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[Misc] How did you react to the emergency alert?
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That's gone well then.Didn't get it
Normal Rob
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I'm the only one in my family who got it. 20% success rate.
Of course I've told them that it's because they only want to save the intelligent ones.
Of course I've told them that it's because they only want to save the intelligent ones.
maffew
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Didnt get it either!
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I think our last match against Tottenham would have justified it.
It went off 30 seconds early.
Could hear my ignorant neighbours coming out into the hall and chattering about it. Clearly no idea it was happening.
What in the U.K. could possibly warrant this level of scare mongering?
Floods? Do we get flash floods in the U.K.?
Forest fires? Not an issue
Earthquakes? They happen once every ten years in Yorkshire and measure about 0.001 on the Richter scale.
Terrorist attack? I don’t want my phone blaring out a signal to guide an attacker towards me thanks.
Nuclear attack? I’d rather not know thank you.
Just stop interfering in my business, my phone, my life.
The second I retire, this smart phone is being flung into the Adur. Hate the bloody things.
Could hear my ignorant neighbours coming out into the hall and chattering about it. Clearly no idea it was happening.
What in the U.K. could possibly warrant this level of scare mongering?
Floods? Do we get flash floods in the U.K.?
Forest fires? Not an issue
Earthquakes? They happen once every ten years in Yorkshire and measure about 0.001 on the Richter scale.
Terrorist attack? I don’t want my phone blaring out a signal to guide an attacker towards me thanks.
Nuclear attack? I’d rather not know thank you.
Just stop interfering in my business, my phone, my life.
The second I retire, this smart phone is being flung into the Adur. Hate the bloody things.
Ludensian Gull
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Didn't get it
Perfidious Albion
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I have not got it… Probably because my phone is too old to be included.
Was devised, I believe, to replace text messaging in the case of another pandemic/lockdown.
Fine, texting the entire population proves too slow. But do we need the f***ing siren to go with it? Just sends people into a panic.
Ridiculous overreaction.
pb21
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- Apr 23, 2010
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The last time we had a lockdown it was obvious it was coming for a few weeks, didn't need my phone kicking off to let me know!
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To be fair, if they provided an alert 30 seconds before the terrorist incident started, that would be helpful.
In certain areas yes, the area around Hebden Bridge gets that (although probably not quite as dramatic as the term flash flood would suggest). They have an air-raid siren to warn people.
To be clear, I completely agree with the gist of your post, and find it both creepy and annoying.
Edit: the alert that is, not your post.
VAL1850
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Got it on my work phone but nothing on my personal phone.... Bit of a damp squib...
deletebeepbeepbeep
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- May 12, 2009
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Agreed. It’s a feeble excuse.
If I was a believer in such things I’d almost think it was a form of governmental control to direct us using our own tracking devi…I mean phones.
But I’m not so I don’t
Still creepy though, IMO.
Two of us here, different networks....nada.
Perhaps we're not worth saving.
Perhaps we're not worth saving.
Normal Rob
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The quarries in the areas surrounding where I live use air raid sirens to warn of a rock blasting. Scared the shit out of me when I first moved here and the evil side of me quite enjoys watching newbies to the area now when it happens.