🚨 Emergency Alerts test Sunday 7 September at 3pm 🚨

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  • Albus_Alumni
    Albus_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 11,373 Championing

    Well we're not supposed to check our phones whilst driving, so hopefully that won't be an issue @Wibbles πŸ˜‰

    It's worth checking the government website, as they offer some good tips on planning for emergencies. I've picked up a nice little wind up torch/radio combo that'll be really useful.

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Community Member Posts: 6,264 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1059664#Comment_1059664

    I'm sure I've read that the alerts will still sound and vibrate even on phones that are on silent.

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Community Member Posts: 6,264 Championing

    I can't get downstairs quickly (or at all for much of the day) and can't travel…so what sort of 'life saving action' would I be able to take anyway? None that I can think of…

    Can't remember whether I got the last one, or whether I turned my phone off, or whether I turned all alerts off, but I am prepared for for it today just to see.

  • WelshBlue
    WelshBlue Community Member Posts: 1,423 Championing

    Mine is turned off.

    My wife's pet name for me is liability so seeing as I'm going to be using power tools today I think it's best for the Casualty department, Ambulance Service and my body πŸ˜‚

  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 14,602 Online Community Programme Lead
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1065691#Comment_1065691

    My phone is almost always on silent (or vibrate) and the alert did still sound.

    Interestingly, there are a few different models of handsets in my household, and some received the alerts and others didn't. One of my daughter's alerts were voiced, too.

    I hope it didn't cause anyone issues and no one was taken too much by surprise.

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    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,169 Championing
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  • michael57
    michael57 Community Member Posts: 3,272 Championing

    And a fully stocked fall out shelter

  • WelshBlue
    WelshBlue Community Member Posts: 1,423 Championing

    My wife is out with friends and apparently a bit of alcohol was wasted either on the floor or someone wearing it.

    I don't care, I managed to keep my 6 fingers and one thumb intact so no mishaps because of a warning …

  • Hopeless
    Hopeless Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 1,034 Pioneering

    Is there anyway Scope could ask the government to consider a silent option of the emergency alerts? I’m noise sensitive so have my emergency notifications turned off to avoid distress. I’ve always wondered why I can’t still get the message without the siren?

  • wobblyone
    wobblyone Community Member Posts: 137 Empowering

    despite 101 reminders from friends and online I still managed to jump when it went off because my phone also flashes and I don’t easily hear normal rings and notifications. I heard that one though!

    I’ve got a few emergency items saved from previous camping. My portable solar panel and electric power station are my favourite emergency items. After that it’s lights, heat pads and sleeping bags.

  • michael57
    michael57 Community Member Posts: 3,272 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1065788#Comment_1065788

    Would have to be a cage or you would suffocate and !!! fill in the missing trigger word yourselves so this post passes the new filters πŸ˜…

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Community Member Posts: 1,457 Championing

    I was watching netflix when it went off. Didn't make me jump as I was expecting it. I didn't get it last time

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Community Member Posts: 1,381 Championing

    It just feels like more prodding and poking by the government, I switched my phone off.

  • onlymeagain
    onlymeagain Community Member Posts: 259 Empowering

    I lose concentration really easily. At 3pm I was sat with my phone waiting. At 3:01pm when it went off I'd forgotten all about it and it made me jump.

  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 15,450 Championing

    mine went off

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 6,351 Online Community Team

    I was expecting this and it still made me jump out of my skin when it went off! πŸ˜…

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Community Member Posts: 6,264 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1065753#Comment_1065753

    Can you imagine the conspiracy theories if they did? Plenty of people already think the government have the resources to be watching their every move! πŸ˜„

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Community Member Posts: 6,264 Championing

    Mine went off at 3.01 on a fairly old smartphone. Phone was in my pocket at the time and I barely heard it! Just felt it vibrate against my leg while I was doing another task. I am currently deaf on that side due to a recurring ear issue but still expected it to be louder. Didn't make me jump or anything. There was also a voice saying something but I couldn't make any words out from my pocket.

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 8,926 Online Community Team

    Mine wasn't very loud either, I was expecting it to be much louder. But like a couple of you, it still made me jump.

    And I clicked OK to stop the alarm before I'd properly read the message that goes with it, so I don't know how useful that would be in a real emergency!

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Community Member Posts: 3,640 Championing
    edited September 2025
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1066057#Comment_1066057

    Well - the government are currently deciding whether to make, carrying ID compulsory - in light of the immigrant problem - so it would not take much more to add a tracking chip to any ID card …

    Just a thought !

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