Governor Fallin is reassuring Oklahomans that a false missile attack alarm, like the one in Hawaii over the weekend, will not happen here. She said the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM) has procedures in place that prevent false warnings.
Oklahoma’s approach differs from Hawaii, in which one employee doing a routine test last weekend mistakenly hit a live-alert button. The message warned of an impending ballistic missile threat.
“The safeguards used by the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management ensure that when a warning message is issued Oklahomans should indeed begin to take precautions and that it is not a false alarm,” said Fallin.
Warning messages in Oklahoma usually deal with dangerous weather conditions.
