From CBS News:
HONOLULU (CBS NEWS) -- Hawaii's agency in charge of protecting people is now the target of death threats following Saturday's missile alert error, reports the CBS affiliate here, KGMB-TV.
A spokesperson for the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HIEMA) confirmed the threats came through its public phone line.
The spokesperson released a statement Sunday saying, "We understand that members of our community are angry about Saturday's false alarm, and we are looking at these messages as individuals blowing off steam. While we take any threat against our personnel seriously, we are doing our best not to escalate the situation."
Residents and tourists alike remained rattled a day after the mistaken alert was blasted out to cellphones across the islands with a warning to seek immediate shelter and the ominous statement: "This is not a drill."
"Clearly, there is a massive gap between letting people know something's coming and having something for them to do," Honolulu resident Jonathan Scheuer said Sunday. "Nobody knew what to do."
People should immediately seek shelter in a building "or other substantial structure," once an attack-warning siren sounds, according to guidance the state distributed previously. The state recommends having 14-day survival kits of food and water.
President Trump said Sunday the federal government will "get involved," but didn't release details.
An investigation into what went wrong was underway Sunday at the Federal Communications Commission, which sets rules for wireless emergency alerts sent by local, state or federal officials to warn of the threat of hurricanes, wildfires, flash flooding and to announce searches for missing children.
The state of Hawaii "did not have reasonable safeguards or process controls in place to prevent the transmission of a false alert," FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement, calling the mistake "absolutely unacceptable."
"False alerts undermine public confidence in the alerting system and thus reduce their effectiveness during real emergencies," he said.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen urged Americans not to lose faith in their government.
"I would hate for anybody not to abide by alerts and warnings coming from government systems," Nielsen said on "Fox News Sunday." ''They can trust government systems. We test them every day. This is a very unfortunate mistake, but these alerts are vital. Seconds and minutes can save lives."
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