In 2005, Connecticut was accidentally issued an Emergency Alert to evacuate the entire state. Only about 1% of the people tried to leave.
100 Mind-Blowing Emergency Facts
Connecticut accidentally issued an Emergency Evacuation Alert in 2005. This alert notified all residents that they needed to evacuate the state immediately. However, only 1% of its population tried to evacuate.
The close door button on an elevator doesn’t do anything. Most elevators in the U.S. are modelled after the Americans with Disabilities Act. Namely, they come with braille and voice prompts. Additionally, these elevators are made to close in 3 seconds. The default time ensures that people with disabilities can board safely. The button you jab in a rush doesn’t even do anything: the actual close-door function can only be accessed by workers and emergency respondents with a key.
U.S. President Coolidge used to sound emergency bells as a joke. The 30th U.S. president made a habit of sounding the emergency bell placed on his veranda and then hiding when the Secret Service came. He did this enough times to make them remove the bell altogether.
America accidentally dropped an atomic bomb on South Carolina in 1958. Talk about clumsy. Here’s one of the scary WTF facts: In 1958, a B-47 plane was headed to the United Kingdom with an atomic bomb even bigger than the Nagasaki bomb. During the flight, one of the pilots accidentally released the emergency pin. However, the critical part of the bomb needed to activate it was still on the plane. If it were already equipped with the bomb, it would have obliterated the entire state and even more.
In South Korea, there is an emergency number to report suspected spies (it’s 113!)
Robot laws are being put into place. The European Union is suggesting laws that implement an emergency kill switch in all robots. Additionally, they will be required to be programmed to never harm a human.
In South Korea, there is an emergency number (113) to report spies.