army’s 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Marine Expeditionary Force at Kaneohe, Hickam Air Force Base and Pearl Harbor Navy Base, the huge NSA underground listening station near Wahaiwa, the massive practice bombing area called Pohakuloa, on the Big Island and the Pacific Missile Range on Kauai would be a retaliatory target for North Korea and any other nation threatened by the United States.
Therefore, it is in Hawaii’s survival interest that we demand that the U.S. government resolve issues with North Korea in a nonviolent manner.
The national government in Washington, DC does not feel the need to have nuclear warning sirens, so why should Hawaii? One would think the politicians who make the decisions for war and the Pentagon would be bigger targets than Hawaii.
Please sign this petition to the Hawaii Governor, the Hawaii State Emergency Management Agency and Hawaii’s Congressional delegation demanding that the monthly nuclear attack warning sirens STOP.
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Yes, monthly is completely ridiculous. An occasional test of any alert system makes sense but a monthly siren treats Hawaii like a bunch of brain-dead kids at school recess.
Aside from the rampant fear mongering, what are supposed to do in the event of an actual nuclear attack? Hide under our desks?
Couldn’t agree more. The whole thing is stupid. Stop the sirens.
Thanks for posting. I signed.Gov. Ige’s response has been most disappointing, lacking leadership. It’s good to read that N.Korea will send a delegation to S. KOREA concerning the Olympics. Ann and Jim’s position is important.
Siren tests are good. In a real emergency, it’s better to be safe than sorry. In my area, we discovered the sirens were not working for some mechanical reason. Living on the coastline, I prefer to be forewarned, so we can evacuate to safer or higher ground.
It is true that sirens to alert other than nuclear, but definitely think 1x/mo excessive.