The new emergency alert?

Sounds like a good idea to me.

I've had warnings in the past about rain/flooding off our local authority too

Those who are so dismissive of this, and so insulting, should at least get their facts right, Gabrielle56.

Great idea

Gabrielle56

Just great... All the numpties that buy these ridiculous gadget will have one more " app" on it that they either can't work out or don't bother using! And the chattering classes to obsess about like it even matters in the real world.....

A ridiculous gadget such as the one you must have used to write the above post?

The warning system does not require an app, ridiculous or not. It will be a very localised warning system which may well save lives and property. I really can’t see why it is something to moan about.

In the US, i have been getting them from years - snow, thunderstorms, tornados, extreme weather in general

However, I only get them in the area I am currently located at the moment

I would like to receive them if there is anything going on in my zipcode.

Good point....did you warltch Undeclared War on TV?

Gabrielle56 Our flood warning from the Environment Agency comes through on our landline and on email.

If you live on the edge of the flood plain (it starts 20 feet away), then to have advance warning when the local stream is likely to flood, is very useful to have.

I do not have it as an app on my smart phone. I assume that is what you mean by 'ridiculous gadget' .

You may have difficulty using them, I do too, but that doesn't mean that I cannot see how useful they are. The satnav app recently enabled me to drive a friend 100 miles to a city I am unfamiliar with to take her to a hospital whose location I did not know, when the police rang her to say her daughter had been an emergency admission to hospital and was unconscious.

Just great... All the numpties that buy these ridiculous gadget will have one more " app" on it that they either can't work out or don't bother using! And the chattering classes to obsess about like it even matters in the real world.....

Baggytrazzas I was about to say the same thing about eggs!
I recall getting some sort of alerts on my phone during the pandemic but can't remember what for.
We have family who live in Tewkesbury, who some years back,
went out in the morning and returned home later that day to unexpected flooding and were unable to get into their house - water up to the top of the ground floor so warnings might have helped them salvage their property and rescue their dog if they had been warned. So overall probably a good measure to be introduced.

I don't have a mobile phones Matt or otherwise. It won't affect me.

Excellent idea...

Sago

We had a property on a river front, even 10 years ago I got SMS flood alerts.

I live close to the Thames. Years ago, our 'emergency alert' was a police car carrying a chap with a megaphone, coming down to shout that the tide was going to be very high. Usually at 4 am!

There are alerts and crisis every day nowadays they become meaningless we have be made into a nanny society full of anxieties

I don’t think or worry I just think what a waste of our taxes

Have not got an a smart phone.

We get enough bad news on tv and newspapers so I do not want further bad news on my phone.

Petera

watermeadow

Will it also tell us how to suck eggs?

Does anyone actually know how to suck eggs?

HI, I only know how to blow eggs to empty them. I don't think sucking would work!

i remember getting some health alerts during the pandemic, and i don't have a smartphone.

i think they are sent over all mobile networks in an area, so you don't need a smart phone.

Redrobin51 I’m sure you’re not alone in that, but if people share the alerts they receive that will help.

I am perfectly at home with a smart phone so have no objection to receiving a flood warning. However, the kind of flooding I have suffered in the past few years has been caused by heavy rains for which the poorly maintained local surface drains were inadequate. My house wasn't damaged but my garden acquired a new temporary lake and many newly planted flowers and shrubs were lost. Since the last flood, the council claims to have maintained the drains, but I'm not holding my breath and don't think a flood warning will make much difference to my ability to withstand such an inundation.

Marvellous if you are one of the 85% of people with a smartphone but I have what I call a basic phone so no apps etc so can't receive these alerts.

My brother said to me recently 'Remember when we used to get weather forecasts? Now we get warnings and alerts'.