Emergency Alert test: Sunday, 23rd April

[SuperBacon]

In case you're all having a shit or a fry up at the time, there will be another one of these on Sunday at 3pm according to my work intranet. 

 

[organizedkaos]

Is there supposed to be some official way they tell people about this? As amusing as it's been telling people on WhatsApp that a man named SuperBacon told me on a wrestling forum i've been a part of since 2002 it's rather ridiculous word of mouth. A friend who's a nurse was saying they didn't know about the last one and it severely paniced the ward cos everyones work phones all went off at once...

Regardless, multiple parents in Bristol thank you for your effort Mr Bacon. They are at least aware of the threat to nap time.

[ReturnOfTheMack]

I've seen it advertised on Facebook, and via a text message today saying 

'On 7 Sept at 3pm, we will be testing Emergency Alerts. Compatible phones across the UK will vibrate and make a loud siren-like sound. Learn more: gov.uk/alerts'

[MVP RULZ]

Yeah I got a text message today from my network provider (Tesco Mobile) telling me though I had already seen it doing the rounds on various places last few days as well

Though If I remember last time mine didn't even go off so I'm interested to see if it actually works this time

[Harry Wiseau]

I've noticed on the overhead signs on the motorway a thing saying PHONE ALERT TEST SEPTEMBER 7 but by the time I get home it's always  gone from my mind and I forget to Ask Jeeves about it, so thank you @SuperBacon for the heads up, although I think I turned the alert thing off before the last one so it hopefully won't alert me to anything. 

[SuperBacon]

Work phone went off at 3.01pm and personal phone went off at 3.10pm, both on O2.

So I'd be fine if something happened Monday to Friday (a minute late), but if a nuke went off at the weekend while I'm out, the bomb would arrive before I'd got the alert.

Safe.

[Thunderplex]

Nearly shit myself last time.  Was prepared this time.  Nearly shit myself again.

[TheBurningRed]

Was having a sleep before work tonight and planned to get up at 3pm. It woke me up. But just like every alarm, I thought I was hitting snooze and fell back asleep. At least I’d sleep through the bomb. 

[BomberPat]

Despite being the one to remind everyone else this was happening a few days before, I completely forgot about it. I never heard mine go off, though it probably did, as the text alert was on my screen when I checked. But I walked out of the shopping centre to the sound of alarms going off everywhere and a couple of drunks having a mid-afternoon scrap, and it felt properly apocalyptic for a moment before I remembered.

[DavidB6937]

Yep, remembered it every single bloody day apart from when I was in the cinema. Thankfully I wasn't the only one.

[King Coconut]

30 minutes ago, BomberPat said:

a couple of drunks having a mid-afternoon scrap

This has made me so homesick. 

[Wretch]

As with the last one, absolute carnage in the prison at 3pm yesterday when all the smuggled in phones went off. The lads were pretty savvy this time though. Before the bell hit 3, they started smashing the shite out of every general alarm button on the landings which produces a god-awful noise (called the warble) to mask the test alarm. 

Already looking forward to the next one. 

[Harry Wiseau]

4 hours ago, Wretch said:

As with the last one, absolute carnage in the prison at 3pm yesterday when all the smuggled in phones went off. The lads were pretty savvy this time though. Before the bell hit 3, they started smashing the shite out of every general alarm button on the landings which produces a god-awful noise (called the warble) to mask the test alarm. 

Already looking forward to the next one. 

Why didn't they just go into their settings and turn off the emergency alerts? They knew it was coming. 

 

It appears I had turned mine off last time so it didn't suprise me. I don't want to know about any upcoming emergencies, I've seen Threads.

 

 

[Wretch]

1 hour ago, Harry Wiseau said:

Why didn't they just go into their settings and turn off the emergency alerts? They knew it was coming. 

Oh, I’m sure loads did. But a great number didn’t.

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

34 minutes ago, Wretch said:

Oh, I’m sure loads did. But a great number didn’t.

That's the trouble with prisoners isn't it. Just not reliable enough.