Emergency warning on Sunday

I turned my phone off. I can't imagine many situations where such a warning would be necessary or effective - and I think it's very odd.

I have had 3 alerts at 3.07 and 10.15 yesterday then another at 9.10 today.
Seems like a huge success.

I didn't get the warning but my son did.

Sparklefizz

Well, I have had a double whammy. I received the warning alert at 3pm yesterday, and this morning I woke early and had not long switched on my phone when I received a 2nd alert at 5.20 am. I'm with Vodafone. Again it said it was just a test.

Did anyone else get this?

Further to what I said above, it seems that lots of people in my area on a variety of different networks had a 2nd test warning at various different times, from 2 am !! to just now. It's all gone bonkers.

It's somewhat ironic that I, - a big supporter of these warnings, - didn't receive it! Apparently those of us on the '3' network had difficulties in my part of the country.

Calendargirl

Callistemon

I think in the event of a real emergency, there will be a message saying what the problem is and what action should be taken.

I would assume that but you never know!

And to most of us. I wouldn’t consider such an alert intrusive.

I'm happy to be alerted to such worrying things as missing children. Community safety in all its forms is important to me.

That’s it then my poor wee dog got a fright at 3 minutes past 3yesterday tge warning went off then and it wasn’t as loud as I thought it would be not to my ears anyway. Poor Lady.
I read that not everyone received thus warning but it’s going to be sorted out something to do with the network hey ho next time eh

Yes.

It was a Test, it didn't work for all. Test complete.
If no one wants it turn it off, I have experience of an Alert on my phone in New York couple of years ago, for a missing Child in the area.
Is it really that intrusive?

DH and I have same make of phone on same network. We were sitting side by side he got alert I didn't.

That's got to be better than cars with loudspeakers going around saying eg, 'Dont drink tapwater due to contamination' etc and hoping that most people get the message.

Callistemon

I think in the event of a real emergency, there will be a message saying what the problem is and what action should be taken.

Well, I have had a double whammy. I received the warning alert at 3pm yesterday, and this morning I woke early and had not long switched on my phone when I received a 2nd alert at 5.20 am. I'm with Vodafone. Again it said it was just a test.

Did anyone else get this?

Is it just a warning sound or is there an explanation with it of what the emergency is?

Eg - if there's an explosion at a firework factory nearby you'd want to stay indoors and make sure children and animals are inside.
The same with a chemical explosion.
However, if floodwater is going to gush through your house, you'd want to be ready to evacuate.

volver3

^Amongst those who don’t see the point of them, not one on here has adequately explained just what their objection is.^

I have lived in this planet more than 60 years and I have never needed an emergency alert. I've travelled all over the world to places that suffer earthquakes, wildfires, all manner of things. Where I live now, I can assure you those things will not happen.

It's a trade off; do I want to be startled (possibly from my sleep?) by a buzzer telling me the factory down the road is on fire, or will my life be better if I spot that out of the window after I get up for breakfast?

For anyone that wants the alarm, no problem, nobody is stopping you. But for me, I don't want it.

Hear, hear

Amongst those who don’t see the point of them, not one on here has adequately explained just what their objection is.

I have lived in this planet more than 60 years and I have never needed an emergency alert. I've travelled all over the world to places that suffer earthquakes, wildfires, all manner of things. Where I live now, I can assure you those things will not happen.

It's a trade off; do I want to be startled (possibly from my sleep?) by a buzzer telling me the factory down the road is on fire, or will my life be better if I spot that out of the window after I get up for breakfast?

For anyone that wants the alarm, no problem, nobody is stopping you. But for me, I don't want it.

I thought it didn’t look right!
I see it’s spelled Vodafone!

I have tried, but for the life of me I really can’t see why anyone would object to this new facility.
Normally I am the first person to sigh and tut at any new evidence of the advance of the nanny state, but this nationwide early warning system is only to be welcomed surely?

Amongst those who don’t see the point of them, not one on here has adequately explained just what their objection is.

We both got ours on our iPhones and we’re with Vodaphone.

I was at a shopping mall...some got alerts...some didn't....mine wasn't very loud...mine came at 1458....l heard some before and some after....

My phone was on but no alert came through.

DH and I are on the same network. My phone is much more up to date than his. I tuned in, he turned off. I didn't receive anything - he did...

I decided to turn mine back on for the test, mainly because I have a friend who is not confident with his phone so I wanted to be sure I could tell him how to get rid of it if he didn't work it out himself. Mine went off at 3pm promptly, was on the way to the corner shop and could hear others' phones shrieking as well, quickly swiped it away. My friend then texted - not sure if he had got rid of it or not. I said he must have done, otherwise he wouldn't be able to text me Have now turned it off again, been reading about these emergency alert systems across the world and there have been a number of false alarms, terrifying people unnecessarily. It seems not all phones got the alert, some issue with the Three network as well as possibly not keeping the operating system up to date. Only 4g and 5g phones could get it in the first place anyway, no 3g or non smart phones. Judging by the comments on the Telegraph website, it was not a massive success - lots of people never got the alert, even if their phone was capable of it.

Was working in my Supermarket ( I remarked, we will all know when it is 3.00pm) Plenty of people in the supermarket, heard a few sort of buzzing noises nothing abnormal, then few more about 5 mins later. Was expecting 100s of loud sirens noises going off all at once, but no one really flinched. If I had not been waiting , then I would have thought nothing about it.