Where were you today when the national emergency alert system pinged on your phone?

[Westfacing]

I was on the Tube heading towards King's Cross.

Fellow passengers were impressed that it worked deep underground!

Dashing out of the bathroom to turn it off!

In our conservatory watching cricket. The alarm went off at the end of an over which was just as well due to the number of people in the ground with a phone.

Might I ask what is a heavy horse - or it is obvious that a heavy horse is... heavy?

I'm a city girl - hence being on the Tube when the alarm went off!

It didn’t, didn’t last time either. I’m on wifi at home so the 5/4 G doesn’t work.

In my home office, I had set an alarm for 10 mins before to make sure I wasn’t on a call to a customer or anything. So no jumping here.

I heard DC phone upstairs go off about 3 minutes after mine.

Out in town. Loads of phones pinging at the same time was very impressive!

In the pub having my Sunday dinner.

Mine went off a good minute and a half after everyone else’s.

7%? Eek! I get twitchy if my phone goes below about 80% charge. Mind you I’m using it pretty constantly daily for my business.

In a car with DM and DP, driving past a garden centre (not that we’d been in there), and it was a bit much.

On the motorway. 3 phones in the car, and even though we were counting down, we all still jumped! 😂

I was walking into Lidl, the whole place went off! Lol

Back garden, my phone was in the living room near DH so he heard it and I didn’t.

In the middle of a gig (I play guitar in a band). The speakers picked up the band's phones and the crowd's phones all went too.

Sat in a bird hide waiting for an osprey (which didnt show up!)

We had an actual emergency alert last year I think it was - there was a red weather warning I think for wind

On the beach.

a ripple of movement as everyone looked for their phones.

I was driving, did wonder what it was then checked the time and remembered it was happening at 3 .

Shire horses/cart horses, beautiful😍

I was working on hospital ward and because of poor reception they went off at slightly different times and different sounds......was like an orchestra playing😂

I was in a museum cafe. 3 others went off. Mine didn't go until 15:04. I have concluded Vodafone doesn't want me to survive.

One of the many drawbacks of housework.

At my parents and all 4 phones went off, was louder than I thought it would be (I didn’t get the alert last time)

In bed, was leaning over the edge of the bed as could hear a noise and was trying to work out if it was a bird down the chimney or just the wind and then that started which confused the heck out of me for a second 🤣

Eating lunch.

John Lewis!!
I heard it go off and then gradually it seemed to pass round other people. It took a while for everyone to sound. I looked at my phone and thought it hadn’t worked then a minute later it did!

in Marks
i had no idea what the noise was initially,
mine was 2 minutes later as i had no signal in the shop

Sorting out my sock drawer