January 13th, 2018 was the day of the false missle alert. Residents and visitors in Hawaii didn't know what to think at first. Many thought it couldn't be real, but then a second later… 'what if it is?' Some searched for verification, while others waited for a second alert to say this was a false alarm. It was just a drill, but that notification didn't come until 38 minutes later. That incident exposed a serious flaw in our emergency system.

So what are the lessons learned? Today we have emergency management officials from the State, County and Federal levels in studio with us, to talk not just about getting caught flatfooted but to examine our reponse to the following natural disasters that followed and consumed us in 2018.

Our guests today are:

Tom Travis, head of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency

Hirokazu “Hiro” Toiya, Acting Director of the City’s Department of Emergency Management

Dolph Diemont, Federal Coordinating Officer for the Federal Emergency Managment Agency