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Worried about this phone alert?

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ditzylazymummy · 19/04/2023 12:11

Why would they be doing it? Do you think it could mean they're worried they might need to use it soon?

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BigglyBee · 19/04/2023 15:42

I like the idea of an alert system. Can we have an extra one for every time the government either fucks something up, or lies about it? It's more likely to accidentally text a whole county the shopping list of some government employee, or forward the sexting messages of one civil servant to another.

Obviously, given their record with IT based systems, there will be a massive problem with it, but I don't worry about being spied on. If it works, it will be excellent. I just doubt it will work, based on the track record this country seems to have of things actually working.

WildFlowerBees · 19/04/2023 15:42

I've turned mine off.

BigglyBee · 19/04/2023 15:43

Argh, the last sentence of my first paragraph was supposed to be in the second paragraph! Apologies for the garbled post!

Needmorelego · 19/04/2023 15:43

@SerendipityJane maybe....or maybe not.
I am on various groups - where I live, my old home town and the town my mother in law lives in. All completely different places but the groups are almost all identical !
The Helicopter is Up
The High St is Dying.
Man in Van Looking in Gardens.
Youths...Up To No Good.
It's all the same 😂
Home town one is having a melt down today over changes to the length of time you can park in the Lidl car park. It's intense.

TheRussiansAreComing · 19/04/2023 16:34

Not worried at all. But I just bought an underground bunker.

smizing · 19/04/2023 16:45

TheRussiansAreComing · 19/04/2023 16:34

Not worried at all. But I just bought an underground bunker.

Just in case the Russians come?

SerendipityJane · 19/04/2023 16:49

Needmorelego · 19/04/2023 15:43

@SerendipityJane maybe....or maybe not.
I am on various groups - where I live, my old home town and the town my mother in law lives in. All completely different places but the groups are almost all identical !
The Helicopter is Up
The High St is Dying.
Man in Van Looking in Gardens.
Youths...Up To No Good.
It's all the same 😂
Home town one is having a melt down today over changes to the length of time you can park in the Lidl car park. It's intense.

😂

Elphame · 19/04/2023 17:00

I turned mine off too.

The chances of it ever being useful where I live are vanishingly small but it will soon be used for all sorts of trivia. The Govt won’t be able to resist the temptation to remind us to vote, return tax return, have flu jab etc. The nanny state gets bigger every year.

If the Govt want to warn me its going to be a bit windy then they can contribute to my mobile bill.

WaitingfortheTardis · 19/04/2023 17:10

It doesn't bother me at all, it seems sensible to ha e a system like this and also to test it before it is needed in a real situation.

strawberry2017 · 19/04/2023 17:11

wobytide · 19/04/2023 12:22

If you don't keep the alerts you won't find out which Panem District you've been allocated to.....

😂

CheeseCakeSunflowers · 19/04/2023 17:11

toomuchlaundry · 19/04/2023 14:26

@CheeseCakeSunflowers I thought the Queen's death would be announced by church bells playing mournfully!

I am a church bellringer myself, Operation London Bridge (the code name for the Queen's death arrangements) did include details of when we should ring. For a death after midday we were suppose to ring half-muffled the following day. In our village, of the 5 ringers we have, 2 were holidaying 200 miles away, one was visiting her son 150 miles away and I was working. There were complaints on our village Whatsapp that they had to wait a few days before we did our bit. Thankfully Westminster Abbey and many other churches did better than us.

strawberry2017 · 19/04/2023 17:12

Imstillmagicdamnit · 19/04/2023 13:34

Praying for District 1 🤞🏻 I don’t think I’d cope in 12

😂 snap!

strawberry2017 · 19/04/2023 17:16

I'm fine with it. Seems a sensible idea to me.

SerendipityJane · 19/04/2023 17:16

There were complaints on our village Whatsapp that they had to wait a few days before we did our bit.

You mean you were tolled off ?

(I'll get my coat).

whatadaythatwas · 19/04/2023 17:21

Modern day church bells and beacon lighting. We have always had ways of alerting others, and this is the 21st Century version.

Needmorelego · 19/04/2023 19:16

@SerendipityJane this was just on my Facebook feed. (I don't even live in Birmingham)
"Helicopter"
🤣🤣🤣🤣

Worried about this phone alert?
icanneverthinkofnc · 19/04/2023 19:40

I get the need in some places in the world, hurricanes, floods, tsunamis, typhoons, and so on. It makes sense to alert residents.. Don't think number 30s bin being blown over in an autumn gale counts as a need for emergency sirens.
Given the panic at the beginning of the pandemic, god help us if anything is more serious than Tiddles, the cat, stuck up a tree, is a local emergency.

SchoolTripDrama · 19/04/2023 19:51

Hbh17 · 19/04/2023 12:16

No. It is nonsense and we should all permanently disable all alerts.

🤣🤣🤣 Let me guess, the earth is flat, 9/11 was an inside job and Aliens visit you regularly?!

toomuchlaundry · 19/04/2023 19:58

@icanneverthinkofnc we have been known to have floods in this country

Jourdain11 · 19/04/2023 20:16

KrisAkabusi · 19/04/2023 12:32

Think about it. This government can't do ANYTHING quickly! It's been years setting this up. This isn't something they've dashed off in a week. It's been planned for years. It's been used in other countries for years. Stop being paranoid.

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They get rid of Prime Ministers quite quickly.

icanneverthinkofnc · 19/04/2023 20:23

toomuchlaundry · 19/04/2023 19:58

@icanneverthinkofnc we have been known to have floods in this country

True..I concede..

Dollmeup · 19/04/2023 20:39

wobytide · 19/04/2023 12:22

If you don't keep the alerts you won't find out which Panem District you've been allocated to.....

😂

AcrossthePond55 · 19/04/2023 20:53

Hand on heart, I have NEVER heard a single report of someone coming to harm because their 'secret phone' beeped or alarmed due to an emergency warning. I think it'd be a big news story if it had, not to mention a lawsuit being filed.

Someone with a secret phone would hopefully be smart enough to either power it down when not using or keep it well outside the home.

Seriously, the alert systems are no big deal!

BigglyBee · 21/04/2023 11:22

TheRussiansAreComing · 19/04/2023 16:34

Not worried at all. But I just bought an underground bunker.

I've always wanted an underground bunker. I reckon you could grow excellent mushrooms.

WhiteBobbin · 21/04/2023 12:16

@80s yes to the sirens! My friend lives in Finland and they have a weekly siren test. Still going on as they call it the Russians are coming test. All buildings have bunkers. Can you imagine the out range over here having weekly Monday morning siren tests??
Britain is weird.
I would like to know about flooding/incoming bomb that requires me to take action that minute.