Public emergency alert - being sent to your phone

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bhstewie said:

Is there anything people won't lose their st about?

Falling public sector debt? Maybe we'll never know.

I look forward to someone accidentally sending a nuclear missile warning message.

[colin_p]

"WARNING: there's joose loose aboot this hoose"

[Getragdogleg]

BabySharkDD said:

I look forward to the virtue signalling on social media.

“I’ve turned on my notifications to save others”

Profile photos stating they’re “fully notified”

Zealots having a tattoo of the emergency app to show their support

Yup, they'll show up here in a bit belittling everyone who doesn't buy in to mawkish crap like this.

[Countdown]

bhstewie said:

Is there anything some people on NP&E won't lose their st about?

Fixed that for you. Possibly there's some overlap with the CBDC and CT brigade.

For most people it's a "meh....."

[Plymo]

EmailAddress said:

They'll do it if you break the 30mph limit in the UK within a couple of years.

20mph in Wales, boyo! You child-running-over lunatic speed demon!!!

[Ozone]

I had a government alert on my Iphone last year when I was in Vilnius the captial of Lithuania. It was to say that there was going to be military maneuvers in the city (Tanks and troops) and not to panic (I had to get a colleague to translate it). It was a total surprise to get the message as I didn't know that was a something that could be done, and it was on by default.
I didn't see any military activity but speaking to my colleagues who spoke English, they said it was not uncommon as the city is only about 20 miles from the Belarus border.
To be honest, I'm glad I got the message as I would have been worried to see tanks rolling around in the city and my Lithuanian runs to 'Thank you' so it would have been tricky to ask locals in the street what was going on.

It also appeared that the alerts are off by default on Android phones of anybody I've asked.

[Rob_125]

The cynic in me thinks this isn't really for weather events (generally they are predicted, although this may be a secondary tool). Primary driver is for incoming ICBM, in my opinion. If you arnt in the blast zone, shut all windows ectect.

[Wills2]

I understand their use in countries where you get serious weather and natural disasters, but our weather is meek and mild in comparison, there is no reason to be alerted that it's going to snow a bit or a squall line is heading over your area or it's going to be a bit windy.

The media already turn themselves inside and out over named storms that really aren't worthy of a name, God only knows what they will make of this.

It's just another meaningless intervention, why can't they focus on the countries real issues.

[bitchstewie]

Countdown said:

bhstewie said:

Is there anything some people on NP&E won't lose their st about?

Fixed that for you. Possibly there's some overlap with the CBDC and CT brigade.

For most people it's a "meh....."

I imagine it would make for some interesting venn diagrams

Just switch them off if you don't want to receive them.

[Getragdogleg]

Yeah, I reckon if I saw tanks in Cornwall I'd work out something was up pretty quickly.

[extraT]

Getragdogleg said:

Yeah, I reckon if I saw tanks in Cornwall I'd work out something was up pretty quickly.

Aye, but I’m sure the residents of Boscastle in 2004 would have been appreciative of an early warning system after they were devastated by torrential rain.

In the UK we are pretty lucky in that extreme weather events are rare, but they do happen.

I’m still not sure it’s entirely needed in the UK, but still I can see the benefits of the notifications.

Now, putting on my tin foil hat, the world is a bit scary at the moment and if missiles do start flying around, I’m sure everyone would appreciate an early warning to try and get to safety. Weather? It’s a good excuse to practise sending the notifications and judging how they work, for when they may really be needed… but that’s just my thoughts.

[vulture1]

This year it feels especially we have had nothing but daily posts from local and nation news sites about " look out here is the exact day 12 inches of snow will fall" I have really notied it more this year.
When is it actually needed.
Well if Putin Nukes us we will likely know about it anyway
Useful maybe for Red Wind alerts as 2 years ago in Scotland that wind was something else

But it will be used for a minor drought or hot ish weahter etc.

Irony is if i were Putin or Jinping or who ever id be trying to hack the system and cause carnage that way.

[Mr E]

This has been in the specs for at least 10 years if I recall correctly. Possibly longer.

Places like Japan use it for tsunami warnings.

[BigMon]

Countdown said:

bhstewie said:

Is there anything some people on NP&E won't lose their st about?

Fixed that for you. Possibly there's some overlap with the CBDC and CT brigade.

For most people it's a "meh....."

On the plus side the foil hatter bingo card is filling up quite well.

[turbobloke]

voyds9 said:

bhstewie said:

Is there anything people won't lose their st about?

I agree it's terrible the governments losing it's collective mind because the skies get dark

Just how much room is left on nanny state's nipples, and how much nipple glue is there in the UK, for more / all of us to be stuck on with this latest wheeze?

The losing st exaggeration is an exaggeration, this latest big-gov't-will-save-us crap isn't anything to cause one to lose one's faeces, as it's no more than another set of nudge opportunities. Staying balanced is better.

There's no way of predicting earthquakes, so it's just as well the UK doesn't get the big bad stuff. As to weather, ffs, naming a bit of wet and windy weather to make it scary like a hurricane was bad enough, now it's going to be shoved down people's mobile throats. I'm turning the alerts off with the replacement option of looking out the window reasonably often, as happens now. A tsunami would be most unlikely to reach far enough. Being a couple of miles from GCHQ there might just be a millisecond to spot Vlad's instant sunshine without looking. A few mins notice in advance would just cause pointless negative thoughts about vaporisation.

Anyway, to stay on message for a mo: ooooh it's so scary being alive, just think, death!

Edited by turbobloke on Sunday 19th March 16:33

[vulture1]

Mr E said:

Places like Japan use it for tsunami warnings.

Yeah no issue with this.
But you just know the UK will use it for snow storms

And when it isnt used because the storm isnt that bad but someone dies just wait for the outrage!

[Biggy Stardust]

bhstewie said:

I imagine it would make for some interesting venn diagrams

Just switch them off if you don't want to receive them.

An opt-in system would be less intrusive. I would prefer 'do not disturb' as a defult setting for goverment/official intrusion into my life. I feel the same about Jehovah's witnesses & similar.

[turbobloke]

Biggy Stardust said:

bhstewie said:

I imagine it would make for some interesting venn diagrams

Just switch them off if you don't want to receive them.

An opt-in system would be less intrusive. I would prefer 'do not disturb' as a defult setting for goverment/official intrusion into my life. I feel the same about Jehovah's witnesses & similar.

Anyway how can they issue an alert when somebody is running with scissors.

[bitchstewie]

Biggy Stardust said:

An opt-in system would be less intrusive. I would prefer 'do not disturb' as a defult setting for goverment/official intrusion into my life. I feel the same about Jehovah's witnesses & similar.

And I can see that point of view but I think by definition if you want an emergency alert to go to as many people as possible it makes sense to start from a position of "you get the alert unless you've gone out of your way to say you don't want to".

It look Turbobloke longer to write all that rubbish about nipples (seriously?) than it would take to switch them off.

Honestly just switch them off and get on with life.

[bearman68]

vulture1 said:

Mr E said:

Places like Japan use it for tsunami warnings.

Yeah no issue with this.
But you just know the UK will use it for snow storms

And when it isnt used because the storm isnt that bad but someone dies just wait for the outrage!

Think they would have announced the death of the Queen like this? I suspect it would happen.

Mine firmly switched off.