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This bloody emergency alert

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Random789 · 21/04/2023 21:07

It's going to be like when they test the fire alarm at work, isn't it?
You get more and more tense waiting for it, then three minutes before it is due to go off you forget all about it. Then it does go off and you scream like a lunatic and jump so hard that you dislocate something in your neck.

I'd rather just get fried in a nuclear attack and avoid all the stress.

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slowquickstep · 23/04/2023 18:08

Did everyone survive or have the mums of the U.K gone into melt down ?

Okunevo · 23/04/2023 18:18

slowquickstep · 23/04/2023 18:08

Did everyone survive or have the mums of the U.K gone into melt down ?

No, I am quite good at avoiding meltdowns and shutdowns by knowing my triggers and eliminating the ones I can, like this alarm.

JenniferBooth · 23/04/2023 18:29

"Small number unable to make or receive calls since emergency alert A small number of people have taken to social media to flag that they have not been able to make or receive calls since the 3pm alarm went off on their device.

The Cabinet Office stated that engineers had not spotted a trend of phone functions failing to work afterwards, but said officials were in the early stages of analysing the results of the trial run"

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