"Don't Panic! Don't Panic!"

[TB63]

It's only a test!..

Can't find any live sports on to watch..Would love to hear 50,000 mobiles go off at the same time...

[SaintK]

It's only a test!..

Can't find any live sports on to watch..Would love to hear 50,000 mobiles go off at the same time...

10,000 should go off just as Sarries kick off against London Irish today

[tabascoboy]

My poor old 2G phone won't get the alarm, but wondering if I'll hear a cacophony from outside at all from neighbours and passers-by.

This has predictably brought out all the tinfoil conspiracy loons on Twitter, some parodies of that too

[Ymx]

I got the alert.
My wife didn’t.

Weird.

[TB63]

I didnt get it either..

Seems ony 4g and 5g phones got it..

[dkm57]

Was that it!.............meh

[ASMO]

20 million rape alarms just went off

[C69]

Didn't get it.

[Jock42]

Got it early

[SaintK]

Didn't get it.

Not the only one!

[Ymx]

Got it early

Mine was 3:59p

[Biffer]

[tabascoboy]

Well I hope they learned something useful from this even if it's only how many of us dinosaurs don't have a compatible device or are in a area with poor or no 4G coverage.

[lemonhead]

I got the alert.
My wife didn’t.

Weird.

Same. Freaked the cat right out, he's still in bunker

[tabascoboy]

[GogLais]

Thank God we didn’t have this in October 1962.

[lemonhead]

Thank God we didn’t have this in October 1962.

*Shudder*

[Ymx]

And the correct explanation is

[fishfoodie]

Will they have different levels of notification ?

It'd be nice if they could let you know if you should do anything, or just put your head between your legs & kiss your arse goodbye.

Level 1 - Inbound Meteorite / Nuke.
Level 2 - Zombie apocalypse
Level 3 - Nados have run out of chicken
Level 4 - Lost dogs/children/keys

[Biffer]

And the correct explanation is

Literally half a dozen posts above you. The thread only has one page ffs

[Biffer]

Will they have different levels of notification ?

It'd be nice if they could let you know if you should do anything, or just put your head between your legs & kiss your arse goodbye.

Level 1 - Inbound Meteorite / Nuke.
Level 2 - Zombie apocalypse
Level 3 - Nados have run out of chicken
Level 4 - Lost dogs/children/keys

I mean, I know we’ve lost faith in our institutions in many ways, but if you genuinely think they’re going to send a warning out with no actual description of what it is, I think you might need to re-examine how you’re thinking is going.

[Ymx]

And the correct explanation is

Literally half a dozen posts above you. The thread only has one page ffs

Ha ha, sorry

[fishfoodie]

Will they have different levels of notification ?

It'd be nice if they could let you know if you should do anything, or just put your head between your legs & kiss your arse goodbye.

Level 1 - Inbound Meteorite / Nuke.
Level 2 - Zombie apocalypse
Level 3 - Nados have run out of chicken
Level 4 - Lost dogs/children/keys

I mean, I know we’ve lost faith in our institutions in many ways, but if you genuinely think they’re going to send a warning out with no actual description of what it is, I think you might need to re-examine how you’re thinking is going.

Ahem.

https://news.sky.com/story/emergency-al ... r-12864536

Never underestimate the abilities of bureaucrats to fuck up the simplest of tasks.

[Biffer]

Will they have different levels of notification ?

It'd be nice if they could let you know if you should do anything, or just put your head between your legs & kiss your arse goodbye.

Level 1 - Inbound Meteorite / Nuke.
Level 2 - Zombie apocalypse
Level 3 - Nados have run out of chicken
Level 4 - Lost dogs/children/keys

I mean, I know we’ve lost faith in our institutions in many ways, but if you genuinely think they’re going to send a warning out with no actual description of what it is, I think you might need to re-examine how you’re thinking is going.

Ahem.

https://news.sky.com/story/emergency-al ... r-12864536

Never underestimate the abilities of bureaucrats to fuck up the simplest of tasks.

I’m not going to underestimate the incompetence, but there’s a difference between fucking something up by idiocy and choosing not to do something at all.

[Grandpa]

And the correct explanation is

Literally half a dozen posts above you. The thread only has one page ffs

Ha ha, sorry

Weirdly I only saw your post... I had to go back and check that Biffer had posted it too... I would have missed it if not for you...

[Enzedder]

I take it that the Spurs players didn't get the message.

[ASMO]

So during a terrorist event, govt send out an alert that lights up the phones of people who may be in the vicinity and hiding....well thought through i would say.

[Ymx]

So during a terrorist event, govt send out an alert that lights up the phones of people who may be in the vicinity and hiding....well thought through i would say.

I hadn’t expected it to be used for such purposes. It would be going off every other day in London.

I had presumed it was more for bigger stuff like
- incoming nuke
- sudden flooding
- extreme storm
- mostly peaceful burny riots

[TB63]

- lost kittens..

[Biffer]

So during a terrorist event, govt send out an alert that lights up the phones of people who may be in the vicinity and hiding....well thought through i would say.

I hadn’t expected it to be used for such purposes. It would be going off every other day in London.

I had presumed it was more for bigger stuff like
- incoming nuke
- sudden flooding
- extreme storm
- mostly peaceful burny riots

Yeah, it’s for macro events where a societal response is needed. In the UK most likely weather related, flooding, other natural disasters.

[Line6 HXFX]

Government want to scare the shit out of us, and make us live in hatred and fear.

This will be going off the week before elections.

Fear and hatred is how they thrive.

[Ymx]

Government want to scare the shit out of us, and make us live in hatred and fear.

This will be going off the week before elections.

Fear and hatred is how they thrive.

Apparently they used it to install some tracking software to trace those on benefits, to root out fraudulent claimers.

[Gumboot]

Government want to scare the shit out of us, and make us live in hatred and fear.

This will be going off the week before elections.

Fear and hatred is how they thrive.

Well you sure sound scared. Don't piss your pants too early, mind.

[TB63]

Residents in Oundle have just received an alert...




Globus was seen leaving his house...