[Misc] Government Emergency Alarm

[Berty23]

My mum got it near Totnes in Devon and sister got it in Bristol.

 

[nevergoagain]

My local, everyone got it, multiple times!.

 

[Zeberdi]

I'm not doubting the storm exists.

But we have had countless recent bad storms without this alarm.

I think a system test has been piggybacked onto this storm to iron out any glitches / test its cyber vulnerabilities - in case Putin kicks off.

Ah, just testing the mobile networks covering Wales and Cornwall then - sod the rest of us if Putin does one.

Speaking as someone living nestled between 3 USAF and RAF airbases, I‘d like to think any ‘piggybacking’ was done in this area

The red weather alerts are generated by the Met Office and warn of danger to life, likely power loss, damage to homes and infrastructure and urge people not to travel and follow the advice of emergency services.

Launched in 2023, the then Tory Government introduced the emergency text alert system where there was danger to life - red weather alerts mean exactly that however, they are used infrequently and have less to do with storm severity but rather potential impact on life/infrastructure - the last one was in January in Scotland.

Launch of life-saving public emergency alerts

A new system that will give the Government and emergency services the capability to send an alert directly to mobiles phones when there is a risk to life has been launched today

www.gov.uk

 

[nsclurker]

Ulloa's penalty has re-entered the atmosphere over Devon.

So soon?

 

[nsclurker]

I'm not doubting the storm exists.

But we have had countless recent bad storms without this alarm.

I think a system test has been piggybacked onto this storm to iron out any glitches / test its cyber vulnerabilities - in case Putin kicks off.

Where's my tin hat?

 

[AmexRuislip]

Not here but heading to Cornwall tomorrow.

Don't forget to pack yr colouring book

 

[Zeberdi]

Where's my tin hat?

I’ve already tried that one, Sparkie is convinced it’s a secret alert test for a Russian invasion

 

[zeemeeuw]

What did the alarm say?

 

[Giraffe]

My mum got it near Totnes in Devon and sister got it in Bristol.

Painful

 

[Billy in Bristol]

My local, everyone got it, multiple times!.

Likewise in the Prince of Wales Bristol....looked like the first scene of a Simon Pegg / Nick Frost movie. Everyone carried on drinking.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Likewise in the Prince of Wales Bristol....looked like the first scene of a Simon Pegg / Nick Frost movie. Everyone carried on drinking.

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That the one on Gloucester Road?
I spent my first year of uni in Northwell House behind it.

 

[Billy in Bristol]

Us Albion fans should remember the first time we got this sort of alert...

 

[Bry Nylon]

Bit of a missed opportunity christening this one Storm Darragh and not Stormy Daniels.

 

[dsr-burnley]

And it's barely a week since the last "threat to life" weather warning, when very high temperatures were forecast.

Met Office 'threat to life' hot weather alerts sent in error

The Met Office says the test messages have now been removed from devices.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Thunder Bolt]

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Gusts 91.6 mph. Both Severn bridges closed. Flights diverted from Dublin airport.

 

[dazzer6666]

Lucky the tides aren’t big this weekend…….

 

[Giraffe]

It is a tad windy isn’t it. It’s Christmas tree collection day for the Giraffe family. Might have to put a coat on.

 

[Berty23]

Mate reckon the Merseyside Derby is off. Anyone heard this?

 

[tigertim68]

Anyone would think we never had stormy weather before