Another testing of National Alert

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MollyButton · 08/07/2025 00:00

AIBU to ask if people are aware: Apparently there is another test of the national Alert system happening in September. It’s crucial that people are aware it will happen especially those with some disabilities or in DV situations.
https://www.itv.com/news/2025-07-07/emergency-alert-to-hit-mobile-phones-in-national-test-heres-what-to-expect?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLZMCVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHiAMlc8Hi8ZwEEpQytAAAehtyAe2NI34brKfl6iK0bVHV_C09yg-CR3DXf8f_aem_Z9muBhLduhdVxHRtvfwqYw

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Astrabees · 10/07/2025 17:03

LazySunbedDays · 10/07/2025 11:20

As long as you don’t want to be involved in any subsequent emergency planning /evacuation that may follow on if you opt out of any advance notification to enable action that you could take.

the last one we received alerted to flooding and we were able to put out sand bags etc. the previous one was on holidays to let us know wildfires were heading towards the resort.

I’ll continue to be “controlled” although I prefer to call it “informed”

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I think if my neighbours were putting out sandbags I'd notice, also if they were fleeing the village!

Mingenious · 10/07/2025 17:10

BooneyBeautiful · 10/07/2025 10:45

I agree! I had an uncle who lived in Crowthorne and I remember staying with him once in the late 1970s and wondering what on earth the noise was on a Monday morning!

His DW told me there was quite a strict protocol in place for when someone did escape, for example none of the children could be let out of school until they were collected by one of their nominated adults. Nobody was ever unduly worried though because logic told them that any escapee would try to get as far away from the area as soon as possible.

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Yes I remember her telling me that.

She was a very devout Christian and had an enormous heart, she dedicated her life to the British Red Cross and used to go and visit the patients as part of that. I remember her telling me that she went because most of them had no friends and no other visitors. I wish she was alive so I could ask her more about it, sadly she died when I was a teenager - a long time ago now!

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