Well that just made me jump a mile!

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And could I find my phone?! Obviously not!

I was in the sauna and was the only person who didn't have my phone! It was a bit jarring!

Was it worth it though?

I’ve just to edited to add my phone did go off, I was upstairs so didn’t hear it!

same... Samsung & iPhone?

How many times do they need to test this thing. Didn’t they only test in 2023.

@nomas how often do fire alarms get tested at work?

Many people didn't get the notification in 2023. Hopefully, more coverage this time

Nothing here. <sulks>

Though maybe that explains the yelp from the neighbours.

It just means the zombies will get you first

No one’s phone in our house went off 🤷🏼‍♀️

I was driving slowly looking for a house number, and me and DD were arguing as to what number we needed. So she had my phone in her hand to find the original message.

It vibrated before it made a noise so she squealed, which made me jump anyway, and then there was a huge beep, which I assumed in my ditheriness meant I was holding up another car or blocking a driveway or something. Couldn't work out why I couldn't see anyone anywhere!

This wasn’t a fire alarm test though. Those are now silent at my workplace thankfully.

No alert, no message, no text.

Well that’s me fighting the zombies on my own!

I know it wasn't loud at all. All the advice about it beforehand was saying that it would be a very loud sound. In reality, it was fairly quiet.

I was on the bus. Half the people on it didn’t get the alert and looking round like the rest of us are in some sort of cult or flashmob.

Haha! It's not very loud then is it? Useless!

O2 didn’t work in this house. Mix of android and IOS and various ages of phones including new to very old!

DS and I turned ours off, DH's went off when our noisy kettle was boiling so wasn't too intrusive.

I wonder how many road accidents there will be because people jumped out of their skins when it went off? I know we were warned a million times, I look at government press releases for work and it was at the top of the page in a banner but I still forgot it was happening.

I can't really see why you need it unless you live in an earthquake zone or a warzone. Maybe if there were flash floods? But if there were a storm warning I'd be looking out for trouble anyway. Same if it was really hot and I thought there could be heath fires.

I was reversing into a parking space when mine went off. I thought I’d done something awful to my car and set off a warning sensor!

Mine didn't go off, DHs didn't go off. I guess we'd just drown/get blown up in an emergency.

In Plymouth last year they found a large unexploded bomb and people got warning to evacuate the area. Fortunately it didn't go off.

No it will be you, me and my almost 80 disabled husband. Zombies don't stand a chance. DH could do some damage with his walking sticks.

Nothing here. Vodafone. It looks like I'm on the Do Not Save list.

Same! I was having a nap and nearly jumped out of my skin

With 4 people 2 on three went off at 3, husband on O2 migrated from Virgin went off at 3.05, I'm on O2 and have been left to suffer as no alert.