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As North Korean threat grows, Hawaii prepares for nuclear attack

HONOLULU - For decades, the wail of the nuclear bomb warning siren was ubiquitous in U.S. cities. Public service commercials drilled the "duck and cover" mantra into the minds of Americans, and the possibility of a Soviet attack was always around the corner.

But after the Cold War, most places abandoned their sirens. Fears of terrorism grew more urgent and, for many younger Americans, being on notice for nuclear war became a relic of the past.

That's no longer the case in Hawaii.

Amid increasing North Korean threats against the U.S., Hawaii has launched

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