Public emergency alerts to be sent to all UK mobile phones

[Paninistickers]

6 hours ago, leicsmac said:

Almost seven million people, more than any war or other act of humanity in the last twenty years

Haha, I was waiting for one of the usuals to bite! But seven million died WITH COVID, only a fraction of it. 

 

5 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

only the old and the sick died in any numbers so who cares

Yup, more or less. The old and sick also die of salmonella or colds or an infected sore every day. But I doubt you wear black all day to commemorate those deaths  

 

Edit, fwiw,climate change is something that worries me greatly. As per, the COVID fans lump anyone who treats the thing as a sniffle (which it is) as a lunatic, hard right, MAGA and Brexit style anti vaxxer. 

 

 

 

 

Edited 21 March 2023 by Paninistickers

[leicsmac]

1 hour ago, Paninistickers said:

Haha, I was waiting for one of the usuals to bite! But seven million died WITH COVID, only a fraction of it. 

 

A fact reflected in their official death certificates, I wonder?

 

1 hour ago, Paninistickers said:

 

 

Yup, more or less. The old and sick also die of salmonella or colds or an infected sore every day. But I doubt you wear black all day to commemorate those deaths  

 

 

Not nearly to the same (preventable) degree as Covid did.

 

1 hour ago, Paninistickers said:

 

 

Edit, fwiw,climate change is something that worries me greatly. As per, the COVID fans lump anyone who treats the thing as a sniffle (which it is) as a lunatic, hard right, MAGA and Brexit style anti vaxxer.

 

Unfortunately there is rather a lot of overlap between such ideologies.

 

All I'll say is do watch out for your survivorship bias - it doesn't do anyone, least of all the person themselves - much good long term.

[dsr-burnley]

https://news.sky.com/story/date-and-time-set-for-uks-first-nationwide-test-of-emergency-alert-system-12850485#:~:text=A nationwide test of the,stop automatically after 10 seconds.

 

They've set the time at 3 pm on Sunday 23rd April.  That's going to be fun at the Newcastle v Tottenham game - an alert designed to be loud enough to wake up one person, and 60,000 of them going off in the same space?  I wonder what the effect will be on people who are partially deaf already?

[Sir Shep]

Just had mine, if that had been real I'd have had a heart attack!! 

[Stuntman_Mike]

Not sure mine is set up right.

 

 

[Izzy]

Just got that government alert thing on my phone but i accidentally swiped up and it disappeared.

Its not saved to text messages so I’ve no idea what it said.

If it was a genuine emergency and I did this then how would I know what it was?

[NAKC20]

3 of us sat at home and none of us has had it. Daughter and her boyfriend are out together and he has had it but she hasnt. Sounds like its working well 🙄

[katieakita]

The fact Fujitsu have a hand in this shows so much, just about sums up HMG

[reporterpenguin]

Neither me or my parents got it. We're all quite rural, would that have anything to do with it? My sister who lives in a bigger town did get it.

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Added a bit of entertainment to Lisowski v McGill at least.

 

Although apparently I've been marked for death if we ever need the thing because my phone did nothing.

[goody2028]

 

[The Syrup]

I haven't received it either, bloody useless 

[Royston.]

5 minutes ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

Not sure mine is set up right.

 

 

Least it's accurate

[Samilktray]

The noise was a bit jarring 

[The Blur]

My wife and I have not got anything either 

[Samilktray]

Just now, The Blur said:

My wife and I have not got anything either 

Unfortunately for you both in the event of a real nuclear bomb, you’ve both now got arms growing out of your forehead. You can blame the government for that 

[Stuntman_Mike]

On a serious note, this kind of thing is likely to cause a lot of people anxiety. 

[bovril]

6 minutes ago, NAKC20 said:

3 of us sat at home and none of us has had it. Daughter and her boyfriend are out together and he has had it but she hasnt. Sounds like its working well 🙄

 

1 minute ago, The Blur said:

My wife and I have not got anything either 

Apparently it's targeted at people that the government want to be saved from a nuclear attack

[yorkie1999]

 

5 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

The noise was a bit jarring 

I got the alert but no noise. We’re all fvcked when Putin starts dropping the bombs on us.

[NAKC20]

4 minutes ago, bovril said:

 

Apparently it's targeted at people that the government want to be saved from a nuclear attack

We're doomed Mr Mainwaring

[FoyleFox]

It wasn't as loud as I expected.

 

Presumably the point of testing is to see how successful it was, just a thought...or some us you aren't special and aren't being saved

 

[Blarmy]

1 out of 3 phones here got it. 

[NAKC20]

So for those of us that havent had it is it still likely to go off in the next 30 minutes - 7 days?

[Zear0]

3 minutes ago, NAKC20 said:

So for those of us that havent had it is it still likely to go off in the next 30 minutes - 7 days?

12 hours probably. 

 

Apparently Three users were commonly missed. 

Edited 23 April 2023 by Zear0

[Blueman1967]

Mine didn't go off either, good job it's not for real.