[Misc] How did you react to the emergency alert?

[Chicken Run]

I was round Mr Ahmed’s procuring more beer, apparently my phone and 5 others round my house all received plus I had a notification

 

[Coldeanseagull]

It went off 30 seconds early.

Could hear my ignorant neighbours coming out into the hall and chattering about it. Clearly no idea it was happening.

What in the U.K. could possibly warrant this level of scare mongering?

Floods? Do we get flash floods in the U.K.?

Forest fires? Not an issue

Earthquakes? They happen once every ten years in Yorkshire and measure about 0.001 on the Richter scale.

Terrorist attack? I don’t want my phone blaring out a signal to guide an attacker towards me thanks.

Nuclear attack? I’d rather not know thank you.

Just stop interfering in my business, my phone, my life.

The second I retire, this smart phone is being flung into the Adur. Hate the bloody things.

Watch out for asteroids fella

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Two of us here, different networks....nada.
Perhaps we're not worth saving.

Quite unexpectedly, this thread's doing wonders for my self-esteem.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

I killed and ate my neighbours

 

[amexer]

Would never have happened under a Labour government

 

[Grizz]

It went off, I looked at the time, went into settings and switch it off permanently. I've decided not to buy into this shit anymore. If the world is going proper tits up that we need an emergency alarm on our phone, I'd rather die in ignorant bliss.

 

[Taybha]

Interesting terms and conditions,I just hope nobody pressed ok without reading them,crafty blighters.

 

[SK1NT]

Went off on the train to wembley… was a bit bizarre.

Absolute liberty though. We have never needed an alert like this for anything else. What do the government know?

 

[Boys 9d]

I didn't get it.
I'm doomed!!!

 

[zefarelly]

It went off, I looked at the time, went into settings and switch it off permanently. I've decided not to buy into this shit anymore. If the world is going proper tits up that we need an emergency alarm on our phone, I'd rather die in ignorant bliss.

Thanks, I didn't realise there was an opt out of gammon-world.

TBH if something that shit happens we're all f***ed anyway.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Still hiding in the wardrobe, is it all over yet, has the game started?

 

[zefarelly]

I was in the park with the dogs and checking the allotment, fortunately there's an Andersen shelter there.

Am I allowed out yet? No signal down here.

 

[Poojah]

To be fair, if they provided an alert 30 seconds before the terrorist incident started, that would be helpful.

Isn’t that what the IRA used to do?

 

[raymondo]

Didn't work for us Three users . Friends told us to go to our bunker

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

It went off 30 seconds early.

Could hear my ignorant neighbours coming out into the hall and chattering about it. Clearly no idea it was happening.

What in the U.K. could possibly warrant this level of scare mongering?

Floods? Do we get flash floods in the U.K.?

Forest fires? Not an issue

Earthquakes? They happen once every ten years in Yorkshire and measure about 0.001 on the Richter scale.

Terrorist attack? I don’t want my phone blaring out a signal to guide an attacker towards me thanks.

Nuclear attack? I’d rather not know thank you.

Just stop interfering in my business, my phone, my life.

The second I retire, this smart phone is being flung into the Adur. Hate the bloody things.

The only two reasons I can think of is a flash flood and wanting to tell people to stay away from an area - unidentified package type of thing.

But we now live in a world in which the country seems to want the state to tell them what to do and when

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Where's the ignored option?

 

[GT49er]

Nothing - I didn't get one - my phone is just a phone, not a smart phone. When nuclear war breaks out, I guess it'll just have to carry on without me ........... fine by me!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Didn't happen here. My provider piggy backs on the Three network who seem to be the biggest culprit.

 

[cloud]

Interesting terms and conditions,I just hope nobody pressed ok without reading them,crafty blighters.

What did it say?

 

[The Fits]

Thought it was weird because if you turn it off the message disappeared. At least on my phone. So didn't actually read the thing.