Residents and tourists in Hawaii are still rattled over a weekend false alert that was blasted out to cell phones and appeared on TV screens causing them to believe a nuclear missile was incoming and to seek shelter. The frightening warning THIS IS NOT A TEST wasn't announced as a mistake for 38 minutes sending people scrambling. Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency said someone who was conducting a routine test hit the LIVE alert button by mistake. Calm has been restored but many questions remain. First, why did it take so long to let people know the alert was bogus? The state EMA says it has changed protocols to require two people send an alert and also make it easier to cancel a false alarm. Another question is could programmed defense mechanisms react to human error with a counter launch? The basis for the 1964 movie FAIL SAFE and the 1983 flick WAR GAMES. And the biggest question of them all....what if IT HAD BEEN REAL? By the way, the dolt at the Hawaii EMA who triggered the actual alert has been "re-assigned."