3pm SUNDAY- MOBILE TEST ALERT

Sunday 7th September at 3pm.

Just to test the alert is working should the Government need to warn the public about an emergency including weather.

Oops the alert is up to 10 seconds..must turn volume down…

I was in Plymouth last year when an unexploded WW2 bomb was discovered in someone's back garden.
After much deliberation, it was decided to dig it up and move it to the breakwater and take it out to sea, where it could be detonated safely.
The city Council deployed the mobile emergency alert to inform people of the exclusion zone as the bomb was being transported through the streets.
We were in the city centre at the time along with hundreds of other people. It was quite disconcerting when everyone's phone started making this odd noise and we were all frantically staring at the screens trying to stop it.

I am going to put my phone into another room, it is a good thing to have the emergency alert but I know it can make me jump out of my skin and is deafening

If you choose - for a number of reasons - you can turn off the alert. On an iPhone, go to Notifications, then scroll down.

Will people pay attention any more?

Well that wasn’t much to listen to, but I suppose if I wasn’t expecting it, I’d have wondered.
One of my sisters didn’t get the alarm or the notification that she’d had it.

Well I thought it was a lot quieter than the last one something and nothing really I was expecting a loud siren noise 🤷‍♀️

Am I the only one who wonders why you would switch off a trial of something that could save you or your property if real ?
It’s only a couple of seconds.

I didn't think it was that loud, we were in a crowded, noisy pub having a late Sunday lunch, most diners had their phones visible, they all seemed to be going off intermittently for a while. It wasn't really a surprise to anyone looking at the faces around me. It did appear that most were pretty prepared for it judging by the expressions around us.

Mine didn't go off - same last time.
It's just been upgraded too.

DH's went off, but not very loud. We have the same phones 🤔

Mine showed the signal on my phone but not a sound.

ginny

Am I the only one who wonders why you would switch off a trial of something that could save you or your property if real ?
It’s only a couple of seconds.

Women in abusive relationships who have a hidden phone definitely should have turned it off

Yes, I can understand that. But , people I have heard saying they would turn it off were not in that position as far as I know.

My husbands phone went off 15 late. Both my work and personal ones went off on time.

If you were working nights you may not want it to wake you. Could freak out your pets. You might be in a situation you didn't want to be disturbed. You might be particularly sensitive to noise. You might just find it intrushve

* 15 mins late!

Mine did didn't go off but my husband's did. 🤔

I opted out. I am seriously disturbed by loud noises and once had to kill a faulty smoke alarm with a heavy hammer.
If there was a genuine emergency my phone would be dead or lost anyway and I’d rely on the chap over the road, same as I do regarding rubbish collection days.

Mine remained silent.
No message either.

My husband's did go off. It was late (by about 10 mins I think).

I was out and forgot my phone, but came home to the message and my partner said his and my phone went of at the same time.

I received the signal (twice), on time, certainly not loud enough to distract from driving. It was followed by a message delivered in an American accent at breakneck speed.

Mine went off twice, about 10 minutes apart. They weren’t especially loud. However, I did have to click the cross to get rid of the message, so even if I hadn’t heard the alarm, I would have seen the message as it remained 7ntil I removed it.