SYNOPSIS

One day in January 2018, as Hawaiian citizens went about their day, the entire state received an SMS, which read:

BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT IN BOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

As cellular networks collapsed and panic took hold 1.4m people (as well as their friends and relatives across the globe) came to understand the urgent nature of today ’s nuclear threat.