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Initial FCC Investigation into Hawaii Alert Mess Finds Fault

FCC points fingers at the system, or lack of system, as reason for errors made.

Maybe we can all learn from the initial FCC report on the false alarm sent in Hawaii. See Hawaii Missile Alert Fiasco Leads to Resignations, Firing.

Not everyone has the luxury of having a two-person capability for sending warnings.

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.