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What is this like lost where he had to put the code in hourly? Why was someone in a position where that mistake happened in the first place?

Does anyone have any details about EAS/Wireless alert procedures and how one is sent out?

Surely this wasn't one step gone wrong.

I'm sure the UI looked like this:

[clear] [send and cause panic in 1.4 million people]

Or maybe the Apple way?

[Send and cause panic] [Details]

But it was on a Windows CE device with a resistive screen and the user lost the stylus.

What do you want to bet we never find out what really happened?