Emergency warning on Sunday

Yes, god forbid you’d want to be forewarned in a state of emergency!

Why would you switch it off? I won't be doing that.
Many countries already have this early warning system.

There is already a thread about it.

AmberSpyglass

Yes, god forbid you’d want to be forewarned in a state of emergency!

Exactly this!

No reception here!

I have seen so many posts on various social media platforms advising how you can turn this alarm off.
But why a 10 second alarm that can be swiped to clear what is the point of turning it off ?

But, if, say, in a month or so’s time, the alarm goes off nationally - how will we know what it’s for, and what we are meant to do? Everyone would immediately look at Social Media, or the TV / radio news.

Because I cant be bothered.

I don't get all the palaver about this warning - why would people not want to be warned that they are in an area where they or others may be in some danger.

AreWeThereYet

I don't get all the palaver about this warning - why would people not want to be warned that they are in an area where they or others may be in some danger.

That's exactly how I feel too.

It's common practice in other countries, so what is the problem, apart from the fact some conspiracy theorists in the UK are convinced that it’s part of a plot to control us.
There is so much nonsense being spouted on social media about this.

The UK Emergency Alert system is intended to be used in life-threatening situations including flooding and wildfires, what is sinister about that?

I've turned mine off.

I don't think there is anything sinister about it, apparently one rumour doing the rounds is that it will turn on something in our Covid Vaccine to control our minds or something.

But I'll be keeping mine turned off. I don't want a warning that will scare me half to death about floods, fires or anything else. I certainly don't want to know about missing children and what their abductor might look like. I can do without the stress, thanks.

No conspiracy theory here. Just not interested.

It's just a practise. There may be a time in the future when our lives depend on a national warning....sounds a sensible idea to me.

I don't know what people think we are going to do if there is a "national warning."

Put our heads between our knees and kiss our a** goodbye, maybe?

Some people in situations of domestic violence keep a secret phone for emergencies. They need to turn off this warning so that their abuser does not hear it and discover the hidden phone.

What on earth would we do if we get a warning of an imminent attack? Unlikely we'll be experiencing deadly bush fires or earthquakes of any great magnitude. I just can't see the point. And we're always questioning the cost of things. How much has this set us back?

Mine is switched off and will start that way.

I’ve got a 18 year old Laphroaig in the drinks cabinet, I’d appreciate a few minutes warning to polish it off tbh.

Everyone is free to do as they like.

What if you live in an area prone to flooding, wouldn't you want to be forewarned?

We're not in an area prone to flooding - we're at the top of an incline. We're in a built up area so there is unlikely to be wildfire. We once had a warning of a potential explosive device at the army location down the road, but they'd have to come and warn people in person if that happened again.

So yes, its absolutely up to the individual what they do, but turning the warning off is not a silly thing to do.

A few years ago, there was a major fire in a factory near us. We had men in hazmaz suits knocking on our door to warn us to stay indoors and close all windows.
A message on my phone would have been more efficient and definitely quicker.

When we got up the following morning, there was ash, containing asbestos everywhere. The cars were covered in white ash.

Marydoll

Everyone is free to do as they like.

What if you live in an area prone to flooding, wouldn't you want to be forewarned?

People who live in areas prone to flooding are well aware if rivers are rising. Torrential rainfall can be a clue. How many times have we seen on TV, residents preparing their homes with sandbags etc etc?

Of course it's up to the individual to switch on or not but to me it seems pointless.

That sounds scary Marydoll.

On my Samsung, I searched for 'Emergency' and up came 'Emergency alert history' (blank, of course) along with 'Emergency alerts' - where I can allow alerts, or not.

You can choose to allow 'extreme', 'severe' - or both/neither. Mine's off - due to a lack of interest - but I do wonder how many people will be ignorant about, upset or frightened by the test.

I, and others I've spoken to, think this is to warn us of a nuclear attack. Remember the literature in the 1980s? Take off a door and hide under the stairs and put the door in front of you? My DD says she can take her door off as she's just bought a screwdriver. Her problem is she hasn't got an understairs cupboard. We have though so, as she's only 10 minutes from me, I've suggested that if the alarm sounds she takes off the door and then runs down the road with it to my house. She should just have about time by my reckoning.

I really don't want any warning of a nuclear attack - as any 'hiding' won't help - at all. We already have flood warnings here (being near the river). We've had nasty grass fires, too, in the fields nearby, but the choking smoke is warning enough.